Agreed. If this is the case, can I configure weewx to show a different pressure? If so, how do I do that?
On Monday, February 10, 2020 at 6:00:07 AM UTC-8, ln77 wrote: > > 33” is clearly too high for the barometric pressure. It is within spitting > distance of what you would get if the pressure is corrected for your 2300’ > elevation twice. Maybe the station is giving the corrected pressure but > weewx is configured to think it’s the uncorrected pressure? > > -Les > > > On Feb 9, 2020, at 6:00 PM, Dan Blanchard <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > OK, let me absorb this information a bit and see what I can figure out. > > On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 4:56:30 PM UTC-8, gjr80 wrote: >> >> On Monday, 10 February 2020 10:35:37 UTC+10, Dan Blanchard wrote: >>> >>> My station labels it as 'Pressure inHg' which is currently 30.30 and >>> matches others in the area. >>> >> >> I presume you mean the station display. The use of 'Pressure' is >> consistent with it being station pressure but it could mean anything, would >> not be the first time weather station hardware manufacturers have been >> vague, liberal with the truth or just wrong. >> >> So I am a bit confused between what you said about barometric pressure >>> vs. raw pressure. >>> >> >> Did you read the wiki article about the three different pressures that >> WeeWX uses? Could you explain what it is that confuses you? >> >> >>> Ultimately, is there a fix for me? Can I make some kind of adjustment? >>> >> >> Not sure what you are trying to fix, if the issue is that you want >> everything to display the same value then sure there are changes you can >> make. Since you can't change what the station hardware displays you need to >> change what WeeWX and WU displays. Changing what WeeWX displays is easy, as >> I said its a simple change to a template. Changing what WU displays is more >> complex and involves changing the WeeWX WU uploader to upload WeeWX field >> pressure instead of field barometer. If you go down this path you need >> to accept a few things. Firstly, your WU data will be inaccurate (it >> expects barometric pressure and you will be sending it station pressure). >> Secondly, your changes to the template will be safe but your changes to the >> WU uploader will likely be overwritten each time you upgrade WeeWX. >> >> I am not familiar with the WS-2813 so do not know if there is any ability >> to change what pressure it displays, I suspect there will not be a means >> though. >> >> At the end of the day you might be displaying a different value to a lot >> of other folks, doesn't make them right and you wrong though. >> >> Gary >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 4:29:42 PM UTC-8, gjr80 wrote: >>>> >>>> Slightly, but still apples and oranges. By default WeeWX displays >>>> barometric pressure so WeeWX and WU displaying the same 'pressure' is >>>> expected behaviour. The 'pressure' displayed by WeeWX can be changed with >>>> a >>>> simple change to a template, unfortunately what cannot be changed is what >>>> WU expects and (usually) what your station hardware displays. >>>> >>>> Gary >>>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/c43f41d0-2280-4c62-b425-4ba19baa3f21%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/c43f41d0-2280-4c62-b425-4ba19baa3f21%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/a4cc5af3-e7e1-4898-a458-0916dd167e09%40googlegroups.com.
