I don’t mind adding it; but have you tried specifying the URL in weewx.conf:
lid=XXXXXX foid=XXX url = http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=AFM&format=txt If you only changed PFM to AFM, the above should work. Let me know. Cheers, John > On Sep 26, 2020, at 4:40 PM, Michael Bruski <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi John, > > I'm trying to run my remote on a RPi4B near Galena, MD 21635. The MDZ012 > LID covers Kent county, MD where Galena is located. > > I'm running WeeWX v4.1.1 and weewx-forecast-3.4.0b10.zip (after discovering > that 3.4.0B1 wouldn't work). > > As a work around, I tweaked the default URLs for NWS in > /usr/share/weewx/user/forecast.py to substitute 'AFM' for 'PFM' to get the > Area Forecast Matrix and that is working fine. My LID is found > and I get the local forecast I'm looking for. However, I may do a couple > more deploys and it would be nice to have the ability to make this selection > via the weewx.conf file instead of tweaking the source code. > > I'm considering doing the same for my home location in Carroll county MD > because I sometimes see some not so insignificant differences between the > MDZ005 Area Forecast Matrix and the MDZ013 Point Forecast Matrix possibly due > to 850 ft difference in elevation. In Maryland it seems the Area Forecast > Matrix provides a better granularity (and better forecast) than the Point > Forecast Matrix which has fewer locations and covers larger areas. > > Mike/AJ9X > > On Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 5:48:36 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> What town are you in? Zip code? >> >> From where did you get the forecast extension? >> >> What version of WeeWX are you running? >> >>> On Sep 26, 2020, at 8:34 AM, Michael Bruski <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >>> I'm a newbie to weewx and have recently added the forecast extension to two >>> weewx systems I am operating at two different locations. The initial >>> setup and test was done at my home location. I changed the LID/FOID for >>> location 2 after deploying it. While checking the syslog for the remote >>> system, I found the following messages from the forecast extension: >>> >>> Sep 26 11:10:18 wstn weewx[18561] INFO user.forecast: NWSThread: NWS: >>> downloading forecast from >>> 'http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=PFM&format=txt&issuedby=PHI' >>> Sep 26 11:11:58 wstn weewx[18561] ERROR user.forecast: NWSThread: NWS: no >>> PFM found for MDZ012 in forecast from PHI >>> >>> I did some checking through the NWS EMWIN messages on GOES16 to see what >>> was what and see that MDZ012 is not included in the Holy Springs PFM, but, >>> it is provided in the AFM. Would it be possible to add a key/tag to >>> weewx.conf to specify the product where my LID can be found or maybe change >>> user.forecast to check both PFM/AFM products for the specified LID? >>> >>> Thanks for this great extension and weewx! >>> >>> Mike/AJ9X >> >>> -- >>> 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/b6b535da-6144-4a81-8a20-a2ac930e68adn%40googlegroups.com. > > -- > 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/24573746-8249-4f99-8d31-b53ac909d784n%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/0F4DD4F4-0F99-40F2-83D2-46412C23E385%40johnkline.com.
