Thanks for that hint John. It does the trick. I guess I should have taken a second look at the docs.
Mike On Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 23:24 John Kline <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > <http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=PFM&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 >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/b6b535da-6144-4a81-8a20-a2ac930e68adn%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/24573746-8249-4f99-8d31-b53ac909d784n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/24573746-8249-4f99-8d31-b53ac909d784n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/MacwBYfTheY/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0F4DD4F4-0F99-40F2-83D2-46412C23E385%40johnkline.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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