Cloudbase is a calculated quantity (like windchill), not a measured
quantity. It is a function of temperature, humidity, altitude. Don't know
why you didn't see it before.

Is it a problem?

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 2:55 PM Timothy Buchanan <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The upgrade was from 4.1 to 4.2. Weewx.conf was not changed. I have been
> using the extended schema for a month or more before this upgrade, with no
> problems. I do not understand why a value for Cloud Base should suddenly
> appear, since I don't have any sensor that would provide a value and
> cloudBase is not referenced in any extension I use. It has been and should
> be null in the database, but it is not.
>
> On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 8:27:23 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> You didn't give much detail about your upgrade. From what version? To
>> what version? Did you keep your old weewx.conf, or accept the installer's
>> offer to install a new one?
>>
>> Starting with V4.0, cloudbase was included in the list of calculations to
>> be performed in weewx.conf. However, this would only affect you if you
>> installed a new version of weewx.conf. If you kept your old version (the
>> default), the same calculations as before the upgrade would be performed.
>>
>> V4.0 also introduced the "wview_extended" schema, which has a slot for
>> cloudbase. Again, this would only affect you if you changed database
>> schemas --- old schemas would act as before.
>>
>> Is there a problem?
>>
>> -tk
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 6:36 AM Timothy Buchanan <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Following an apt upgrade, Cloud Base values have begun appearing in my
>>> database and skin. I have never had a cloud sensor. I am using the
>>> WeatherFlow driver and an extension for the Ecowitt sensors. Thanks for any
>>> info on this.
>>>
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