Thanks Jimi,  That is the solution.  No API and the password is the station 
ID  Who would have thought....

Thanks

On Friday, December 1, 2023 at 8:33:42 PM UTC+11 Jimi Lawson wrote:

> I don't use tha API, I just use my WU station ID and key in weewx.conf. 
> Note the password isn't your WU account password its the key next to your 
> station ID on the My Devices page.
> Jimi
>
> On Friday, 1 December 2023 at 08:57:44 UTC Nate Bargmann wrote:
>
>> I don't have any solution except to say the WU has a lot of issues and
>> trying to get help from them almost seems futile.
>>
>> When they changed their systems last summer and required a change of
>> password, I dutifully followed the instructions only to be met with an
>> error message that my request could not be processed due some
>> "temporary" problem on their end. I tried on and off over the next
>> couple of weeks and then forgot about it. I was reminded of that a
>> couple of weeks ago and tried again only to receive the same error
>> message. I sent a support message through their Web site and received a
>> boilerplate email that they'll do this, that, or the other, and since
>> then, nothing.
>>
>> Oddly, my rapid fire uploads have continued to work all along. Even
>> more interesting is that my account apparently never required an API
>> key, just the PWS ID and my password, the same one I cannot change!
>>
>> Sadly, I'm not sure what the purpose of WU is these days. It seems no
>> one is minding the store and as long as things work, it's fine, but when
>> they don't, well, getting help seems to be too high an expectation.
>>
>> - Nate
>>
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>>

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