It's a bit difficult to tell from the graph but I'm guessing it's altitude 
correction related. 
See 
https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.1/usersguide/troubleshooting/meteo/?h=pressure#the-pressure-reported-by-weewx-does-not-match-the-pressure-on-the-console
 
and https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Barometer,-pressure,-and-altimeter 
for what might be going on.   

Definitely make sure you have altitude set correctly for each station.

Davis's calculations are 
in 
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0515/5992/3873/files/App_Note_28_Rev_G_Derived_Variables.pdf?v=1718824378
 
if you want to see what those stations are doing.  It's a bit of a tough 
read.

WeatherFlow cuts to the chase with just their formula, FWIW - 
see 
https://weatherflow.github.io/Tempest/api/derived-metric-formulas.html#sea-level-pressure

On Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 10:45:41 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote:

>
> First of all: compare the raw pressure readings, but therefore all sensors 
> have to be at the same location.
>
> The calculated "barometer" value depends on other measurements such as 
> altitude, temperature and humidity. So, if any of the other values is off, 
> the calculated result will be off, even when all sensors show the same 
> absolute pressure.
> Guido Cioni schrieb am Sonntag, 5. Januar 2025 um 18:18:42 UTC+1:
>
>> I have 3 stations located close to each other (maximum distance is about 
>> 12 km). 
>> They all use the same hardware (Davis Vantage Vue).
>> The only difference between them is that one of the stations (which is 
>> also the one that I'm using with WeeWx) does not have the console, so I'm 
>> using an external BME280 sensor to get the pressure reading.
>>
>> When comparing the barometer variable (which If I understand correctly 
>> should already be corrected with altitude and temperature) I get indeed a 
>> similar behaviour.
>> [image: Screenshot 2025-01-05 at 18.11.45.png]
>>
>> However, the station with the BME280 sensor (green curve) is way off with 
>> respect to the other ones.
>> Obviously, small discrepancies in the 'real' altitude could explain part 
>> of the difference, for example the one that is seen between the blue and 
>> red curves. However, I feel like the green line is way off possibly because 
>> of:
>> - wrong calibration in the BME280 sensor
>> - something else going wrong when computing barometer? 
>>
>> Has anyone seen this behaviour before? Should I just use an additional 
>> line in StdCalibrate to correct the value of the pressure read from the 
>> BME280 sensor (I could use as offset the difference with the neighboring 
>> stations) or is there a cleaner way to correct this? 
>>
>> Thanks 
>>
>

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