For me using *absbaromin*, the readings reported by WOW-BE for my weather station looked very wrong. The barometric pressures were at least +10hPa higher than they should have been, presumably because WOW-BE was (incorrectly) adjusting the received MSLP (weewx *barometer* value) for the altitude of my weather station (approximately 105m). As soon as I changed it to *baromin*, the pressure readings looked much better. Since then things have appeared normal on WOW-BE for my weather station with no anomalous pressure readings.
On Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 11:40:08 AM UTC+9:30 John Smith wrote: > hPa even... > > On Sun, 21 Sept 2025 at 12:09, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not using absbaromin things go wonky, my station was reporting over >> 1100kPa at one stage... >> >> On Sun, 21 Sept 2025 at 03:15, David <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Just a query with regards to the updated restx.py file for sending data >>> to WOW-BE. >>> When reporting pressure using "barometer", shouldn't the respective >>> WOW-BE field be "baromin" instead of "absbaromin"? >>> According the the WOW-BE site: >>> "*baromin = relative pressure (i.e. pressure reduced to sea level)* and >>> *absbaromin >>> = absolute pressure (i.e. the raw pressure measurement at the station’s >>> location)*." >>> So for reporting pressure: >>> - weewx parameter "barometer" corresponds to the field "baromin" in >>> WOW-BE >>> - weewx parameter "pressure" corresponds to the field "absbaromin" in >>> WOE-BE >>> May be I'm wrong, but since I modified the code to report "barometer" as >>> "baromin" the reported pressure now seems to be correct (before the change >>> they were abnormally high). >>> I have a Davis Vantage Pro 2 so it makes sense for me to report >>> "barometer" pressure since this is what is provided by the weather station. >>> On Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 9:02:01 PM UTC+9:30 John Smith wrote: >>> >>>> I've submitted a pull request for restx.py to enable sending weather >>>> data to both wow.metoffice.gov.uk and wow.meteo.be, the code is >>>> slightly modified from the diff that glennmckechnie posted to issue #1013 >>>> >>>> You can download a copy of restx.py with the changes here: >>>> >>>> https://github.com/evilbunny2008/weewx/raw/refs/heads/master/src/weewx/restx.py >>>> >>>> Just replace the existing restx.py which resides >>>> in /usr/share/weewx/weewx/restx.py when you install using the Debian >>>> package, I don't know exactly where it would be for other install methods. >>>> >>>> The above file is from the current weeWX master branch and only tested >>>> in weeWX 5.1.0 on Debian Bookworm running a 6.12 kernel from backports. >>>> >>>> I have limited python experience and would value suggestions to make >>>> the code more pythonic if needed. >>>> >>> -- >>> 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 visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2686b8d5-5b58-4d99-801b-82855793a969n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2686b8d5-5b58-4d99-801b-82855793a969n%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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f71f6e14-cb6c-4608-8dcf-ce6d1fb4e145n%40googlegroups.com.
