@Ton vanN & @steepleian I came to the same conclusion after an extensive internet search (I only found 2 references to this, 1 on this thread and 1 on WOW-BE) and I also contacted the UK MET Office and asked the following questions
1. I currently upload my weather station data to my site (Well Road Weather) on the Met Office WOW Will the DataPoint retirement affect this ? If do how do I continue to submit Data ? 2. I also currently download a 7 day forecast from the MET office will this continue or will I have to access it a different way. 3. I used to be able to upload weather cam images to WOW by FTP but this no longer seems to work, is it discontinued? if so will there be an alternative method available ? The answers were 1. No, the removal of DataPoint will not affect uploading data to WOW. 2. A service called Weather DataHub will be taking over from DataPoint, through there you can download forecasts. Please see further information here: https://datahub.metoffice.gov.uk/The WOW FTP server has been retired. 3. If anyone wishes to upload webcam images they'll have to use their own FTP server. Steps for this can be found here: https://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/support/webcams Straight from the horses mouth is good enough for me, I won't be changing my upload to UKMO Jimi On Thursday, 25 September 2025 at 10:20:11 UTC+1 steepleian wrote: > @Ton, > I think you may have hit the nail on the head with your conclusion. > > https://claydonsweather.org.uk > > On 25 Sep 2025, at 10:09, steepleian <[email protected]> wrote: > > The wow.metoffice.gov.uk is still alive and kicking. There was a change > of process which meant users had to migrate their accounts by a certain > date or lose access. No suggestion it was closing. > > > https://claydonsweather.org.uk > > On 25 Sep 2025, at 09:13, Ton vanN <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have tried to trace back, but absolutely no mentioning at the > WOW-partner-websites of MetOfficeUK (= KNMI and MetEireann) about an > upcoming shutdown for WOW-UPLOAD, causing serious doubt about the report at > GitHub. > Or is it misinterpretation related to a change in the datahub providing > DOWNLOAD of meteodata from MetOfficeUK? > > Can somebody point/recall to a weblink to the said shutdown-message from > MetOfficeUK, as confirmation of the source-info? > Lacking that confirmation the creation of the new upload to wow.meteo.be > looks like a solo-action from KMI/RMI for creation of a parallel > WOW-channel. > > > Op donderdag 25 september 2025 om 07:15:06 UTC+2 schreef John Smith: > >> I now only have 'altimeter': 'baromin=%.3f', I removed the pressure line >> >> On Thu, 25 Sept 2025 at 14:56, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> @Tom >>> Yes that seems to work... >>> >>> On Thu, 25 Sept 2025 at 06:29, Tom Keffer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I see one possible point of confusion. For baromin, they say >>>> >>>> baromin >>>> number >>>> >>>> Relative Pressure i.e. pressure adjusted to sea level (Inch of Mercury) >>>> >>>> This seems like they expect an adjustment *only* for altitude, not >>>> temperature. If that's the case, then the correct WeeWX observation type >>>> would be "altimeter", not "barometer". >>>> >>>> @John Smith : could you try making the switch and see if that makes a >>>> difference in your results? >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM Glenn McKechnie <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Spent some time trying to understand this and what might have changed, >>>>> We were using absbaromin to get the corrected readings when it was first >>>>> implemented, and as John said this was because baromin gave readings that >>>>> were too high. That now seems to have flipped, we're back to ridiculous >>>>> highs again. >>>>> >>>>> We started back around the 16th, and all the pressure data prior to >>>>> the 19th @ 19:45 is missing for Aus. So ? ; one of life's little >>>>> mysteries >>>>> I guess. >>>>> >>>>> Rather than questioning my sanity any further, I've checked out the >>>>> development driver for restx.py and am using it in place of the previous >>>>> one. >>>>> >>>>> Now barometer = baromin works, as does pressure = absbaromin >>>>> >>>>> We are back to sane values. The development driver works. >>>>> >>>>> Comparing the output to the official BOM values from the local >>>>> airport, I'm within range. >>>>> They are at 435 metres, I'm at 455 metres - close enough >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Glenn >>>>> >>>>> Various WeeWx addons at >>>>> https://github.com/glennmckechnie >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, 24 Sept 2025 at 19:24, Graham Eddy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> ditto. just waiting for it to settle, then deploy >>>>>> *⊣GE⊢* >>>>>> >>>>>> On 24 Sep 2025, at 6:10 pm, 'steepleian' via weewx-user < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I am a current WOW user and intend to continue with the new service. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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/9C991DEF-EA73-4C4F-9C4B-D8EF19DAA641%40geddy.au >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9C991DEF-EA73-4C4F-9C4B-D8EF19DAA641%40geddy.au?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/CAAraAzi1K%3Du6kGVhTzCymJjJe21N1MTTO7ahx9m_%2BU-TncT4YQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAAraAzi1K%3Du6kGVhTzCymJjJe21N1MTTO7ahx9m_%2BU-TncT4YQ%40mail.gmail.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/e405aa8e-6490-4181-b7db-580b39a552ban%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e405aa8e-6490-4181-b7db-580b39a552ban%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/86CB1AA6-2C20-485F-8E7B-1F68CE904051%40btinternet.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/86CB1AA6-2C20-485F-8E7B-1F68CE904051%40btinternet.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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