OK, let me absorb this information a bit and see what I can figure out.

On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 4:56:30 PM UTC-8, gjr80 wrote:
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> On Monday, 10 February 2020 10:35:37 UTC+10, Dan Blanchard wrote:
>>
>> My station labels it as 'Pressure inHg' which is currently 30.30 and 
>> matches others in the area.
>>
>
> I presume you mean the station display. The use of 'Pressure' is 
> consistent with it being station pressure but it could mean anything, would 
> not be the first time weather station hardware manufacturers have been 
> vague, liberal with the truth or just wrong.
>
> So I am a bit confused between what you said about barometric pressure vs. 
>> raw pressure.
>>
>
> Did you read the wiki article about the three different pressures that 
> WeeWX uses? Could you explain what it is that confuses you?
>  
>
>> Ultimately, is there a fix for me?  Can I make some kind of adjustment?
>>
>
> Not sure what you are trying to fix, if the issue is that you want 
> everything to display the same value then sure there are changes you can 
> make. Since you can't change what the station hardware displays you need to 
> change what WeeWX and WU displays. Changing what WeeWX displays is easy, as 
> I said its a simple change to a template. Changing what WU displays is more 
> complex and involves changing the WeeWX WU uploader to upload WeeWX field 
> pressure instead of field barometer. If you go down this path you need to 
> accept a few things. Firstly, your WU data will be inaccurate (it expects 
> barometric pressure and you will be sending it station pressure). Secondly, 
> your changes to the template will be safe but your changes to the WU 
> uploader will likely be overwritten each time you upgrade WeeWX.
>
> I am not familiar with the WS-2813 so do not know if there is any ability 
> to change what pressure it displays, I suspect there will not be a means 
> though.
>
> At the end of the day you might be displaying a different value to a lot 
> of other folks, doesn't make them right and you wrong though.
>
> Gary
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>> On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 4:29:42 PM UTC-8, gjr80 wrote:
>>>
>>> Slightly, but still apples and oranges. By default WeeWX displays 
>>> barometric pressure so WeeWX and WU displaying the same 'pressure' is 
>>> expected behaviour. The 'pressure' displayed by WeeWX can be changed with a 
>>> simple change to a template, unfortunately what cannot be changed is what 
>>> WU expects and (usually) what your station hardware displays.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>

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