There was 3 of us getting wrong results before switching to *absbaromin, the WOW-BE site was showing over 1100hPa, no idea why @John Kilne had a different outcome.*
On Wed, 24 Sept 2025 at 10:52, Tom Keffer <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm having a hard time following. I know the last commit fixed David's > station. John: I gather it made yours worse? > > Could someone check the WOW-BE API and see exactly what they need. That > should be what we do, rather than make stations "better" or "worse". > > -tk > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM David <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For me using *absbaromin*, pressure readings for my station being >> reported by WOW-BE were consistently looking very wrong. >> They were approximately +10hPa higher than they should have been. >> Presumable the MSLP (*barometer*) being reported were then being >> (incorrectly) adjusted by WOW-BE to take into consideration the altitude of >> my weather station (around 105m). >> As soon as I changed to *baromin* instead, things looked much better. So >> far the WOW-BE barometric pressures for my station have been stable with no >> anomalous readings. >> >> -- >> David >> 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/4aa290e2-2a50-4e2b-8e58-e81be5ac7897n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/4aa290e2-2a50-4e2b-8e58-e81be5ac7897n%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/CAPq0zEDVYHnru_vhi11hhM%2BagsOCQE8BPMFrmDUg-aX9pMUYYw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEDVYHnru_vhi11hhM%2BagsOCQE8BPMFrmDUg-aX9pMUYYw%40mail.gmail.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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