It would be interesting what the above plot would have looked like with using discrete marks.
[email protected] schrieb am Freitag, 10. Oktober 2025 um 22:10:49 UTC+2: > Tom, > Thank you. That change made a big difference. Except for a Weewx update > nothing changed except the outdoor sensor unit. I have not touched the > Standard Skin that I remember. Perhaps when I first created my weather > station but that was too long ago (8 years) to remember. > Glad you were there to help... appreciated, > Den > ... I am going to monitor other near by stations and see if we agree on > wind direction. > > > On Friday, October 10, 2025 at 3:36:44 PM UTC-4 Tom Keffer wrote: > >> If you did not change anything except the ISS, I don't have an >> explanation. >> >> The Standard skin uses a continuous line to display wind direction, which >> is not a very good choice. Much better is to use discrete marks, which is >> what the Seasons skin does. That will make the display look much better. >> >> Go into the file /etc/weewx/skins/Standard/skin.conf and change this >> >> [[[daywinddir]]] >> # Hardwire in the y-axis scale for wind direction >> yscale = 0.0, 360.0, 45.0 >> [[[[windDir]]]] >> >> to this >> >> [[[daywinddir]]] >> # Hardwire in the y-axis scale for wind direction >> yscale = 0.0, 360.0, 45.0 >> line_type = None >> marker_type = box >> marker_size = 2 >> [[[[windDir]]]] >> >> Do the same thing for sections [[[weekwinddir]]], [[[monthwinddir]]], and >> [[[yearwinddir]]] in the same file. >> >> That should help a lot. >> >> On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM '[email protected]' via weewx-user < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I replaced my Davis Vantage Pro 2 Exterior Sensor Suite with a Vantage >>> Vue Sensor Suite due to hardware failures. Since then my Weewx Day Wind >>> Direction graph (daywind.png) has been unreadable due to constantly jumping >>> up and down full scale (see image) >>> The Vue Sensor suite is aimed in the correct direction (solar panel to >>> the south). >>> Attached is my config file, that did not change, and the syslog. >>> I hope there is a simple solution that you can help me with... >>> Everything else seems to be functioning as expected. >>> Thanks for considering this issue.. >>> [image: daywinddir.png] >>> >>> -- >>> 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/abb4a618-148c-4054-b1f9-5cc9e3c8dab3n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/abb4a618-148c-4054-b1f9-5cc9e3c8dab3n%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/5cd987ce-e349-452c-877f-d1ab700aebb6n%40googlegroups.com.
