Here are Tom's recommended changes to the Day and Week graphs...... On Friday, October 10, 2025 at 4:30:12 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote:
> 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/44d9c9a8-14ba-45b3-b673-1a27646f8778n%40googlegroups.com.
