Rain reported to Windy

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Rain reported to Windy

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The plugin works a treat so far. The one issue that I have come across is that the rainfall is not being reported to Windy from Wunderground. I have all the other parameters working as they should its just not reporting the rainfall data. Can someone help pls??

Answer 1 · 2024-09-16T12:56:45.000Z

Sure. It looks like IBM lets you pull down current precipitation rate and total precipitation since midnight, whereas Windy only accepts "precip from the last hour". I'm not sure there would be a way to calculate what Windy's expecting to receive given the stats that Wunderground gives out.

Answer 2 · 2024-09-16T13:15:19.000Z

Hey, Thanks for the reply...

Previously (whilst using CMX) Windy would display both hourly and also accumulated totals for a 24hr period though 🤷

Answer 3 · 2024-09-16T13:30:03.000Z

I think that Windy is taking in the "precip from the last hour" readings and displaying accumulations and such over time to the end user. That's what it's doing with my data from the Weatherflow Tempest.

Answer 4 · 2024-09-16T14:13:24.000Z

Hello. Following this. I had not realized Windy really does not show rain data. 16 de set. de 2024, 10:55:01 Debug {"update":{"update":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"si":0,"time":"2024-09-16T13:54:03.000Z","temp":12.833334360000002,"wind":1.43052432,"wind_dir":82,"wind_gust":2.86104864,"rh":85,"dew_point":50.6,"pressure":102844.564079}]},"errors":{"observations":[],"stations":[]}},"result":{"0":{"stations":[],"observations":[{"success":true,"value":{"si":0,"time":"2024-09-16T13:54:03.000Z","temp":12.833334360000002,"wind":1.43052432,"wind_dir":82,"wind_gust":2.86104864,"rh":85,"dew_point":50.6,"pressure":102844.564079}}]}}} Refresh from WU 16 de set. de 2024, 11:04:49 Depuração {"time":1726495480000,"latitude":"-25.516092","longitude":"-49.195479","temp":{"f":55.3,"c":12.94},"dewpoint":{"f":50.8,"c":10.44},"windSpeed":{"mph":1.6,"mps":0.72,"kph":2.57,"knots":1.39},"windGust":{"mph":3.3,"mps":1.48,"kph":5.31,"knots":2.87},"winddir":212,"windChill":{"f":55.3,"c":12.94},"heatIndex":{"f":55.3,"c":12.94},"pressure":{"inHg":30.37,"hPa":1028},"humidity":85,"precipRate":{"in":0,"mm":0},"precipSinceMidnight":{"in":1.05,"mm":26.67}} Thanks. Em seg., 16 de set. de 2024 às 02:32, eeeevl ***@***.***> escreveu:

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The plugin works a treat so far. The one issue that I have come across is that the rainfall is not being reported to Windy from Wunderground. I have all the other parameters working as they should its just not reporting the rainfall data. Can someone help pls?? Screenshot.2024-09-16.153127.png (view on web) <https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b1cd796c-e2d2-485b-84b6-cdd7d61d8dfb> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#29>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABEPUKKTRL7MFXXZEDF4A63ZWZUOHAVCNFSM6AAAAABOIRQ2QOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSGUZDONJTGYYDMMA> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 5 · 2024-09-16T14:53:21.000Z

Because Windy only supports taking in "precipitation over the last hour" measurements, data sources that don't report that data point such as IBM Wunderground, MyAcurite, Ambient Weather, or APRS do not support sending precipitation data to Windy. Davis Weatherlink and Weatherflow Tempest report that correctly and work as expected.

I'll have to put some thought into this. Each of the currently-unsupported services report a current precipitation rate, so if we can keep a rolling 1-hour average in the Apps Script cache that's continually updated, then in theory we could start to send this on to Windy.

Answer 6 · 2024-09-16T18:04:18.000Z

Hi Leo. Good thoughts, that might work. I only noticed today after eeevl's email, that Windy, is, indeed, not showing the rain data. And we hat a LOT of rain here last day. Em seg., 16 de set. de 2024 às 11:53, Leo ***@***.***> escreveu:

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Because Windy only supports taking in "precipitation over the last hour" measurements <https://github.com/leoherzog/WundergroundStationForwarder/blob/v2.7.0/code.gs#L831>, data sources that don't report that data point such as IBM Wunderground <https://github.com/leoherzog/WundergroundStationForwarder/blob/v2.7.0/code.gs#L182-L189>, MyAcurite <https://github.com/leoherzog/WundergroundStationForwarder/blob/v2.7.0/code.gs#L340-L343>, Ambient Weather <https://github.com/leoherzog/WundergroundStationForwarder/blob/v2.7.0/code.gs#L588-L599>, or APRS <https://github.com/leoherzog/WundergroundStationForwarder/blob/v2.7.0/code.gs#L661-L672> do not support sending precipitation data to Windy. Davis Weatherlink <https://github.com/leoherzog/WundergroundStationForwarder/blob/v2.7.0/code.gs#L441-L444> and Weatherflow Tempest <https://github.com/leoherzog/WundergroundStationForwarder/blob/v2.7.0/code.gs#L524-L527> report that correctly and work as expected. I'll have to put some thought into this. Each of the currently-unsupported services report a *current* precipitation rate, so if we can keep a rolling 1-hour average in the Apps Script cache that's continually updated, then in theory we could start to send this on to Windy. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#29 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABEPUKLN6IQNQLKA6UCF7ATZW3WHRAVCNFSM6AAAAABOIRQ2QOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDGNJTGE2TKNJWGE> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 7 · 2024-09-16T20:52:30.000Z

Alrighty, @eeeevl and @jeffomoreira. I've just published v2.7.1 which I think does this correctly. There's a new calculation in the code that makes some assumptions based off of the last hour minutely history of current precipitation rates to try and come up with a best estimate of the hourly accumulation. Give 'er a try and let me know how it goes!

Answer 8 · 2024-09-16T23:45:38.000Z

Thanks, Leo. And eevil. I updated my script a couple hours ago but for some reason rain is still not showing up. Will look into it calmly when I get some time. Em seg., 16 de set. de 2024 às 17:52, Leo ***@***.***> escreveu:

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Alrighty, @eeeevl <https://github.com/eeeevl> and @jeffomoreira <https://github.com/jeffomoreira>. I've just published v2.7.1 which I *think* does this correctly. There's a new calculation in the code that makes some assumptions based off of the last hour minutely history of current precipitation rates to try and come up with a best estimate of the — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#29 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABEPUKMBVUIUMNZAHSRQ3CTZW5AKJAVCNFSM6AAAAABOIRQ2QOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDGNJUGAYTAMZRG4> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 9 · 2024-09-19T14:07:13.000Z

Rain to Windy seems to be working! Looks fine to me. Thanks guys. [image: image.png] Em seg., 16 de set. de 2024 às 17:52, Leo ***@***.***> escreveu:

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Alrighty, @eeeevl <https://github.com/eeeevl> and @jeffomoreira <https://github.com/jeffomoreira>. I've just published v2.7.1 which I *think* does this correctly. There's a new calculation in the code that makes some assumptions based off of the last hour minutely history of current precipitation rates to try and come up with a best estimate of the — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#29 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABEPUKMBVUIUMNZAHSRQ3CTZW5AKJAVCNFSM6AAAAABOIRQ2QOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDGNJUGAYTAMZRG4> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Answer 10 · 2024-09-20T04:23:39.000Z

Rain being reported to Windy as well - slightly inaccurate (0.3mm) but appears to be working fine...

Thankyou ❤️👌