Mostly cloudy report shows lots of sun

[calpro]

I'm using the widget on our website which is fed information via weather display, which in turn gets its cloud information from the local METAR.

I've noticed when it lists "Mostly Cloudy" in the text field on my Weather Display Live it shows near overcast conditions, but in Yowindow it shows only a few clouds. Is this a glitch in how it's translating the weather from weather display or something? Yowindow does say "mostly cloudy" in the text. Here's a screenshot of it.

Here's the latest metar that weather display is pulling METAR CYHM 311400Z 06007KT 15SM FEW140 BKN210 21/15 A3018 RMK AC2CI5
SLP220=

So it's broken clouds, but the lowest layer is few, does weather display send the full metar to Yowindow to interpret? If so I wonder if yowindow is using the lowest layer of clouds for reference instead of the top?

[Smith88]

Hi,

This problem is very interesting. Have you experienced it since that time?
The parameters seem to be inactive, and don't match with the METAR report, not only the clouds.
Otherwise, YoWindow shows the maximum of cloud layers.

Adrian

[calpro]

I've seen this all through today and yesterday whenever the text says "mostly cloudy".

I can post a copy of the yowindow.xml file if that helps.

[calpro]

Here's a copy of the yowindow.xml file when its showing mostly cloudy but not much clouds in display

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<!-- Caledon Produce Farms 08/31/11 2:55 PM -->

<!-- Remove auto_update section if wanting the default, otherwise in seconds -->

<!-- Remove snow section if not inputting snow -->

<!-- Remove the uv and solar tags if those sensors aren't present -->

<response>    

  <current_weather> 

    <auto_update>

      <interval value="300"/> 

    </auto_update>  

    <temperature>

      <current value="26.3&deg;C"/> 

      <feels_like value="32"/> 	  

    </temperature>	

    <humidity value="60"/> 

    <pressure value="1019.6" trend="-0.7"/> 

    <wind> 

      <speed value="3.3"/> 

      <gusts value="5.1"/> 	  

      <direction value="158 &deg;"/> 

    </wind> 

    <sky> 

      <icon id="3" format="wd"/> 

      <description value="mostly cloudy"/> 

      <precipitation> 

        <rain>

          <rate value="0.0"/>

          <daily_total value="  0.0 mm"/>

        </rain>	  

      </precipitation> 

    </sky>     

  </current_weather> 

</response>

[Smith88]

Hi,

Sorry, but it escaped my attention that you use YoWindow with Weather Display.
Thus, I can't help you, because I don't know this program.
Perhaps someone else can.

Adrian

[calpro]

No problem Adrian, could you explain which part of the XML file dictates the cloud cover? I'm assuming its the <icon id="3"> part? Or is the xml file itself specific to WD?

[calpro]

Yet another wierd one:


Here’s the Metar: METAR CYHM 071200Z 05017G23KT 6SM -SHRA BR SCT007 BKN010 OVC019 15/14
A3010 RMK SF3SC2SC2 SLP195=


Here’s the YoWindow.xml exported from WD:

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<response>
<current_weather>
<temperature value="13.4"/>
<humidity value="85"/>
<pressure value="1018.9"/>
<wind>
<speed value="5.9" unit="kph"/>
<direction value="68"/>
</wind>
<sky>
<icon id="2" format="wd"/>
<description value="overcast - light rain showers; mist"/>
<precipitation>
<rain rate="0.0" daily_total="0.0"/>
</precipitation>
</sky>
</current_weather>
</response>

The resulting image is attached. The WDL icon shows clouds, but the YoWindow display shows near clear skies. Looking at the icon ID it’s showing 2, which I assume is 2/8’s cloud cover yet the overall layers are overcast in the metar. Any ideas?