Cloud

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61mechanic
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Post by 61mechanic »

Hello
Yowindow 3 is looking great :)
I understand that my forecast comes from the NWS but where does cloud cover info come from?
Reason I ask is because lately when it is cloudy out as it is now no blue sky in sight Yowindows shows no clouds at all.

Thank you, Jack
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Re: Cloud

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Jack,

The current conditions come from your METAR unless you have a personal weather station and are using that data instead.

- Jim
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Hi Jack,

Can you give us your city location? The reason I ask is that some Metar stations do not report the sky conditions. I would like to check out your Metar station.

Thank you in advance.

Marty
61mechanic
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Located in Page Az http://yowindow.com/weather?client=desk ... ge#ln=Page Metar KPGA I used to get sky conditions, maybe something changed

Thanks, Jack
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Hi Jack,

I have a website for you to look at the next time your sky conditions on YoWindow do not look correct. It is http://weather.uwyo.edu/surface/meteogram/. This university has archived Metar recordings from around the world.

KPGA in the past 15 days has reported sky conditions on 3 of those days. The other 12, it is reporting Clear Below 12000 Feet. The days that KPGA has been working are 03/18, 03/08, and 03/07.

I hope this information helps you out.

Marty
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Thanks Marty, I will check it out. :)
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