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scumbelly

@linxha

I captured an xml string from your location…

<current_observation version=“1.0”
xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”
xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=“http://www.weather.gov/view/current_observation.xsd”>
NOAA’s National Weather Service
<credit_URL>http://weather.gov/</credit_URL>

http://weather.gov/images/xml_logo.gif

NOAA's National Weather Service http://weather.gov 15 minutes after the hour 60 Belmar-Farmingdale, NJ KBLM 40.18333 -74.13333 Last Updated on Apr 14 2021, 12:56 pm EDT Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:56:00 -0400 A Few Clouds 70.0 F (21.1 C) 70.0 21.1 39 from the West at 9.2 gusting to 17.3 MPH (8 gusting to 15 KT) West 270 9.2 17.3 8 15 1016.4 mb 1016.4 30.02 44.1 F (6.7 C) 44.1 6.7 10.00 http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/small/ http://www.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KBLM.html few.png http://www.weather.gov/data/METAR/KBLM.1.txt http://weather.gov/disclaimer.html http://weather.gov/disclaimer.html http://weather.gov/notice.html

… but I saw no ‘wind chill’ or ‘feels like’ information at the time I grabbed the file.

I’ve gone about as far as I can. Hopefully someone can add more to this for you.

Cheers.

linuxha

@scumbelly , huge thanks for the help. What URL did you use to get the XML? For weather.gov, I’ve been seeing JSON.

I think I’ll toss in a few log statements and see what weather.gov code is using.

scumbelly

@linuxha

https://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KBLM.xml

linuxha

I figured out the Feels like being 32F, it’s getting a null in the heat index from weather.gov. I’ve added code to check for null and use the currentWeather.temperature instead. I’ll send diffs later (where do I send them?) when I’ve finished with the windSpeed.

		if(currentWeatherData.heatIndex.value) {
			currentWeather.feelsLikeTemp = this.convertTemp(currentWeatherData.heatIndex.value);
		} else {
			// If null, set it to the current temperature
			currentWeather.feelsLikeTemp = currentWeather.temperature;
		}

Sorry it took so long for me to figure out this env. I’m using the browser to debug now. I’ve not done this much. :-)

linuxha

Okay, I see the issue with windSpeed. The URL returns windSpeed in km_h-1 (k/h), the convertSpeed(metSec) function appears to be m/s. I’m not sure how to fix this for general use. I’ll try to fix it for my use first.

sdetweil

@linuxha google search on conversion says divide the km/h by 3.6 to get m/s

linuxha

@sdetweil , thanks, I did find those but I’m also trying to figure out a way so when I change the code it doesn’t break the existing. I’m just giving it thought now.

To convert kph to mph: *0.621371. I 'm used to MPH and m/s or kph wouldn’t register with me. I can handle temperatures and distance in metric but not wind speeds.

linuxha

Ah feels like also needs to consider “windChill” & “heatIndex”. I’m betting they’re mutually exclusive.

phodges7727

I think the weather.gov API using /points/ has been deprecated. It switched to gridpoints/{wfo}/{x}/{y}. I am not skilled enough to know what to switch in the config file to make it work.