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 Configuration File
 ------------------
 
-The configuration file is separated into two parts, the [wxsite]
-portion, and the [ftp] portion.
+The configuration file is separated into two parts, the
+[nrcs]/[mesowest] portion, and the [infoex] portion.
 
-The [wxsite] values describe which NRCS SNOTEL site's data you're after.
-See the next section in this README for instructions on obtaining these
-values.
+The [nrcs]/[mesowest] values describe which NRCS SNOTEL site's data
+you're after.  See the next section in this README for instructions on
+obtaining these values.
 
-The [ftp] values describe your credentials for the InfoEx automated
-weather station FTP server.
+The [infoex] values describe your credentials for the InfoEx automated
+weather station FTP server and other InfoEx-related configuration
+options.
 
 `[nrcs]`  
 `station_triplet = [The NRCS identifier for a particular SNOTEL site]`  
@@ -73,11 +74,12 @@ weather station FTP server.
 `csv_filename = [Arbitrary name of the file that will be uploaded to InfoEx]`  
 `location_uuid = [The UUID used by InfoEx to identify your automated Wx site]`  
 
-Finding Your WXSITE values
---------------------------
+Finding Your NRCS values
+------------------------
 
-To complete the [wxsite] configuration section, you must fill in the
+To complete the [nrcs] configuration section, you must fill in the
 attributes of the NRCS SNOTEL site from which you want to import data.
+
 Here are the steps to do that:
 
 1. Find your station by clicking through this website:
@@ -126,6 +128,23 @@ indicates that I'd like to import "AIR TEMPERATURE OBSERVED" and
 "PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION" from the NRCS SNOTEL site at Mud Ridge, OR,
 into InfoEx.
 
+Finding your MesoWest values
+----------------------------
+
+To complete the [mesowest] configuration section, you must fill in the
+attributes of the MesoWest station ID from which you want to import
+data.
+
+Here are the steps to do that:
+
+Field names are listed here:
+https://developers.synopticdata.com/about/station-variables/
+
+The MesoWest API supports on-the-fly unit conversion, so that can be
+specified to infoex-autowx via the configuration option `units`. This
+can be either 'english' or 'metric', with 'english' meaning imperial
+units as used in the United States.
+
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