From 7f4b193a6a5fbb1d209c5de542a47db2c3b36ba2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Vasarab Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:46:41 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update README --- README.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 54d92b6..95f051e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ options. `units = # either english or metric -- only applies when type is mesowest #` `tz = # any entry from the Olson tz database e.g. America/Denver #` `path = # the filesystem path to the Python program -- only applies when type is python #` +`wind_mode = # normal or average #` +`hn24 = # yes or no #` `[infoex]` `host = # InfoEx FTP host address #` @@ -193,6 +195,35 @@ indicates that I'd like to import "Temperature" and "Precipitation accumulated" from the MesoWest station at Santiam Pass, OR, into InfoEx, and that I want that data in imperial units. +Three- versus 24-hour ranges +---------------------------- + +By default, this program will fetch three hours of data from the +provider. This way, if the most recent record has any missing data, it +can examine the two hours prior, using whatever data it can find. + +There are two features which will cause the program to expand the time +range of fetched data from three to 24 hours. Please be aware of this +expansion as it may cause a rise in data/API usage. + +### Wind mode +If you go to submit a Wx observation in InfoEx at e.g. 05:05, and have +so configured InfoEx, it will take the wind speed, wind gust speed, and +wind direction, from that hour and auto-fill it for the observation. + +Some operations may find it more important to know the averages for +those values over the prior 24 hour period. Setting `wind_mode` to +`average` will enable that. + +### HN24 +As most stations do not provide HN24 on their own, this program provides +a configuration option for calculating this. Simply add `hn24 = true` to +the configuration file. + +*NOTE: This is its own configuration option, rather than a new value for + desired_data, because it's not technically provided by MesoWest + or NRCS SNOTEL.* + Custom weather station support ------------------------------ -- 2.30.2