Correct location code but displaying wrong temperature

jumi · Post by **jumi** » January 24th, 2018, 3:17 am

Hi.

I've modified this example skin to just show the current temperature and condition and even though I got the right location code for my city it's displaying a wrong temperature. As you can see in the screenshot, my code is 3386 and that's what the variable is set to, but it's displaying the wrong temperature somehow.

The location code, and you can see that it's actually 28°C

The actual output of the skin

And here's the entire .ini

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1

[Metadata]
Name=WXDataTutorial
Author=JSMorley
Version=Apr 19, 2016
License=Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0
Information=Example skin demonstrating how to create a|weather skin using the feed from weather.com

[Variables]
@IncludeVars=#@#WXDataWeatherVars.inc
@IncludeRegExp=#@#WXDataWeatherRegExp.inc

; Get the entire feed as a "super parent"

[WeatherParent]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser
URL=http://wxdata.weather.com/wxdata/weather/local/#LocationCode#?cc=*&unit=#UnitOfMeasure#&dayf=#DaysFeed#&locale=#Locale#
RegExp=(?siU)^(.*)$
FinishAction=[!EnableMeasureGroup Weather]

; Using the "super parent", get the various parent and child measures for our desired data
; See WXDataCheatSheet.txt in @Resources\WXDataHelp

[LocationParent]
Measure=Plugin
Group=Weather
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[WeatherParent]
RegExp=#Location#
Disabled=1

[CityNameChild]
Measure=Plugin
Group=Weather
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[LocationParent]
StringIndex=2
Disabled=1

[UnitsParent]
Measure=Plugin
Group=Weather
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[WeatherParent]
RegExp=#UnitsOfMeasure#
Disabled=1

[UnitsTempChild]
Measure=Plugin
Group=Weather
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[UnitsParent]
StringIndex=3
Disabled=1

[UnitsSpeedChild]
Measure=Plugin
Group=Weather
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[UnitsParent]
StringIndex=5
Disabled=1

[CurrentConditionsParent]
Measure=Plugin
Group=Weather
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[WeatherParent]
RegExp=#CurrentConditions#
Disabled=1

[CurrentTempChild]
Measure=Plugin
Group=Weather
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[CurrentConditionsParent]
StringIndex=3
Disabled=1

[CurrentConditionsChild]
Measure=Plugin
Group=Weather
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[CurrentConditionsParent]
StringIndex=5
Disabled=1

[CurrentIconChild]
Measure=Plugin
Group=Weather
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[CurrentConditionsParent]
StringIndex=6
Disabled=1

[TodayGeneralParent]
Measure=Plugin
Group=Weather
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[WeatherParent]
RegExp=#TodayGeneral#
Disabled=1

[TodayLowChild]
Measure=Plugin
Group=Weather
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[TodayGeneralParent]
StringIndex=5
Disabled=1

[TodayHighChild]
Measure=Plugin
Group=Weather
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[TodayGeneralParent]
StringIndex=4
Disabled=1

; Meters

;[MeterCurrentIcon]
;Meter=Image
;Y=0
;W=78
;H=78
;ImagePath=#@#WeatherIcons
;MeasureName=CurrentIconChild

[MeterBar]
Meter=Image
ImageName=cloud.png

[MeterCurrentTemp]
Meter=String
MeasureName=CurrentTempChild
MeasureName2=UnitsTempChild
MeasureName3=CurrentConditionsChild
X=20
Y=4
FontFace=Lemon
FontSize=6
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
StringAlign=Left
AntiAlias=0
Text=%1 degrees and %3

;[MeterLine]
;Meter=Image
;X=65
;Y=0R
;W=123
;H=1
;SolidColor=255,255,255,255

;[MeterCurrentConditions]
;Meter=String
;MeasureName=CurrentConditionsChild
;X=188
;Y=7R
;FontSize=15
;FontColor=255,255,255,255
;SolidColor=0,0,0,1
;StringAlign=Right
;AntiAlias=1

;[MeterTodayLowHigh]
;Meter=String
;MeasureName=TodayLowChild
;MeasureName2=TodayHighChild
;X=188
;Y=5R
;FontSize=11
;FontColor=255,255,255,255
;SolidColor=0,0,0,1
;StringAlign=Right
;AntiAlias=1
;Text=Low %1° High %2°

Post by **jsmorley** » January 24th, 2018, 3:24 am

Open up About / Skins and find the value for the measure [WeatherParent].

Right-click that and select "String: Copy to clipboard"

Then use the code tags here to paste in the entire thing.

Will look like something like this:

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<weather ver="2.0">
        <head>
      <locale>en_US</locale>
      <form>MEDIUM</form>
      <ut>F</ut>
      <ud>mi</ud>
      <us>mph</us>
      <up>in</up>
      <ur>in</ur>
    </head>
        <loc id="USVA0944">
      <dnam>Fort Hunt, VA</dnam>
      <tm>10:25 PM</tm>
      <lat>38.73</lat>
      <lon>-77.06</lon>
      <sunr>7:21 AM</sunr>
      <suns>5:20 PM</suns>
      <zone>-5</zone>
    </loc>
        
        
        <cc>
        <lsup>1/23/18 9:56 PM EST</lsup>
        <obst>Fort Belvoir, VA, US</obst>
        <tmp>49</tmp>
        <flik>44</flik>
        <t>Fair</t>
        <icon>33</icon>
        
        <bar>
          <r>29.77</r>
          <d>steady</d>
        </bar>
        <wind>
      <s>12</s>
      <gust>22</gust>
      <d>300</d>
      <t>WNW</t>
    </wind>
        <hmid>41</hmid>
        <vis>10.0</vis>
        <uv>
          <i>0</i>
          <t>Low</t>
        </uv>
        <dewp>26</dewp>
        <moon>
          <icon>5</icon>
          <t>Waxing Crescent</t>
        </moon>
      </cc>
        <dayf>
        <lsup>1/23/18 7:00 AM EST</lsup>
        <day d="0" t="Tuesday" dt="Jan 24">
        <hi>49</hi>
        <low>36</low>
        <sunr>7:21 AM</sunr>
        <suns>5:20 PM</suns>
        
        <part p="d">
          <icon></icon>
          <t></t>
          <wind>
      <s>calm</s>
      <gust>N/A</gust>
      <d>0</d>
      <t>CALM</t>
    </wind>
          <bt></bt>
          <ppcp>0</ppcp>
          <hmid>0</hmid>
        </part>
        <part p="n">
          <icon>31</icon>
          <t>Clear</t>
          <wind>
      <s>calm</s>
      <gust>N/A</gust>
      <d>0</d>
      <t>CALM</t>
    </wind>
          <bt>Clear</bt>
          <ppcp>0</ppcp>
          <hmid>60</hmid>
        </part>
      </day><day d="1" t="Wednesday" dt="Jan 25">
        <hi>47</hi>
        <low>28</low>
        <sunr>7:21 AM</sunr>
        <suns>5:20 PM</suns>
        
        <part p="d">
          <icon>34</icon>
          <t>Mostly Sunny</t>
          <wind>
      <s>13</s>
      <gust>N/A</gust>
      <d>302</d>
      <t>WNW</t>
    </wind>
          <bt>M Sunny</bt>
          <ppcp>0</ppcp>
          <hmid>46</hmid>
        </part>
        <part p="n">
          <icon>29</icon>
          <t>Partly Cloudy</t>
          <wind>
      <s>13</s>
      <gust>N/A</gust>
      <d>302</d>
      <t>WNW</t>
    </wind>
          <bt>P Cloudy</bt>
          <ppcp>0</ppcp>
          <hmid>62</hmid>
        </part>
      </day>
      </dayf>
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
      </weather>

The kinds of things you want to verify are that these are correct for your location:

<loc id="USVA0944">
<dnam>Fort Hunt, VA</dnam>

<lsup>1/23/18 9:56 PM EST</lsup>
<obst>Fort Belvoir, VA, US</obst>

Don't forget that the website is updated by Weather.com a bit more often than the RSS feed is.

Post by **eclectic-tech** » January 24th, 2018, 3:33 am

Aside: The Locator does not find that weathercode (BRXX3386) for Sorocaba. It returns 4 different possible codes:

Correction: I was looking at the map and not the web page text... It is Santos, SP, Brazil for the location...

Post by **jsmorley** » January 24th, 2018, 3:37 am

eclectic-tech wrote:Aside: The Locator does not find that weathercode (BRXX3386) for Sorocaba. It returns 4 different possible codes:sorocaba.png

Yes, but isn't he looking for Santos, Brazil?

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jumi · Post by **jumi** » January 24th, 2018, 4:57 am

jsmorley wrote:Open up About / Skins and find the value for the measure [WeatherParent].

Right-click that and select "String: Copy to clipboard"

Then use the code tags here to paste in the entire thing.

Will look like something like this:

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<weather ver="2.0">
        <head>
      <locale>en_US</locale>
      <form>MEDIUM</form>
      <ut>F</ut>
      <ud>mi</ud>
      <us>mph</us>
      <up>in</up>
      <ur>in</ur>
    </head>
        <loc id="USVA0944">
      <dnam>Fort Hunt, VA</dnam>
      <tm>10:25 PM</tm>
      <lat>38.73</lat>
      <lon>-77.06</lon>
      <sunr>7:21 AM</sunr>
      <suns>5:20 PM</suns>
      <zone>-5</zone>
    </loc>
        
        
        <cc>
        <lsup>1/23/18 9:56 PM EST</lsup>
        <obst>Fort Belvoir, VA, US</obst>
        <tmp>49</tmp>
        <flik>44</flik>
        <t>Fair</t>
        <icon>33</icon>
        
        <bar>
          <r>29.77</r>
          <d>steady</d>
        </bar>
        <wind>
      <s>12</s>
      <gust>22</gust>
      <d>300</d>
      <t>WNW</t>
    </wind>
        <hmid>41</hmid>
        <vis>10.0</vis>
        <uv>
          <i>0</i>
          <t>Low</t>
        </uv>
        <dewp>26</dewp>
        <moon>
          <icon>5</icon>
          <t>Waxing Crescent</t>
        </moon>
      </cc>
        <dayf>
        <lsup>1/23/18 7:00 AM EST</lsup>
        <day d="0" t="Tuesday" dt="Jan 24">
        <hi>49</hi>
        <low>36</low>
        <sunr>7:21 AM</sunr>
        <suns>5:20 PM</suns>
        
        <part p="d">
          <icon></icon>
          <t></t>
          <wind>
      <s>calm</s>
      <gust>N/A</gust>
      <d>0</d>
      <t>CALM</t>
    </wind>
          <bt></bt>
          <ppcp>0</ppcp>
          <hmid>0</hmid>
        </part>
        <part p="n">
          <icon>31</icon>
          <t>Clear</t>
          <wind>
      <s>calm</s>
      <gust>N/A</gust>
      <d>0</d>
      <t>CALM</t>
    </wind>
          <bt>Clear</bt>
          <ppcp>0</ppcp>
          <hmid>60</hmid>
        </part>
      </day><day d="1" t="Wednesday" dt="Jan 25">
        <hi>47</hi>
        <low>28</low>
        <sunr>7:21 AM</sunr>
        <suns>5:20 PM</suns>
        
        <part p="d">
          <icon>34</icon>
          <t>Mostly Sunny</t>
          <wind>
      <s>13</s>
      <gust>N/A</gust>
      <d>302</d>
      <t>WNW</t>
    </wind>
          <bt>M Sunny</bt>
          <ppcp>0</ppcp>
          <hmid>46</hmid>
        </part>
        <part p="n">
          <icon>29</icon>
          <t>Partly Cloudy</t>
          <wind>
      <s>13</s>
      <gust>N/A</gust>
      <d>302</d>
      <t>WNW</t>
    </wind>
          <bt>P Cloudy</bt>
          <ppcp>0</ppcp>
          <hmid>62</hmid>
        </part>
      </day>
      </dayf>
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
      </weather>

The kinds of things you want to verify are that these are correct for your location:

<loc id="USVA0944">
<dnam>Fort Hunt, VA</dnam>

<lsup>1/23/18 9:56 PM EST</lsup>
<obst>Fort Belvoir, VA, US</obst>

Don't forget that the website is updated by Weather.com a bit more often than the RSS feed is.

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<weather ver="2.0">
        <head>
      <locale>en_US</locale>
      <form>MEDIUM</form>
      <ut>C</ut>
      <ud>km</ud>
      <us>km/h</us>
      <up>mb</up>
      <ur>mm</ur>
    </head>
        <loc id="BRXX3386">
      <dnam>Santos, SP, Brazil</dnam>
      <tm>2:52 AM</tm>
      <lat>-23.95</lat>
      <lon>-46.33</lon>
      <sunr>6:38 AM</sunr>
      <suns>7:57 PM</suns>
      <zone>-2</zone>
    </loc>
        
        
        <cc>
        <lsup>1/24/18 2:00 AM BRST</lsup>
        <obst>Sao Paulo Aprt, SP, BR</obst>
        <tmp>22</tmp>
        <flik>22</flik>
        <t>Fair</t>
        <icon>33</icon>
        
        <bar>
          <r>924.82</r>
          <d></d>
        </bar>
        <wind>
      <s>11</s>
      <gust>N/A</gust>
      <d>250</d>
      <t>WSW</t>
    </wind>
        <hmid>78</hmid>
        <vis>9.7</vis>
        <uv>
          <i>0</i>
          <t>Low</t>
        </uv>
        <dewp>17</dewp>
        <moon>
          <icon>6</icon>
          <t>Waxing Crescent</t>
        </moon>
      </cc>
        <dayf>
        <lsup>1/23/18 7:00 AM BRST</lsup>
        <day d="0" t="Wednesday" dt="Jan 24">
        <hi>22</hi>
        <low>26</low>
        <sunr>6:38 AM</sunr>
        <suns>7:57 PM</suns>
        
        <part p="d">
          <icon></icon>
          <t></t>
          <wind>
      <s>calm</s>
      <gust>N/A</gust>
      <d>0</d>
      <t>CALM</t>
    </wind>
          <bt></bt>
          <ppcp>0</ppcp>
          <hmid>0</hmid>
        </part>
        <part p="n">
          <icon>29</icon>
          <t>Partly Cloudy</t>
          <wind>
      <s>calm</s>
      <gust>N/A</gust>
      <d>0</d>
      <t>CALM</t>
    </wind>
          <bt>P Cloudy</bt>
          <ppcp>0</ppcp>
          <hmid>70</hmid>
        </part>
      </day>
      </dayf>
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
      </weather>

Both <loc id> and <dnam> keys check, as you can see.

Post by **jsmorley** » January 24th, 2018, 1:43 pm

Seem to me in looking at it that lately Weather.com is not updating the RSS feed as often as I seem to remember. I was under the impression that it was about every 10 minutes or so before, but lately it seems like it doesn't update for up to 45 minutes. This can make the retrieved temperatures a bit behind what you see on the website. I'm hoping this is temporary...

Post by **fonpaolo** » January 24th, 2018, 2:14 pm

For me, RSS from Weather.com have always been updated every 30 minutes.
As it's indicated in RSS itself it's always 10 minutes before hour and half hour.

But that, maybe, that's because I'm in Europe...

Post by **jsmorley** » January 24th, 2018, 2:17 pm

fonpaolo wrote:For me, RSS from Weather.com have always been updated every 30 minutes.
As it's indicated in RSS itself it's always 10 minutes before hour and half hour.

But that, maybe, that's because I'm in Europe...

I'll have to keep an eye on it.

Last updated (observation time) at 8:56, it will be 1/2 hour in about 3 minutes... We will see. It's also possible that it varies a bit depending on the "station" that the observation is done at.

Edit: So the next observation was a 9:56, one hour later, but it didn't actually show up in the feed until 10:02. I think there is something amiss with the wxdata feed, hopefully temporary. Getting an update once an hour isn't the end of the world, but sorta annoying...

Edit: Yeah, the next observation was a 10:56. So at least it's consistent.

Post by **fonpaolo** » January 24th, 2018, 4:21 pm

For me it's every 30 minutes, so, probably this update frequency depends on location...

Since you mentioned some data amiss in the feed, I have to point and ask for a confirmation, if you've noticed, other than some infos disappearing from time to time, as icons, weather description, temperatures and pressure, I tested the "local" version of the feed, as suggested by balala, and I noticed a lot of differences between what is indicated as icon and what is displayed as description, changing icons but not descriptions and vice versa.

...as always, sorry for hijacking the thread!

Post by **SilverAzide** » January 24th, 2018, 4:32 pm

jsmorley wrote:Edit: So the next observation was a 9:56, one hour later, but it didn't actually show up in the feed until 10:02. I think there is something amiss with the wxdata feed, hopefully temporary. Getting an update once an hour isn't the end of the world, but sorta annoying...

Edit: Yeah, the next observation was a 10:56. So at least it's consistent.

It's been doing this for the last month or two. I started noticing it for US locations first, then European locations started the once/hour update thing too...

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