I found a "cloudCeiling" item in the "getSunV3CurrentObservationsUrlConfig" section of the Weather.com JSON part. For example, it is now indicated as "22000" for my location under the units setting language:en-US;units:e. In this case, what is its unit? I supposed as "ft", because "22000 m" is too high , it is the altitude of the stratosphere . If so, the example is 22000*0.3084=6784 m, seems to be natural.
Possibly this assumption is OK, but I can't find the explicit units definition for the item. In the jsmorley's full list, cloudCeiling is absent.
mak_kawa wrote: ↑June 9th, 2020, 2:42 am
I found a "cloudCeiling" item in the "getSunV3CurrentObservationsUrlConfig" section of the Weather.com JSON part. For example, it is now indicated as "22000" for my location under the units setting language:en-US;units:e. In this case, what is its unit? I supposed as "ft", because "22000 m" is too high , it is the altitude of the stratosphere . If so, the example is 22000*0.3084=6784 m, seems to be natural.
Possibly this assumption is OK, but I can't find the explicit units definition for the item. In the jsmorley's full list, cloudCeiling is absent.
Anyone knows that?
I didn't include that field, but yeah, in Imperial it would be in feet and in Metric in meters. Altitude in the US would be measured in feet, just like an airliner that flies at 30,000 feet. I wonder what you get with en-GB, the "hybrid" units. Still 22000 or is it then more like 6784?
Moderately interesting aside, with international air travel, all airlines, no matter what country, use "feet" to measure altitude. That is because Murica! We win...
Thank you for comment. I am now confident of my assumption.
I tried "en-GB", but it returns "cloudCeiling":null...test failed.
BTW, in my AccuWeather API skin, cloud ceiling is 5212 m, and the calculated feet-to-meter value for current Weather.com JSON is 4572.0 m．Maybe it is alright enough.
mak_kawa wrote: ↑June 9th, 2020, 3:06 am
Hi jsmorley
Thank you for comment. I am now confident of my assumption.
I tried "en-GB", but it returns "cloudCeiling":null...test failed.
BTW, in my AccuWeather API skin, cloud ceiling is 5212 m, and the calculated feet-to-meter value for current Weather.com JSON is 4572.0 m．Maybe it is alright enough.
Yes, that's probably because, as jsmorley somewhat alluded to, this measurement is relevant mostly for US domestic operations (e.g. airline traffic), and also possibly because the US "weather stations" have the right equipment / tools to perform this measurement (i.e. satellites?). Maybe even the fact that according to here, the measurement is not specifically reported as part of the METAR (METeorological Aviation Report), so it may miss from that data in various other regions.
iron2000 wrote: ↑June 9th, 2020, 11:53 am
Ok, its working again with the V3 code.
Hope it lasts.
Yeah, well, if it doesn't, jsmorley does have the "old" V2 version somewhere, just in case, and I do have the code / regexes that will work with either version, changed field names or changed field order (didn't posted it here as it wasn't needed, in the end). So, you can relax and enjoy the beautiful weather.
jsmorley wrote: ↑June 9th, 2020, 11:55 am
Do you have a link where you got the original skin? I'd like to see what values are actually being displayed when the skin is working.
. If so, the example is 22000*0.3084=6784 m, seems to be natural.
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