Release v3.5

3.5 Documenation Changes

• Add install instructions for WeeWX 5.
• Add instructions on how to build xtide if not available in OS distribution.

v3.4.0b12

3.4.0b12

• NWS foid: BOX, lid: MAZ005 has multiple entries (actually, this is common)
  the forecast plugin picks the first one found. To pick a different one,
  specify the location text as the lid_desc parameter.
  [Forecast]
  [[NWS]]
  lid = MAZ005
  lid_desc = Lowell-Middlesex MA
  foid = BOX
  Note: This is not required and, to speicify it, you need to examine
  the report returened from NWS. Most users should ignore this
  change.

Release v3.4.0b11

Add missing freezing rain icon.
Fix for WU forecast which was not correctly parsing tempMin and temMax.

Release v3.4.0b10.

Add an icon for hail which was inexplicably not included. For Weather Underground forecasts, resist adding various precipitation icons for cases were probability of precipitation is <= 20%. Better formatting of header icons in strip.

v3.4.0b9

Add support for the following icons in WU forecasts: tstms, hail, dirzzle, sleet, frzngdrzl, frzngrain, flurries.

Release v3.4.0b8

This release adds rain and snow icons for WU forecasts.

Release v3.4.0b7

WeatherUnderground forecasts now reliably produce a clouds icon (using cloud cover percentage).

Release v3.4.0b6

Add support the new Weather Underground API. The new API provides for a 5 day forecast (6 days if you count the current day).

Only the API key needs to be specified in weewx.conf:
[[WU]]
api_key = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

In the above case, the station’s lat/long will be used to retrieve the forecast.

If needed, the following may be specified. The extension will look for these in this order and use the first one if finds.
Geocode (lat, long)
IATA Code
ICAO Code
Place ID
Postal Key

These options are listed here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Zte7-SdOjnzBttb1-Y9e0Wgl0_3tah9dSwXUyEA3-c/

Examples:
geocode = "33.74,-84.39"
iataCode = DEN
icaoCode = KDEN
placeid = 327145917e06d09373dd2760425a88622a62d248fd97550eb4883737d8d1173b
postalKey = 81657:US

Release v3.4.0b5

This v.3.4.0b5 requires WeeWX 4.x.

This fork is maintained as a courtesy while we await Matthew Wall’s update to support WeeWX 4.x.

Note: Weather Underground has changed their API and forecasting no longer works for this version of weewx-forecast; nor for previous weewx-forecast versions released to work with WeeWX 3.x. The API represents a significant change and the maintainer of this fork is reluctant to add support for the new API as the decisions made might not align with the decisions Matthew Wall will make when he eventually updates the official weewx-forecast extension.