Re: [cinnamon-weather] Linux Mint 17.1

[TM]

The applet polls Yahoo's weather api. You can call it directly here:

https://developer.yahoo.com/weather/

with a query like:

select units,atmosphere from weather.forecast where woeid in (select
woeid from geo.places(1) where text="new york, ny")

(discussion continues below)

On 11/30/2014 11:31 PM, Mike Bott wrote:
> Current NWS is 30.03 in.

Yahoo's data won't necessarily match other services.


> Changing the WOEID does not change the indicated pressure.

My location's pressure is currently correct (compare: weather.gov,
wunderground.com), and different from USNY0996.

Can you provide specific steps to reproduce the problem? Which WOEIDs
display incorrectly?

[TM]

Hi Mike,

I'm not sure why your question isn't showing up on the web interface.

I've replied here:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/cinnamon-weather/nbSc0mdTC0s




On 11/30/2014 11:31 PM, Mike ****** wrote:> Just installed Linux Mint
17.1 on a desktop and added this app to the
> panel. Seems to work well except for Pressure as it shows a constant 61
> in HG. Current NWS is 30.03 in. Changing the WOEID does not change the
> indicated pressure.
>
> --
> Mike

[Mike Bott]

Greetings TM,

I'm pretty sure that the "why" is that I deleted the question shortly after posting because I read the following in the release announcement:

Version 1.10.1 is now available.

## New features

Atmospheric pressure unit selection.  Thanks vesnn.

#### Known bugs

Pressure data provided by the Yahoo Weather API is based on the 

selected temperature unit, and does not convert consistently.

The discrepancy is roughly 2X (note 1 psi ~= 69 mbar).

I'm seeing a difference of about 2X still.  With the app open I can click one the location name and it brings up the Yahoo! weather page for my location (US zip code 43082). Yahoo! reports a barometric pressure of 30.42 in.  The app is currently indicating 62 in HG.  I *assumed* this is the known bug / discrepancy talked about above.

--
Mike

[TM]

I see.  What Yahoo calls the "inches" unit is psi.  The 30.42 psi <-> 61.936" Hg conversion is correct.  (Note 1 psi ~= 51.715 mm Hg ~= 2.036" Hg.  By coincidence, I think, this factor of 2 is different from the one I had in mind.)

http://www.onlineconversion.com/pressure.htm

The discrepancy I meant to point out is that when you choose Celsius, Yahoo returns pressure in millibar, for Farenheit, psi; scaling the one value to change units does not agree with the other.

Compare the (url-encoded) queries `select units,atmosphere from weather.forecast where location="43082" and u="f"` (respectively, `and u="c"`).  

I get 30.4 psi, versus 1030.3 mbar -- but 1030.3 mbar is 14.943 psi: about half.

I can't explain the inconsistency.

At any rate, you can now right-click to select whatever units you prefer from the configuration menu.

https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20units%2Catmosphere%20from%20weather.forecast%20where%20location%3D%2243082%22%20and%20u%3D%22f%22&format=json&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys
https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20units%2Catmosphere%20from%20weather.forecast%20where%20location%3D%2243082%22%20and%20u%3D%22c%22&format=json&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys

[TM]

Maybe I'm wrong about that.  I see 30.4" Hg is 1030.3 mbar.  I'll have to look into it.

[TM]

I think it's just an incorrect assumption in the code.  Thanks for bringing it to my attention.  I'll get it fixed.

[Mike Bott]

Glad to be of some assistance.

--
Mike

[Mike Bott]

Thanks for the fix!

--
Mike