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Format of realtime.txt

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Format of realtime.txt

Post by meteotortosa »

Hi,
can I get the format of realtime.txt?
05/12/08
23:46:01
12.1
54
2.8
5.1
6.4
131
0.0
0.0
1016.77
SE
1
km/h
C
hPa
mm
170.6
+0.44
0.0
455.4
0.0
15.1
50
12.1
-0.2
18.9
07:00
7.7
01:21
24.5
08:16
38.6
05:39
1016.80
23:43
1004.40
04:37
1.8.4
589
8.0
12.1
10.8
0
1.80
0
Thanks,
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Re: Format of realtime.txt

Post by TgT »

You can find description in help files :D

Anyway, check here
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Re: Format of realtime.txt

Post by meteotortosa »

TgT wrote:You can find description in help files :D

Anyway, check here
Oh, yes!! This is!!

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Re: Format of realtime.txt

Post by garytx »

TgT - on your helpful listing of the realtime.txt format, fields #43 and #44 seem to have their descriptions and tags reversed (e.g., the field described as UV Index shows the tag #ET instead of #UV).
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Re: Format of realtime.txt

Post by TNETWeather »

This is the list that I have in my code.

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############################################################################
# Reference: Cumulus Format of realtime.txt file
############################################################################
#   Field       Pos     Example     Description
#   date        0       18/10/08    date (always dd/mm/yy)
#   time        1       16:03:45    time (always hh:mm:ss)
#   temp        2       8.4         outside temperature
#   hum         3       84          relative humidity
#   dew         4       5.8         dewpoint
#   wspeed      5       24.2        wind speed (average)
#   wgust       6       33.0        wind speed (gust)
#   avgbearing  7       261         wind bearing
#   rrate       8       0.0         current rain rate
#   rfall       9       1.0         rain today
#   press       10      999.7       barometer
#   wdir        11      W           wind direction
#   beaufort    12      6           wind speed (beaufort)
#   windunit    13      mph         wind units
#   tempunit    14      C           temperature units
#   pressunit   15      mb          pressure units
#   rainunit    16      mm          rain units
#   windrun     17      146.6       wind run (today)
#   pressrend   18      +0.1        pressure trend value
#   rmonth      19      85.2        monthly rain
#   ryear       20      588.4       yearly rain
#   rfallY      21      11.6        yesterday's rainfall
#   intemp      22      20.3        inside temperature
#   inhum       23      57          inside humidity
#   wchll       24      3.6         wind chill
#   temptrendval 25     -0.7        temperature trend value
#   tempTH      26      10.9        today's high temp
#   TtempTH     27      12:00       time of today's high temp (hh:mm)
#   tempTL      28      7.8         today's low temp
#   TtempTL     29      14:41       time of today's low temp (hh:mm)
#   windTM      30      37.4        today's high wind speed (average)
#   TwindTM     31      14:38       time of today's hi wind (avg) (hh:mm)
#   wgustTM     32      44.0        today's high wind gust
#   TwgustTM    33      14:28       time of today's high wind gust (hh:mm)
#   pressTH     34      999.8       today's high pressure
#   TpressTH    35      16:01       time of today's high pressure (hh:mm)
#   pressTL     36      998.4       today's low pressure
#   TpressTL    37      12:06       time of today's low pressure (hh:mm)
#   version     38      1.8.2       Cumulus version
#   build       39      459         Cumulus build no
#   rmaxgust    40      1.6         Recent Max Gust
#   heatindex   41      76.2        Heat Index
#   humidex     42      24.9        Humidex Index
#   uv          43      0.02        UV (if you have it)
#   et          44      0.6         ET
#   solar       45      220         Solar (if you have it)
############################################################################
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