WeatherBug script & templates

Alives · Cacti User Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 103

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This script monitors 6 different weather variables off the aws weather site. This weather data has thenths of a degree etc and live updates. You must use a special code which can be found from this website: http://www.aws.com/aws_2001/asp/getLiveWeather.asp?msg=1

It is a standard perl html scraper script.

enjoy!

P.S. The results, as you can see, are very accurate. I have another post with AccuWeather scrapes here: http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?p=38861 which is not as accurate but does have 22 variables.

You need the LWP::Simple perl module installed

mvam · Cacti User Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 87 Location: Seattle

looks nice! where are you that its 106 deg? its only 60 here!

Alives · Cacti User Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 103

haha... i have it monitoring nyc (where i am), death valley (pictured) and alaska for testing... thats how i caught the wind chill/heat index problem... alaska has wind chill apparently, but death valley has heat index.

I wish weatherbug supplied as much info as accuweather, but im sticking with weatherbug as it has live updates...the graphs look a hell of alot better

hermatize · Cacti User Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 55

Could someone explain in further detail on how to install this script in a cacti n00b and this is exactly what im looking for

ekgermann · Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 1

Have you considered the WB module on CPAN. It gives access to all their variables.

http://search.cpan.org/~rosulek/Weather-Bug-0.01/lib/Weather/Bug.pm

I've collected about 1.5 years worth of data and it gives you access to just about variable.

One thing to consider on heat index/wc is how to handle a switchover, like here in the midwest where we have both, sometimes in the same week!

Eric

Alives · Cacti User Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 103

yeah i was originally using that module, but it wasnt giving windchill accurately and seemed to be slightly flawed.

This script pulls exactly what i wanted. im not saying its better. can you post pics of your graphs?

my script handles the switchover by just using that as a 'real feel' temperature. Its all bundled under the heat index title.

hermatize · Cacti User Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 55

What do you guys meen when you refer to weather code i have all my graphs up butt no information is polling and the weatherbug device shows down........im a cacti noob i would greatly appreciate some feedback on if im installing this the right way or not. thanks in advance !!!!

hermatize · Cacti User Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 55

What do you guys meen by special code could someone give me an example of what they used for input in this section.

Thanks So much in advance !!!!

hbokh · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 37 Location: Groningen, NL

seveny · Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Germany

I tried to import the template with 0.8.6e but get this:

Error: XML: Hash version does not exist.

--Sven

Pumpi · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:26 am Post subject:

Alives,

where can I found the special code on http://www.aws.com/aws_2001/asp/getLiveWeather.asp?msg=1 ?

Pumpi

bendsley · Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 6

Do you add this as a host? If so, what kind?

I have the METAR code, no issue there.

Any directions on how to easily add this info?

seveny · Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Germany

after upgrading to the cacti-f version - sorry!

hbokh · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 37 Location: Groningen, NL

Can somebody confirm that this script can handle negative temperatures in Celsius? I'm using it with the added parameter "Units=1".
Running WeatherBug.pl for 3 days now, every now and then I see it's not getting any data, stopping at the zero-line; what if that same data is e.g. minus 10 degrees Celsius?

TheWitness · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:39 am Post subject:

You need to modify the template to include a negative minimum value and then "tune" the RRD files. With the "rrdtool tune" function, you can change your existing RRF files MAX and MIN values.

TheWitness