Webtags <#rmonth> and <#ryear> report 0.0

[KarlS]

I use my own templates to generate extra web files. One of these templates has a section like this:

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$rmonth = <#rmonth>;     // The total rainfall so far this month
$ryear = <#ryear>;          // The total rainfall so far this year
...

This code isn't working any more. The output is:

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$rmonth = 0.0;     // The total rainfall so far this month
$ryear = 0.0;          // The total rainfall so far this year
...

I found an old file from June (v3133) that still had correct values. I tripple checked the template file, but it hasn't been changed for over a year, so maybe a bug has crept into CMX after June??

[water01]

Sorry no the webtags are working fine, suggest you look at the file that is requesting them as that looks like a PHP request.

Here are mine using my PHP template.

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$rmonth                     = "1.09";  //  total rainfall so far this month  
$ryear                      = "28.05";  //  total rainfall so far this year 

as of

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$datelong                   = "Tuesday, December 21, 2021";  //  current date (example format: Monday, January 23, 2011)    

[KarlS]

Sorry no the webtags are working fine, suggest you look at the file that is requesting them as that looks like a PHP request.

@water01: You are right, CMX does still calculate those two webtags, just not all the time. Waking up in the middle of the night I had the reason why CMX was reporting 0 in my template file. Early in November I had brought the Ecowitt WH40 rain gauge into the basement and taken out the battery. There is absolutely no use measuring rain during 5 month of snow and sub-zero temperatures! So this morning I inserted a battery into the WH40 and BINGO! ... the webtags are calculated again.

Question for Mark: Is there a reason for only calculating monthly/yearly rain aggregates if a rain gauge is reporting to CMX. I've taken down the rain gauge of my old WH1080 for 10+ years and never had a problem, simply because there was no way for CMX to detemine if the rain gauge was reporting.

[mcrossley]

I haven't checked the code but the station type you are using now is probably flagging missing primary data.

Your MXdiags log file will contain relevant messages if this is the case.

Try enabling the "no sensor check" option.... Station Settings -> Common Options -> Sensor Check

With that enabled, take your batteries out again and see if it carries on working.

[KarlS]

Try enabling the "no sensor check" option.... Station Settings -> Common Options -> Sensor Check

Thank you Mark, that did the trick. Best wishes for the upcoming holidays to you and the whole Cumulus community. Maybe you won't get a white Christmas, but it should be a little bit warmer than our forecast.

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[mcrossley]

Brrr! Too chilly for me

Thanks for the thoughts

[billy]

If you need some warmth …

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[mcrossley]

Nooo, too hot!

I'm a baby bear, not too hot, not too cold

[billy]

Thursday's 50.7 max at Onslow (in the Pilbara) equalled the Australian record high temp (set in 1960 at Oodnadatta) ... a trifle too warm for most of us