Good point, yes. Not too hard to implement, mostly tedious cut&paste. Would the same alarm and value do for both rising and falling?nking wrote:I would like to request an additional Alarm in Cumulus - Barometer Trend. It would be good to have an alert when the pressure decreases/increases rapidly (better if User defined). This is probably more valuable than having a low or high pressure alert.
They will be alarms on the pressure and temperature change rates, as displayed on the Cumulus main screen as 'trends'. I'll clone all of the existing alarm code.akasonny wrote:The goal is to receive alarm if the pressure exceeded pre-determined values....be they rise or fall. It seems to me that one addition would do it...assuming its user-defineable (maybe via cumulus.ini). As example, if pressure rises OR falls .10 inches (sorry guys .. we don't use metric values) the alarm would sound (and presumeably a webtag would become active. I say presumeably because C1 already has that feature for other alarms).
Over here, a rapid decrease in pressure is possibly the most useful single piece of information that you could have as an indicator of the weather that's about to happen - it almost invariably means a storm is about to arrive.Personally, this sudden drop/rise in pressure seldom happens here (though it has happened) so it would be an addon for me that wouldn't be used much but I can see where others could really use that feature, if it existed.
For me it means I just learned my wife went shopping and went waaay over budget!steve wrote:[I'm not sure what you can say about a rapid increase in pressure, on the other hand...
Well... yes. We normally get a corresponding rapid increase in pressure just after pressure has bottomed out. But that usually signifies the 'wet' bit of the storm is about to start. So I suppose that's one thing that it's useful for. Neil will be along in a bit and tell us what he's going to be using these alarms forakasonny wrote:Storm front suddenly moved out and better weather?
steve wrote:Neil will be along in a bit and tell us what he's going to be using these alarms for :lol:[/quote wrote:
Hi guys,
I’d like to say that I have discovered the secrets to forecasting the weather or that I have a cunning plan but alas, I don’t.
I think you have both alluded to changes in pressure, wind direction and temp which can foretell changes in the weather. I think today is a good example where Cumulus states fine but the pressure is dropping quickly, shift in wind from NE to SW and it’s not surprising (well it is if you’re like me) that its got warmer, windier and we’ve now got rain!
I think the alarms, in our region of the world, will help newbie’s like me to recognise changes and learn about the weather. Ultimately it would be good to have a chart which will aid forecasting the weather from PWS data, something that helps people like me understand – hopefully I will one day be able to put something together…. Unless someone has already done it?
You win the lotto and I'll take you up on it. The only time I was in the UK was at Heathrow for an hour, enroute to Dusseldorf. I've had German beer and its wonderful...but I'd sure go for a pint of the local brew there! Especially after flying British Air!!nking wrote:It's a real shame that you two guys don't live in the same village as me, I'd take you both out and buy you a beer or something else to wet your whistle... right after I finish my plan to win the lotto
I like the added feature to choose whether you want html included - it saves having to make a copy each time. 