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sea level pressure seems off.... (Current Weather)

Todd Page

October 26, 2020 21:34

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In the process of switching from Dark Sky (DK). I have been doing test against DK's API and seeing about what I need to do to convert over. While doing test on current conditions, the pressure seem off. 

Here is the text of what I get back, 

KEY Dark Sky Visual Crossing
latitude 34.73362482 34.73362482
longitude -86.90401691 -86.90401691
zone America/Chicago America/Chicago
takenString 1603747162 1603747162
takenDate 2020-10-26 2020-10-26
takenDateTime 2020-10-26 16:19:22 2020-10-26 16:19:22
summary Overcast
icon cloudy clear-day
precipIntensity 0.0005 0
precipProbability 0.08
temperature 67.48 69.7
apparentTemperature 67.55
dewPoint 60.07 60.7
humidity 0.77 0.73
pressure 1018.9 101.8
windSpeed 5.91 8.1
windBearing 343 330
cloudCover 0.92 0
visibility 10
sunriseTime 1603713900 / 2020-10-26CDT07:05:00 1603713793 / 2020-10-26T07:03:13-05:00
sunsetTime 1603753260 / 2020-10-26CDT18:01:00 1603753158 / 2020-10-26T17:59:18-05:00
moonPhase 0.36 0.4
remainingCost 978

 

Screen shot of it...

 

You can also see the fields I am not getting back and trying to map from DK to VC...

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3 comments

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  Support Agent October 27, 2020 02:42 Official comment

  Thank you for your patience. The problem with pressure in the current conditions should now be resolved.

  By default, the current conditions and historical weather queries will use the weather station which is close in distance and recent in time. By default this will include 'personal' weather stations that do not record more advanced weather elements such as cloud cover or visibility. To force the current conditions to use official weather stations, include the parameter '&stationTypes=notmesonet' in your request. This will exclude all stations of type 'mesonet' from the query. In most cases the official stations should report cloud cover and visibility.

   

  Regards

  Visual Crossing Support

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  Support Agent October 26, 2020 22:15

  Thank you for question. We are currently investigating the sea level pressure - it appears that the pressure listed above is a factor of 10 too small. Our estimated time for an update is 4 hours.

  Regards

  Visual Crossing Support

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  Todd Page October 27, 2020 13:52

  It seems you have fixed the problem. The only thing is that it does not seem to have the decimal anymore.

  pressure

  1022.1

  1022