Realtime.txt: Difference between revisions

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(Converted the File Format section into a table and added some links to external sites on technical terms)
The realtime.txt is used by:
*the 'gagues' page on the website produced by Cumulus
*[[CumulusRealtime]] -- the new application developed in [http://silverlight.net/ SilverLight]
 
 
==Format of the file==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
*date (always dd/mm/yy)
|-
*time(always hh:mm:ss)
!style="width:60px" | Field #
*outside temperature
!style="width:80px" | Example
*relative humidity
!style="width:350px" | Description
*dewpoint
|-
*wind speed (average)
|-
*latest wind speed reading
|1
*wind bearing (degrees)
|19/08/09
*current rain rate
|date (always dd/mm/yy)
*rain today
|-
*barometer
|2
*wind direction
|16:03:45
*wind speed (beaufort)
|time(always hh:mm:ss)
*wind units
|-
*temperature units
|3
*pressure units
|8.4
*rain units
|outside temperature
*wind run (today)
|-
*pressure trend value
|4
*monthly rainfall
|84
*yearly rainfall
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_humidity relative humidity]
*yesterday's rainfall
|-
*inside temperature
|5
*inside humidity
|5.8
*wind chill
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewpoint dewpoint]
*temperature trend value
|-
*today's high temp
|6
*time of today's high temp (hh:mm)
|24.2
*today's low temp
|wind speed (average)
*time of today's low temp (hh:mm)
|-
*today's high wind speed (average)
|7
*time of today's high wind speed (average) (hh:mm)
|33.0
*today's high wind gust
|latest wind speed reading
*time of today's high wind gust (hh:mm)
|-
*today's high pressure
|8
*time of today's high pressure (hh:mm)
|261
*today's low pressure
|wind bearing (degrees)
*time of today's low pressure (hh:mm)
|-
*Cumulus version
|9
*Cumulus build number
|0.0
*10-minute high gust (added [[Version 1.8.4]])
|current rain rate (per hour)
*heat index
|-
*humidity idex
|10
*UV Index (added [[Version 1.8.4]])
|1.0
*Evapotranspiration today (added [[Version 1.8.4]])
|rain today
*Solar Radiation W/m2 (added [[Version 1.8.4]])
|-
*10-minute average wind bearing (degrees) (added [[Version 1.8.4]])
|11
*rainfall last hour (added [[Version 1.8.4]])
|999.7
|barometer
|-
|12
|W
|wind direction
|-
|13
|6
|wind speed ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale beaufort])
|-
|14
|km/h
|wind units - m/s, mph, km/h, kts
|-
|15
|C
|temperature units - degree C, degree F
|-
|16
|hPa
|pressure units - MB, hPa, in
|-
|17
|mm
|rain units - mm, in
|-
|18
|146.6
|wind run (today)
|-
|19
| +0.1
|pressure trend value
|-
|20
|85.2
|monthly rainfall
|-
|21
|588.4
|yearly rainfall
|-
|22
|11.6
|yesterday's rainfall
|-
|23
|20.3
|inside temperature
|-
|24
|57
|inside [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidity humidity]
|-
|25
|3.6
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_chill wind chill]
|-
|26
| -0.7
|temperature trend value
|-
|27
|10.9
|today's high temp
|-
|28
|12:00
|time of today's high temp (hh:mm)
|-
|29
|7.8
|today's low temp
|-
|30
|14:41
|time of today's low temp (hh:mm)
|-
|31
|37.4
|today's high wind speed (average)
|-
|32
|14:38
|time of today's high wind speed (average) (hh:mm)
|-
|33
|44.0
|today's high wind gust
|-
|34
|14:28
|time of today's high wind gust (hh:mm)
|-
|35
|999.8
|today's high pressure
|-
|36
|16:01
|time of today's high pressure (hh:mm)
|-
|37
|998.4
|today's low pressure
|-
|38
|12:06
|time of today's low pressure (hh:mm)
|-
|39
|1.8.7
|Cumulus version
|-
|40
|819
|Cumulus build number
|-
|41
|36.0
|10-minute high gust
|-
|42
|10.3
|heat index
|-
|43
|10.5
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidex humidex]
|-
|44
|13
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uv_index UV Index]
|-
|45
|0.2
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evapotranspiration evapotranspiration] today
|-
|46
|14
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_radiation solar radiation] W/m2
|-
|47
|260
|10-minute average wind bearing (degrees)
|-
|48
|2.3
|rainfall last hour
|}
 
==Example of the file==
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