Combined diagram wind, windGust, windDir, forecast

[nicholaswaton]

Hi there

Thanks again for this wonderful skin! It's been so helpful!

Here's an idea for a combined diagram for your consideration:

• on one diagram showing the wind, windGusts, wind Directon as an arrow below, and forecasted wind (hour by hour) as a line.
• perhaps showing the current wind as well in a single gauge with wind and wind direction, with gust information.

Attaching an example of what I have in mind.

Obviously I understand that this might be challenging.

[Daveiano]

Hello there and thank you for your kind words.

Interesting, this one combines current data with forecast data. May I ask where you got this example, any sharable URL?

Generally, it should be possible to plot all the data provided by the weewx-forecast extension, but I did not get time yet to document this and to create an example, but will do this shortly!

on one diagram showing the wind, windGusts, wind Directon as an arrow below, and forecasted wind (hour by hour) as a line.

I will think a little bit about this, probably the graph of windGust, windDir and windSpeed is possible with the current skin if you create a custom combined_diagram. But I will have a look!

perhaps showing the current wind as well in a single gauge with wind and wind direction, with gust information.

For the other part I could create an optional template in the skin which could be activated via the skin.conf.

Like I said, I will think about this and get back in touch!
Btw: This is a common use case for sailors, right?

[nicholaswaton]

Here's where I got the graph from this site:
https://www.sailflow.com/spot/153062
or here: https://wx.iwindsurf.com/spot/48645
They run both premium weather stations where you have to pay, and also some public ones, usually run by sailing clubs.

It's a very common use case for any water sports fan: sailing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, etc.
You basically want to know how the wind has been the last few hours, where it is now, and a projection of how it is going to be, to make decisions about gear, safety, precautions.