Topic: Heat Index

[ed_heaton]

Quick question... why is the heat index different on the home page vs the weather widget?  The weather widget value is in line with Weather Underground...

[AWL]

Looking at your site yesterday looks like two different values are being used. Heat index for the widget and WU while maybe the humidity index is being used on your front page for the "feels like".


Doug

[saratogaWX]

Correct.. the default for 'feels like' on the dashboard is based on Humidex, not Heat Index.

[ed_heaton]

Thanks guys!

[floodcaster]

I'm not a fan of humidex so I modified the code to use heat index for "feels like" instead.

[ed_heaton]

Bill how did you do that if you don't mind me asking...

[floodcaster]

Bill how did you do that if you don't mind me asking...

Ed,
I'm not an experienced programmer/coder by any stretch of the imagination and know just enough to be dangerous. So if there are any glaring missteps hopefully someone will let me know, but it appears to be working. Here's what I did to modify my AjaxWDwx.js file (I use Weather Display). Obviously you'll want to make a copy of your working file before attempting any mods in case something doesn't go as planned.

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// FeelsLike  modified  7/4/21 to use HI vs Humidex
temp = clientraw[4]; // note.. temp in C
        if (temp <= 16.0 ) {
  feelslike = clientraw[44]; //use WindChill
} else if (temp >=27.0) {
  feelslike = clientraw[112]; //use Heat Index
} else {
  feelslike = temp;   // use temperature

[ed_heaton]

thanks Bill and I'm not a programmer.  My problem is I don't even know enough to get into trouble... lol

[ed_heaton]

Lucky me... with the Meteobridge there's an option to switch between humidex and heat index in AjaxMBwx.js file.   Thanks for the help.