Weatherflow Tempest is 20% off

[aaiyar]

Discount code: WXHOLIDAYS

Tempest Weather System | WeatherFlow Tempest Inc.

[Sebastien]

Got one late last spring and really love it! It just works, and works so well!

[aaiyar]

About the same time I got mine. Yeah - its a terrific weather station that can be integrated locally with Hubitat if you also have an RPi or equivalent.

[Sebastien]

@aaiyar

integrated locally with Hubitat if you also have an RPi or equivalent.

Oh? I didn’t know that! Lol. Probably not something that I will look into in the short term as I have too many other projects on the go, but maybe for the future!

[coreystup]

@aaiyar

its a terrific weather station

How would you compare it to Ecowitt's products that are similar?

[aaiyar]

@coreystup

Ecowitt's products that are similar?

If the Wittboy was available when I bought my Tempest, I would have bought the Wittboy. It’s also easier to get it working with Hubitat.

[bobbyD]

@coreystup

compare it to Ecowitt's

Can't compare with Ecowitt but one advantage over Netatmo for example, the Tempest support is stellar and the station is actually cheaper if you take in consideration the Netatmo add-ons you need to come closer to what Tempest has to offer.

[SteveV]

@aaiyar

can be integrated locally with Hubitat if you also have an RPi or equivalent.

I'd be interested in hearing more about the RPi to Hubitat integration . I have a second property located in a micro climate area that always seems to be doing the opposite of what the local forecast is reporting which really screws with my Rachio's Weather Intelligence. I bought one in September to integrate with my Rachio. It's a pretty amazing device when you consider the number of sensors and capabilities given it's relatively small form factor.

[ronv42]

There are multiple drivers here on Hubitat, one that makes a API call to the cloud services, another that uses the websocket interface, and then a couple that uses the local UDP broadcast to to WeeWx and then WeeWx pushes the updates to Hubitat

The API Driver:

[PROJECT] Driver for WeatherFlow API

This driver polls the WeatherFlow API for information that your weather station or another has provided. The WeatherFlow API driver is REQUIRED and is the parent device (if both are used), and the WeatherSensorChild is OPTIONAL and is a child device driver. Now available within the Hubitat Package Manager (HPM). REQUIRED: WeatherFlow API driver to poll the WeatherFlow API. OPTIONAL: WeatherSensorChild driver is optional overall but required for child devices to work if you want to use the Enab…

The WebSocket

[RELEASE] WeatherFlow Lite

A driver for the WeatherFlow WebSocket API [tempest and station] Code hubitat/weatherflow.driver.groovy at master · augoisms/hubitat · GitHub Also available on Hubitat Package Manager. Setup Obtain a Personal Use Token (Settings > Data Authorizations) Find your station ID. https://tempestwx.com/station/{stationId} Subscribe to your devices. Features A pared-down weather driver that includes only the essential attributes. Utilizes the WeatherFlow Smart Weather API WebSocket. Queries …

The WeeWx:

[RELEASE] WeeWX (weather station) to Hubitat driver

Hello, I've released a package that provides a direct (local) data connection between WeeWX and Hubitat. The direct connection allows for efficient real-time access to data from your weather station, with no internet connection required. Depending upon your weather station hardware, the Hubitat will provide access to over 20 attributes from your station: temperature humidity windSpeed windDirection windGustSpeed windGustDirection apptemp heatindex humidex windchill rain rainRate hourRain day…

WeeWx MQTT Listener Framework Driver

I was up late last night cleaning up local access to the MQTT driver of a WeeWx implementation that is hosting my WeatherFlow Tempest weather station. It's very basic, has some error handling to reconnect to MQTT if the connection is dropped. Also just for better understanding there are 3 json payload types that WeeWx puts on the weather/loop topic: 1 Minute Observations 3 Second wind and rain 5 Minute WeeWx archive observation To keep updates to a minimum I filter for the 1 minute observati…

[fuzz.iot]

This thing ironically just popped up in my FB feed. Looked interesting until I saw the cost.

I'll stick with paying for Carrot ... I like the snark.

CARROT Weather for iOS and Android

[SteveV]

I'm currently using the WeatherFlow API driver and it works fine for basic stuff. But what I'm looking to do is track the daily rainfall in a database and adjust my watering schedule if there have been Rachio Weather Intelligence schedule skips because of predicted rainfall that didn't occur. Basically, a weekly true up if the temps have been high and the lawn has seen less than 1.5 inches of water for the week.

[ronv42]

I am wondering if you can capture the rain in a hub variable that you can update with Rule Machine and if below (x) trigger the irrigation. And then reset the variable weekly?

Looking at the current attributes there is the PrecipAccumLocalDay:

Say sometime around midnight you add that value to a hub variable and say on your targeted day to water if you are below a threshold turn on the sprinklers. Then reset the variable weekly.

[SteveV]

Good idea and one that had occurred to me as well but I also need to determine whether or not any of my Rachio's scheduled watering days were skipped and factor that into the mix. I'm still thinking about the best way to do all of this. Rule Machine is certainly an option but I see this getting unruly pretty fast.

[djw1191]

@aaiyar

If the Wittboy was available when I bought my Tempest, I would have bought the Wittboy.

Curious what would have drawn you to the Wittboy?

[aaiyar]

@djw1191

Curious what would have drawn you to the Wittboy?

I have a lot of other sensors from ecowitt and they perform well. So the Wittboy would have integrated well with that. Also, with the Wittboy, I wouldn't need to import data into Hubitat via an intermediate like a RPi.

[bobbyD]

Promo has expired. Closing the thread.