It's been getting significantly worse over the last few days... I generally pull data every 10 minutes & report it to pws.com... Now I'm getting actual data maybe once or twice every hour. The remaining time I get an error stating 'Station: OFFLINE' which I might believe if the WU site for my station didn't have actual data for 5 minute increments consistently throughout this time... During the timeframe of 12:00pm to 1:00pm today, for example, I got 5 of the 'Station: OFFLINE' messages and only one actual data pull. The station ID is KALMBIRMI150 -- the table data shows that my station is reporting to the WU site successfully every 5 minutes
This is the reponse I get to my api query more often than not these past two days:
This is the reponse I get to my api query more often than not these past two days:
{ "response": { "version":"0.1", "termsofService":"http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/terms.html", "features": { "conditions": 1 } , "error": { "type": "Station:OFFLINE" } } }This is the reponse I get on a good return: {
"response": { "version":"0.1", "termsofService":"http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/terms.html", "features": { "conditions": 1 } } , "current_observation": { "image": { "url":"http://icons.wxug.com/graphics/wu2/logo_130x80.png", "title":"Weather Underground", "link":"http://www.wunderground.com" }, "display_location": { "full":"Birmingham, AL", "city":"Birmingham", "state":"AL", "state_name":"Alabama", "country":"US", "country_iso3166":"US", "zip":"35229", "magic":"1", "wmo":"99999", "latitude":"33.475819", "longitude":"-86.783104", "elevation":"219.2" }, "observation_location": { "full":"Hollywood, Birmingham, Alabama", "city":"Hollywood, Birmingham", "state":"Alabama", "country":"US", "country_iso3166":"US", "latitude":"33.475819", "longitude":"-86.783104", "elevation":"826 ft" }, "estimated": { }, "station_id":"KALBIRMI150", "observation_time":"Last Updated on February 18, 1:33 PM CST", "observation_time_rfc822":"Sun, 18 Feb 2018 13:33:36 -0600", "observation_epoch":"1518982416", "local_time_rfc822":"Sun, 18 Feb 2018 13:33:36 -0600", "local_epoch":"1518982416", "local_tz_short":"CST", "local_tz_long":"America/Chicago", "local_tz_offset":"-0600", "weather":"Overcast", "temperature_string":"56.8 F (13.8 C)", "temp_f":56.8, "temp_c":13.8, "relative_humidity":"83%", "wind_string":"From the SW at 2.0 MPH Gusting to 2.2 MPH", "wind_dir":"SW", "wind_degrees":219, "wind_mph":2.0, "wind_gust_mph":"2.2", "wind_kph":3.2, "wind_gust_kph":"3.5", "pressure_mb":"1024", "pressure_in":"30.24", "pressure_trend":"-", "dewpoint_string":"52 F (11 C)", "dewpoint_f":52, "dewpoint_c":11, "heat_index_string":"NA", "heat_index_f":"NA", "heat_index_c":"NA", "windchill_string":"NA", "windchill_f":"NA", "windchill_c":"NA", "feelslike_string":"56.8 F (13.8 C)", "feelslike_f":"56.8", "feelslike_c":"13.8", "visibility_mi":"10.0", "visibility_km":"16.1", "solarradiation":"68", "UV":"0.0","precip_1hr_string":"0.00 in ( 0 mm)", "precip_1hr_in":"0.00", "precip_1hr_metric":" 0", "precip_today_string":"0.00 in (0 mm)", "precip_today_in":"0.00", "precip_today_metric":"0", "icon":"cloudy", "icon_url":"http://icons.wxug.com/i/c/k/cloudy.gif", "forecast_url":"http://www.wunderground.com/US/AL/Birmingham.html", "history_url":"http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KALBIRMI150", "ob_url":"http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=33.475819,-86.783104", "nowcast":"" }