If a system location is set, the nearest available SYNOP station will be automatically discovered for this location. The search radius expands with each successive scan.

Provided icon set

This binding has its own IconProvider and makes available the following list of icons

Icon Name	Dynamic	Illustration
oh:synopanalyzer:beaufort	Yes
oh:synopanalyzer:octa	Yes

Thing Configuration

stationId — The WMO station number (see the station list).
refreshInterval — The refresh interval in minutes.

SYNOP messages are typically updated every hour.

Channels

The weather information that is retrieved is available as these channels:

Channel Type ID	Item Type	Description
temperature	Number:Temperature	Current outdoor temperature
pressure	Number:Pressure	Current pressure
wind-speed	Number:Speed	Current wind speed
wind-speed-beaufort	Number	Wind speed according to Beaufort scale
wind-angle	Number:Angle	Current wind direction
wind-direction	String	Wind direction
overcast	String	Appreciation of the cloud cover
octa	Number	Part of the sky covered by clouds (in 8th)
attenuation-factor*	Number	Cloud layer attenuation factor
time-utc	DateTime	Observation time of the Synop message
horizontal-visibility	String	Horizontal visibility range
wind-barb	Image	Graph of the wind speed and direction

"Cloud attenuation factor" (Kc) as defined by Kasten and Czeplak (1980).

Example

Things

Example Thing definition:

synopanalyzer:synopanalyzer:trappes [ stationId=7149 ]

Items

Number:Temperature Synop_Temperature "Temperature [%.1f %unit%]" <temperature> { channel = "synopanalyzer:synopanalyzer:trappes:temperature" }
Number:Pressure    Synop_Pressure    "Pressure [%.1f %unit%]"     <pressure>   { channel = "synopanalyzer:synopanalyzer:trappes:pressure" }
Number:Angle       Synop_Wind_Angle  "Wind Angle [%d °]"          <wind>       { channel = "synopanalyzer:synopanalyzer:trappes:wind-angle" }
String             Synop_Wind_Direction "Direction [%s]"                        { channel = "synopanalyzer:synopanalyzer:trappes:wind-direction" }
Number:Speed       Synop_Wind_Speed  "Wind Speed [%.2f %unit%]"   <wind>       { channel = "synopanalyzer:synopanalyzer:trappes:wind-speed" }
Number             Synop_Octa        "Octa [%d]/8"  <oh:synopanalyzer:octa>    { channel = "synopanalyzer:synopanalyzer:trappes:octa" }
DateTime           Synop_time        "Observation Time [%1$ta %1$tR]" <clock>  { channel = "synopanalyzer:synopanalyzer:trappes:time-utc" }

Transformations

octa.map

0=○ No clouds
1=⌽ A few clouds
2=◔ A few clouds
3=◑ Scattered clouds
4=◑ Scattered clouds
5=◕ Broken sky
6=◕ Broken sky
7=◕ Broken sky
8=● Overcast sky
9=⊗ Obscured sky

UNDEF=Unknown ⁉
NULL=Unknown ⁉
-=Unknown ⁉
=Unknown ⁉

beaufort.scale

[0..1[=Calm
[1..2[=Very light breeze
[2..3[=Light breeze
[3..4[=Gentle breeze
[4..5[=Moderate breeze
[5..6[=Fresh breeze
[6..7[=Strong breeze
[7..8[=Near gale
[8..9[=Gale
[9..10[=Strong gale
[10..11[=Storm
[11..12[=Violent storm
[12..15[=Hurricane
[..]=Unknown ⁉
NaN=Not initialized (NaN)