Cumulus Import incorrect units for wind speed
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2024 1:39 am
I'm trying to import some Cumulus MX data into MB NanoSD. I converted all of the imperial units from the Cumulus MX data to their respective metric units, but I noticed that the wind values were significantly lower than the numbers in the .sql file I imported. For instance, a value of 2.64m/s in the imported file, shows up on the database file as 1.2m/s. Out of curiosity, I converted 2.64mph to m/s, which is 1.18m/s (rounds to 1.2). I then took a small sample of the .sql file and inserted all of the wind values as their mph values instead of m/s values, and now that time frame in MB's database is showing the correct m/s values.
It looks to me like there is a conversion error in the Cumulus import logic, where it is converting the wind values from mph to m/s, meaning that while the Cumulus import wants metric for all of the other values (temp, pressure, etc), it's wanting imperial for the speed values.
It looks to me like there is a conversion error in the Cumulus import logic, where it is converting the wind values from mph to m/s, meaning that while the Cumulus import wants metric for all of the other values (temp, pressure, etc), it's wanting imperial for the speed values.