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| Rounding of wind speed | | Rounding of wind speed | ||
| 0 (no) | | 0 (no) | ||
| Simple tick or not: | | Simple tick or not, (only applicable if any reported wind speed would otherwise include decimal places): | ||
* Tick (value shown as 1 in Cumulus.ini) then | * Tick (value shown as 1 in Cumulus.ini) then Cumulus will round all the wind speeds it reports to nearest integer | ||
* Don't tick (value shown as 0 in Cumulus.ini) then | * Don't tick (value shown as 0 in Cumulus.ini) then Cumulus will report wind speeds to the precision defined in "WindSpeedDecimals", "WindSpeedAvgDecimals", and "WindRunDecimals", parameters | ||
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| SunshineHrsDecimals=2 | | SunshineHrsDecimals=2 | ||
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| Select a number of decimal places to overwrite the default | | Select a number of decimal places to overwrite the default | ||
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| WindSpeedAvgDecimals= | | WindSpeedAvgDecimals= | ||
| Release 3.8.3 | | Release 3.8.3 | ||
| Units → Advanced Options (Here be dragons!) | | Units → Advanced Options (Here be dragons!) | ||
| Wind speed average decimals | | Wind speed average decimals | ||
| | | (displayed as blank) | ||
| Select a number of decimal places to overwrite the default | | Select a number of decimal places to overwrite the default. (NOTE: If the weather station does not provide an average wind speed, or if the user requires a change of units from how the weather station reports it, then CMX will calculate it to 1 decimal place by default; otherwise average wind speed will default to integer, or to one decimal place, depending how it is provided by the station). | ||
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| WindSpeedDecimals= | | WindSpeedDecimals= | ||
| Release 3.8.3 | | Release 3.8.3 | ||
| Units → Advanced Options (Here be dragons!) | | Units → Advanced Options (Here be dragons!) | ||
| Wind speed average decimals | | Wind speed average decimals | ||
| | | (displayed as blank) | ||
| Select a number of decimal places to overwrite the default | | Select a number of decimal places to overwrite the default which depends both on the weather station type and what units have been selected by user (speeds are normally reported as integers unless metres per second are reporting unit, because most sensors are not precise enough to give any decimal places in other units) | ||
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| WindUnit=0 | | WindUnit=0 | ||
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| Enter a 4 digit year: | | Enter a 4 digit year: | ||
* Legacy Releases (1.7.12 5 July 2008) and MX up to 3.11.4 (build 3133 25 May 2021): The year-to-date amount in previous parameter is added to the current (seasonal) rain if the year specified in this parameter matches the current year. | * Legacy Releases (1.7.12 from 5 July 2008) and MX up to 3.11.4 (build 3133 from 25 May 2021): The year-to-date amount in previous parameter is added to the current (seasonal) rain if the year specified in this parameter matches the current year. | ||
** If your rain season starts in January (default) then set this to the calendar year when you first use Cumulus (in a particular location). | ** If your rain season starts in January (default) then set this to the calendar year when you first use Cumulus (in a particular location). | ||
** If your rain year starts in any other month, set this to | ** If your rain year starts in any other month, set this to the current calendar year during your first season (remember to change the year mid-season when reach 1 January), and delete the year when your second season starts as you don't want the previous value added to your second season | ||
* From Release 3.12.0 ( | * From Release 3.12.0 (29 July 2021), the current calendar year is compared against (current month - season start month + 1) year, so you enter the year in which your first season would start had it been a full season (be that last calendar year or this calendar year) | ||
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