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SignalK plugin for Open-Meteo completed to add missing sea state data

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A developer encountered an issue where a SignalK plugin for Open-Meteo was not displaying sea state data. Upon investigation, it was discovered that the marine data fetching logic within the plugin was commented out, indicating an unfinished feature rather than a bug. The developer completed this functionality by integrating the marine API, ensuring data caching and error handling to respect Open-Meteo's rate limits. The fix also corrected unit conversions and aligned the data horizon with the existing forecast. AI

IMPACT Improves data availability for marine weather applications by completing unfinished plugin functionality.

RANK_REASON Developer completing a commented-out feature in an existing software plugin.

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SignalK plugin for Open-Meteo completed to add missing sea state data

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Bryan Clark ·

    The commented-out code was a to-do, not a bug: finishing waves in SignalK's Open-Meteo plugin

    <p>Our boat's weather comes from a chain we didn't fully own. <a href="https://open-meteo.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open-Meteo</a><br /> serves a free forecast; the <a href="https://github.com/SignalK/openmeteo-provider-plugin" rel="noopener noreferrer">SignalK Open-Meteo pr…

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