Can anyone tell me what time point is and how to use it in this json response?

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{ "product" : "astro" , "init" : "2020091906" , "dataseries" : [ { "timepoint" : 3, "cloudcover" : 7, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 3, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 6, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "S", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 33, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 6, "cloudcover" : 6, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 3, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 7, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "S", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 30, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 9, "cloudcover" : 1, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 3, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 7, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "SE", "speed" : 3 }, "temp2m" : 30, "prec_type" : "none" }, { "timepoint" : 12, "cloudcover" : 4, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 4, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 8, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "SE", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 29, "prec_type" : "none" }, { "timepoint" : 15, "cloudcover" : 2, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 4, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 9, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "E", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 29, "prec_type" : "none" }, { "timepoint" : 18, "cloudcover" : 3, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 4, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 8, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "E", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 29, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 21, "cloudcover" : 7, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 3, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 6, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "E", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 33, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 24, "cloudcover" : 8, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 3, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 5, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "SE", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 35, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 27, "cloudcover" : 9, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 3, "lifted_index" : -4, "rh2m" : 6, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "SW", "speed" : 3 }, "temp2m" : 32, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 30, "cloudcover" : 9, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 3, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 7, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "SW", "speed" : 3 }, "temp2m" : 30, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 33, "cloudcover" : 9, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 3, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 8, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "SW", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 30, "prec_type" : "none" }, { "timepoint" : 36, "cloudcover" : 9, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 4, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 9, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "W", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 29, "prec_type" : "none" }, { "timepoint" : 39, "cloudcover" : 6, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 4, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 9, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "N", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 28, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 42, "cloudcover" : 8, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 4, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 8, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "SW", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 29, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 45, "cloudcover" : 9, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 3, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 6, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "SE", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 32, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 48, "cloudcover" : 9, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 3, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 6, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "S", "speed" : 3 }, "temp2m" : 33, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 51, "cloudcover" : 9, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 3, "lifted_index" : -4, "rh2m" : 7, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "S", "speed" : 3 }, "temp2m" : 32, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 54, "cloudcover" : 7, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 4, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 9, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "S", "speed" : 3 }, "temp2m" : 30, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 57, "cloudcover" : 9, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 4, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 9, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "S", "speed" : 3 }, "temp2m" : 29, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 60, "cloudcover" : 9, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 5, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 10, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "S", "speed" : 3 }, "temp2m" : 28, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 63, "cloudcover" : 9, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 5, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 10, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "SE", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 28, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 66, "cloudcover" : 8, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 4, "lifted_index" : -1, "rh2m" : 9, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "SE", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 29, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 69, "cloudcover" : 9, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 4, "lifted_index" : -4, "rh2m" : 7, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "SE", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 31, "prec_type" : "rain" }, { "timepoint" : 72, "cloudcover" : 9, "seeing" : 6, "transparency" : 3, "lifted_index" : -4, "rh2m" : 7, "wind10m" : { "direction" : "SW", "speed" : 2 }, "temp2m" : 32, "prec_type" : "rain" } ] }

Their documentation is here: http://www.7timer.info/doc.php?lang=en#introduction It says nothing about what the timepoint is, what it represents, or how to use it. Any help here is appreciated, thank you.

1 Answers

It seems to be an old question but I think i have got the answer to that. Perhaps someone else is thankfull for that.

First you'll see the init date. It stands for the date and time when the forecast was made. In you example it was 2020-09-19 at 6:OO AM . From this time/date you have to add the timepoint from the forecast. For example timepoint 3 means 9:00 AM and timepoint 6 means 12:00 AM.

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