[Evolution-hackers] weather data..

[Tuomas Kuosmanen <tigert ximian com>]

I wonder what stuff we currently use for weather info, but the NOAA.gov
site has a ftp site with information:

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/decoded/KBOS.TXT
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/decoded/EFHK.TXT
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/decoded/EGLL.TXT

basically a decoded metar file with the filename being the airport
location. It looks like this:

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Boston, Logan International Airport, MA, United States (KBOS) 42-21-38N
071-00-38W 54M
Jul 31, 2003 - 07:54 AM EDT / 2003.07.31 1154 UTC
Wind: from the SE (130 degrees) at 6 MPH (5 KT):0
Visibility: 10 mile(s):0
Sky conditions: clear
Temperature: 64.9 F (18.3 C)
Dew Point: 62.1 F (16.7 C)
Relative Humidity: 90%
Pressure (altimeter): 30.25 in. Hg (1024 hPa)
Pressure tendency: 0.02 inches (0.8 hPa) higher than three hours ago
ob: KBOS 311154Z 13005KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP244 FEW AC T01830167 10189 20167 53008
cycle: 12
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That looks like easily parseable and those exist for the whole world.
They update every half hour.

I tried to look for the forecasts, the TAF exists, but it is only for
the current day, and that is less useful than a full week would be, so I
guess the current conditions is better in that case.

If we hack in the weather display, I can make a nice html snippet and do
some graphics for that.

Tuomas

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Tuomas Kuosmanen <tigert ximian com>