grabweather(1)
NAME
GrabWeather - retrieve weather conditions from the
National Weather Service
SYNOPSIS
GrabWeather StationID
DESCRIPTION
This Perl-script retrieves the current local weather con
ditions from the national Weather Service (NWS), converts
the data into a text-format and stores the result in a
plain text file. GrabWeather requires the 4-character
METAR station code as the first and only command-line
option.
GrabWeather originated from wmWeather and has been adopted
for use with bbweather.
To find out more about the METAR/TAF system and to find
the METAR code for your location, look at
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/oso1/oso12/metar.htm for
NOAA's National Weather Service METAR/TAF Information
page. To determine what your station ID is use the lookup
utility at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/siteloc.shtml.
Note that you will need the 4-letter code, and not the
5-digit code.
REQUIRES
wget http://sunsite.auc.dk/wget/
Perl http://www.perl.com
FILES
~/.wmWeatherReports/StationID.TXT
BUGS
If you run into any problems, if you encounter bugs, or if
you have any other comments on this program, please don't
hesitate to contact the author.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
- Michael G. Henderson <mghenderson@lanl.gov>