On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 14:59:03 -0500 Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 01:15:59PM -0500, Anthony E. Greene wrote: >> make it easy to get to. I should be able to Figure out what weather zone, >> data type, and time period I want and query a web server for something like: >> >> http://www.nws.gov/cgi-bin/txtrpt.cgi?zone=DC001&dtype=fcast&pd=24&fmt=txt >> or >> http://www.nws.gov/cgi-bin/txtrpt.cgi?zone=DC001&dtype=currcon&fmt=txt >> >> and dump the result to a text file for convenient reading. > >I get the forecast (such as it is) via cron like: > >ncftpget -t 180 -V -r 3 \ > ftp://weather.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/city/ky/louisville.txt > >I think that's the 3 day. There's a 10 day somewhere I think, as well >as current conditions (updated hourly only). That ftp server is >sometimes busy and does not respond though. > >For radar I use >http://www.crh.noaa.gov/radar/images/DS.p37cr/SI.klvx/latest.gif, and >display that with xv. xv is nice because I can download updated images >in the background every so many minutes, and xv will update its buffer >if the file is changed at all. I don't think any other such programs >will do that. Cool.
After doing some more searching, I came across this nice looking program called wx/net: http://www.hutchrick.com/wxnet/ However, it seems to require a physical weather station to be attached to your coputer. Since we are in a UNIX environment, it would seem possible to put script behind it to go out to a NWS or IWIN site, grab the data, and format it the way wx/net likes it. Has anyone tried this? I am going to eamil the author and find out. Thanks, Steven -- ___ ____________ <<<((__O\ (__<>___<>__ \ ____ Don't get rattled by Steven Whatley \ \_(__<>___<>__)\O\_/O___>-< what I say. It's just [EMAIL PROTECTED] \O__<>___<>___<>)\___/ my opinion. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
