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Just tried it out and it worked like a charm.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/21/2016 7:03 PM, Martin Nile via
aprssig wrote:<br>
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<div>I am in the process of working on a program which provides
a US Weather forecast </div>
<div>via APRS message. I have most of the kinks worked out and
it is ready for testing</div>
<div>by a larger group.</div>
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<div>Send a single character APRS message to KI6WJP and the
program will respond with a </div>
<div>brief forecast for your location.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>You can specify "where" and "when" you want the forecast.
If you wish a full forecast</div>
<div>add the word "full" to your "where" and "when". The full
forecast is spread across</div>
<div>multiple APRS message. The default "brief" forecast
usually fits within a single</div>
<div>message.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>"where" is any APRS callsign/object, zipcode, grid, or
decimal lat/lon as long as it is </div>
<div>located in a place covered by the US National Weather
Service.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>"when" is any day of the week with optional night. I.e.
Wednesday night</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The forecast is derived from the US National Weather
Service point forecast.</div>
<div>Usually the forecast is produced within 1 or 2 seconds, but
during periods of</div>
<div>heavy activity, the weather service can take 20 or 30
seconds.</div>
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</div>
<div>The latitude/longitude for the requested object is
extracted from <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://api.aprs.fi">api.aprs.fi</a>, </div>
<div>As a result, anything that appears on <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://aprs.fi">aprs.fi</a> is
valid including </div>
<div>CWOP stations and AIS ships.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Here are some example forecast requests that can be sent to
KI6WJP:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Any message less than 3 characters</div>
<div> Returns a brief forecast for the current location of
the sending station.</div>
<div>Tomorrow 96067</div>
<div> Returns tomorrow's forecast for Mount Shasta, CA</div>
<div>Tonight</div>
<div> Returns the forecast for tonight at your current
location</div>
<div>Tuesday night full</div>
<div> Returns the Tuesday night full forecast at your current
location.</div>
<div>w1aw</div>
<div> Returns the current forecast for the location of
station W1AW</div>
<div>usna-1 Sunday</div>
<div> Returns the forecast for the Army Navy football game on
Sunday. </div>
<div> (Assuming usna-1 is at the stadium)</div>
<div>CN81uh</div>
<div> Returns the forecast for the center of maidenhead grid
CN81uh</div>
<div>36.5786/-118.2920</div>
<div> Returns the forecast for the summit of Mount Whitney.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Currently the program is running on a raspberry Pi on a
home dsl internet connection.</div>
<div>The program is single threaded and can handle a single
forecast request at a time.</div>
<div>Things are still in development and may break at any time.
</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Obviously for this to work via RF, a transmit capable
i-gate is necessary.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Many thanks to Heikki for Ham::APRS::IS, Ham::APRS::FAP and
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://api.aprs.fi">api.aprs.fi</a>
that made</div>
<div>this easy.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>For more information see: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://sites.google.com/site/ki6wjp/wxbot">https://sites.google.com/site/ki6wjp/wxbot</a></div>
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<div>Regards</div>
<div>Martin Nile</div>
<div>KI6WJP</div>
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