<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><span></span></div>Where would you like feedback sent to? I have an older Kenwood D7 that I can test with if needed.<br> <div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7344"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7355">Max KG4PID<br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7359" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7358" style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7357" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7356" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7369" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Martin Nile via aprssig <aprssig@tapr.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> aprssig@tapr.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 21, 2016 6:03 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [aprssig] US Weather forecast via APRS message<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7360"><br><div id="yiv1394641950"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7362" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7370">I am in the process of working on a program which provides a US Weather forecast </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7371">via APRS message. I have most of the kinks worked out and it is ready for testing</div><div>by a larger group.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7364"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7361">Send a single character APRS message to KI6WJP and the program will respond with a </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7363">brief forecast for your location.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7365"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453414366789_7366">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></div><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></div><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><div><br></div><div>The latitude/longitude for the requested object is extracted from <a href="http://api.aprs.fi/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">api.aprs.fi</a>, </div><div>As a result, anything that appears on <a href="http://aprs.fi/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">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></div><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 href="http://api.aprs.fi/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">api.aprs.fi</a> that made</div><div>this easy.</div><div><br></div><div>For more information see: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ki6wjp/wxbot" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://sites.google.com/site/ki6wjp/wxbot</a></div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Regards</div><div>Martin Nile</div><div>KI6WJP</div><div><br></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>aprssig mailing list<br><a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br><a href="http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig" target="_blank">http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>