<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><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454433030563_3129" dir="ltr">I wouldn't recommend using CWOP or Ham weather stations. Way too many of them are wrong. I'd rather have a verified source.<br> </div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br>Max KG4PID<br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Monty Wilson via aprssig <aprssig@tapr.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Martin Nile' <martin.nile@gmail.com>; 'TAPR APRS Mailing List' <aprssig@tapr.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 2, 2016 11:15 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [aprssig] WXBOT -- weather forecast via APRS Message<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv7675681572"><style>#yiv7675681572 #yiv7675681572 --
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#yiv7675681572 </style><div><div class="yiv7675681572WordSection1"><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Nice app. I just tried the weather for my local airport. It worked well. Have you looked into using the CWOP stations for weather. Probably more complicated than finding the nearest airport, but it may return more local current conditions since some airports can be a ways away.</span></div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thanks for your work</span></div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Monty Wilson, NR0A/AP677</span></div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">jwilson16@cableone.net</span></div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv7675681572yqt0765256676" id="yiv7675681572yqt94202"><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> aprssig [mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Martin Nile via aprssig<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 01, 2016 11:15 AM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> TAPR APRS Mailing List<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [aprssig] WXBOT -- weather forecast via APRS Message</span></div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"> </div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">The WXBOT weather forecast via APRS message program has been updated.</div><div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">The program now responds to messages addressed to WXBOT as well as KI6WJP</div></div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">The program now recognizes any US callsign, and returns a forecast for the address listed in the FCC ULS. Even if the callsign has never transmitted a position via APRS. The FCC ULS data is courtesy of the <a href="http://call.n0agi.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">call.n0agi.com</a> server.</div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">The program now recognizes all ICAO metar stations (i.e KJFK, or KSFO etc...) and returns a METAR report for the station. (TAF forecasts will be added in the future.)</div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">Here are some example weather queries sent to WXBOT</div></div><div><ul type="disc"><li class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">KSFO -- returns metar report for San Francisco International Airport</li><li class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">KSFO brief -- returns a brief weather forecast for SFO (not TAF)</li><li class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">NZSP -- returns metar report from the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica</li><li class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">metar -- returns a metar report for the ICAO metar station nearest to your location.</li><li class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">Any US callsign -- returns a weather forecast for the address listed in the FCC ULS.</li><li class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">whois CALLSIGN -- returns FCC ULS data for given callsign.</li></ul></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">The "whois" option is a side feature not directly related to weather, but since I had access to the data, I added the feature. </div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">For a complete list of features see <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ki6wjp/wxbot" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">https://sites.google.com/site/ki6wjp/wxbot</a></div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">--</div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">Martin Nile</div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal">KI6WJP</div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv7675681572MsoNormal"> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt0765256676" id="yqt44874">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">aprssig mailing list<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig" target="_blank" shape="rect">http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>