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* Release 2.0: Heavy rewrite with too many new features to enumerate
here in the ChangeLog file.

* NEWS: List of important changes since 1.x releases.

* weather, weather.py: Implemented support for Python 3000 as
requested by ptchinster on behalf of Arch Linux, conditions/forecast
searches by latitude/longitude requested by Brandt Daniels, support
for newer NOAA forecasts pointed out by Darryl Mouck and Richard
Dooling, custom URIs requested by Michel Pelzer, international
weather stations requested by Milton Hubsher, and fixed a metric
conversion issue with negative values reported by Jochen Keil,
Michiel Appelman and Stefan Metzlaff. Thanks to everyone for your
input and assistance!
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General Information About the Weather Utility
===============================================
:Copyright: (c) 2006-2010 Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>. Permission to
use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is granted under
terms provided in the LICENSE file distributed with this software.
:Copyright: (c) 2006-2012 Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>. Permission
to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
granted under terms provided in the LICENSE file distributed
with this software.
.. contents::
What?
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This command-line utility is intended to provide quick access to current
weather conditions and forecasts. Presently, it is capable of returning data
for localities throughout the USA by retrieving and formatting decoded METARs
(Meteorological Aerodrome Reports) from NOAA (the USA National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration) and forecasts from NWS (the USA National Weather
weather conditions and forecasts. Presently, it is capable of returning
data for localities throughout the USA and some select locations
globally by retrieving and formatting decoded METARs (Meteorological
Aerodrome Reports) from NOAA (the USA National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration) and forecasts/alerts from NWS (the USA National Weather
Service). The tool is written to function in the same spirit as other
command-line informational utilities like cal(1), calendar(1) and dict(1). It
can retrieve arbitrary weather data via specific command-line switches (station
ID, city, state), or aliases can be configured system wide and on a per-user
basis. It can be freely used and redistributed under the terms of a BSD-like
License.
command-line informational utilities like cal(1), calendar(1) and
dict(1). It retrieves arbitrary weather data via precompiled
correlations or custom-tailored aliases (system-wide or on a per-user
basis). It can be freely used and redistributed under the terms of a
BSD-like License.
Why?
----
My girlfriend had a long commute to/from work and school, and often wanted to
check the weather both for home and her office. Unfortunately, starting a Web
browser, pulling up a weather site, entering multiple ZIP codes and waiting for
them to load is time-consuming for the marginally-impatient. Since she tended
to stay logged into a shell server most of the time, I figured I'd install a
quick command-line tool to retrieve weather info for her commute, but to my
surprise, a quick search turned up little that met my basic requirements:
My girlfriend had a long commute to/from work and school, and often
wanted to check the weather both for home and her office. Unfortunately,
starting a Web browser, pulling up a weather site, entering multiple ZIP
codes and waiting for them to load is time-consuming for the
marginally-impatient. Since she tended to stay logged into a shell
server most of the time, I figured I'd install a quick command-line tool
to retrieve weather info for her commute. To my surprise, a quick search
turned up little that met my basic requirements:
* retrieve current data on-demand
* provide both current conditions and short-term forecasts
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Where?
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A tarball for the most recent version of the weather utility can be had here:
A tarball for the most recent version of the weather utility can be had
here:
* http://fungi.yuggoth.org/weather/src/
Alternatively, Debian and Ubuntu users can install the weather-util package
from any mirror.
Alternatively, Debian and Ubuntu users can install the weather-util
package from any mirror.