(BIN) Download GrabNuWeather (BIN) Download my PGP signature on the archive ===================================== (formerly GrabWeather2016) - a program to download weather data in XML format from the aviationweather.gov data server and translate it into: * a data file to be read by other programs (e.g.: the GkrellWeather plugin for GkrellM); * a human-readable text file (also used by the plugin). Both files will be written in the ~/.wmWeatherReports directory, for backward compatibility with existing software. You must specify the 4-letter ICAO code of an airport (either directly on GrabNuWeather's command line, or in your front-end software) in order to get data from the respective weather station. Example: $ GrabWeather LIPX "LIPX" is the ICAO code for Italy's Verona Villafranca Airport. NEWS ---- Version 0.3 - released on June 27, 2020 - includes the following improvements: * NEW formula for relative humidity calculation gives much more accurate results HISTORY ------- The original GrabWeather was a Perl script, bundled with (among others) the GkrellWeather plugin by Franky Lam, whose web site is no longer reachable. The old script stopped working in 2016 when NOAA cancelled the web service it relied on. GrabNuWeather has been developed as a drop-in replacement. MISSING ------- A couple of features are still missing: * Airport name: does anyone know of a machine-readable online list of ICAO codes with respective airport names? * Windchill: anyone know a reliable formula to calculate this from wind speed, temperature, dew point / relative humidity? Original GrabWeather used to get its data by grepping the web page it downloaded. GrabNuWeather queries aviationweather.gov's data server instead; which - while more bandwidth-efficient with its XML replies - is missing the aforementioned bits of info. LICENSE ------- "GrabNuWeather" is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Dario Niedermann, and released as FREE SOFTWARE under the terms of the GPLv2 license. ________________________________________________________________________ This page was last updated on 08-Jul-2020 (DIR) Up to "FREE SOFTWARE I'm releasing for download" (DIR) Up to server root