[GreenKeys] GreenKeys Digest, Vol 87, Issue 19

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On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 11:19:36AM -0700, John Nagle wrote:
> It's a National Weather Service problem:
> 
> ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/city/ca/san_francisco.txt
> 
> FPUS46 KMTR 312034
> 
> City Forecast for San Francisco, CA
> Issued Thursday afternoon - Mar 31, 2011

This has been happening quite a bit lately. I sent the NWS contact a note
a few weeks ago as well, but never received a response. 

I've been occasionally using the following instead (for San Francisco):
ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/zone/ca/caz006.txt 

It's a lot more verbose, but seems to be updated more reliably. 

eric

> 
> .Thursday night... Low 56, 0% chance of precipitation.
> .Friday... Sunny, high 70, 0% chance of precipitation.
> .Friday night... Low 54, 10% chance of precipitation.
> .Saturday... Mostly cloudy, high 59.
> .Saturday night... Low 47.
> 
> Note the date.
> 
> The files on their FTP server were apparently rolled back to some
> date weeks ago. I've sent their webmaster a note.
> 
> 				John Nagle
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