[GreenKeys] Model 15 Weather Modification Kit & Loop Supplies

tony j. podrasky tony.podrasky at gmail.com
Tue Jun 21 18:14:18 EDT 2011


Hey Guys;

I found my old PIREPS card with all the symbols, and I accessed
the SAHOURLY pages.

Now, - if I can find a site that will let me FTP these reports, I'll
write a weather intepreter and be able to put that 28 weather typebox
into service.

UE
W6ESE - tony
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Jim Haynes wrote:
> I think the weather symbols all went out with computers and ASCII.
> 
> Something I keep imagining I would do, but probably never will, is to
> have a program that downloads the hourly sequences from the weather
> service and then reformats them into the old weather symbol style.
> 
> The messages are still out there, look for SAHOURLY.  They now have a
> K in front of the old 3-letter code (in the U.S.).  Instead of the cloud
> symbols they say CLR, SCT, BKN, or OVC.  They give the wind directions
> in degrees rather than in arrows, and the temperatures are now in Celsius.
> And various other changes that you would have to undo to get back to the
> old format.
> 
> 


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