[GreenKeys] Heavy Metal - realtime feeds

[duncanancy@earthlink.net]

    Thanks Tom!

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------ Original message------From: Thomas TillsonDate: Tue, May 1, 2018 08:34To: duncanancy at earthlink.net;greenkeys at mailman.qth.net;Subject:Re: [GreenKeys] Heavy Metal - realtime feedsHere is the list:
http://nws.noaa.gov/mirs/public/prods/maps/pfzones_list.htm
TT
In a message dated 5/1/2018 8:23:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, duncanancy at earthlink.net writes:
 Never send out a URL without checking it first to see if it is still working!! On 30-Apr-18 11:41, Duncan Brown wrote: > Just wanted to report that for some real-time material to print on > your TTYs, the National Weather Service FTP site is still available > and usable. > e.g.   ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/zone/ny/nyz014.txt > > Use the "Weather" dropdown menu on Heavy Metal 2.5 to find the ftp for > your area. > My example above works, but the Nnational Weather Service changed their website since HeavyMetal 2.5 was written and the URLs for weather reports available from the "Weather" dropdown menu no longer work. (Actually some do work, but the weather forecasts are a few years old!) NWS is providing forecasts by zones now, not cities.  To get a text forecast for a specific area, go to ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/zone/ click on your state, then click on one of the text files for a forecast. Unfortunately, they are not listed by location, but they come in quickly and you just have to try some to find the area yu are interested in.  (Maybe there is an index somewhere?) Once you find a FTP site you like, copy it into the "Heavymetal.mnu" file in the form of: "-GENERIC_FTP, name,ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/zone/ny/nyz014.txt"       "name" is the descriptive title you want to show up in the Custom menu Have fun, Duncan, K2OEQ --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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