[GreenKeys] Heavy Metal - realtime feeds

[John Nagle]

> From: Duncan Brown<duncanancy at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Heavy Metal - realtime feeds
> 
> 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?)

   My program, "baudotrss", can retrieve US weather through that 
interface.  You put in a ZIP code and it looks up the weather for that
location.  The NWS system computes a forecast for that location based
on the ZIP code.

Output looks like this:

INFO:TEST:WEATHER FORECAST FOR 2 MILES SE SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL
INFO:TEST:AIRPORT CA ON MAY 2ND AT 2:19 AM.
INFO:TEST:TODAY, MAY 2ND: SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 71. SOUTH SOUTHEAST
INFO:TEST:WIND 9 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTH NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
INFO:TEST:WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 20 MPH.
INFO:TEST:TONIGHT, MAY 2ND: MOSTLY CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 50. NORTH
INFO:TEST:NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 14 MPH BECOMING SOUTH SOUTHEAST IN THE
INFO:TEST:EVENING. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 18 MPH.
INFO:TEST:THURSDAY, MAY 3RD: SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 72. SOUTHEAST WIND
INFO:TEST:7 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTH NORTHWEST IN THE MORNING. WINDS
INFO:TEST:COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 20 MPH.
INFO:TEST:THURSDAY NIGHT, MAY 3RD: MOSTLY CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 50.
INFO:TEST:NORTHWEST WIND 9 TO 15 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 20 MPH.
INFO:TEST:FRIDAY, MAY 4TH: MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 76. NORTH
INFO:TEST:NORTHWEST WIND 6 TO 14 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 18 MPH.
INFO:TEST:FRIDAY NIGHT, MAY 4TH: PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 52.


			John Nagle