From: Hans Fugal <fugalh@...>
Date: 2007-01-27T01:25:05+09:00
Subject: [ANN] Ruby WX (weather)

WX is shorthand for weather in the same nutty circles that encode 
weather observations and forecasts like this:

METAR KLRU 261553Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR OVC004 03/03 A3009 RMK AO2
TAF KLRU 261600Z 261612 35007KT P6SM -SHRASN SCT010 BKN025
          TEMPO 1618 5SM -SHRA BR BKN005 OVC015
          FM1800 28010KT P6SM VCSH SCT015 BKN030
          FM0300 28010KT P6SM SKC

You need a library for this. I've written one.

http://hans.fugal.net/src/ruby-wx

This is release 0.1.2, featuring METAR parsing and documentation. TAF 
forecasts are forecast for version 0.2.x. Automatic fetching and 
human-readable to_s methods are likely to pop up like daisies anywhere 
inbetween.

If you find a bonafide METAR that doesn't parse correctly, by all means 
let me know (send the raw METAR to hans+ruby-wx@fugal.net).