From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2007-01-27T02:10:15+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby WX (weather)

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007, Hans Fugal wrote:

> 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).

hey - would you mind posting a page about this on

   http://sciruby.codeforpeople.com

??

-a
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