pymetar(1) [debian man page]

PYMETAR(1)																PYMETAR(1)

NAME

       pymetar - query METAR information and display it in a user-friendly way

SYNOPSIS

       pymetar [station]

       pymetar --help

       pymetar --version

DESCRIPTION

       Use  pymetar  to  retrieve  METAR (METeorological Aviation Report) information from the internet provided by the NOAA (National Oceanic and
       Atmospheric Administration) and display it in an plain text format.

       Call pymetar with the name of the METAR station you want to query. You can get the  four-letter	specifier  of  a  station  near  you  from
       http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/siteloc.shtml

OPTIONS

       --help, -h
	      Display the usage screen and quit.

       --version, -v
	      Display the version number of pymetar and the pymetar library and quit.

AUTHOR

       pymetar was written by Tobias Klausmann klausman-pymetar@schwarzvogel.de

       This manual page was written by Tobias Klausmann using ronn, a Markdown to roff converter.

       Permission  is  granted	to  copy,  distribute  and/or  modify this document under the same terms as pymetar itself (the GNU General Public
       License, Version 2 or later)&.

ENVIRONMENT

       HTTP_PROXY
	      Set this variable to your HTTP proxy daemon to accelerate consecutive runs of pymetar. The name of the variable is case insensitive,
	      you  can	also  use  http_proxy  or  HTTP_Proxy  if you like. The syntax for this variable is http://username:password@proxy.yourdo-
	      main.com:port

								   February 2011							PYMETAR(1)

wmfrog(1)							   User Commands							 wmfrog(1)

NAME

       wmfrog - a dockapp for showing weather in graphical way

SYNOPSIS

	 wmfrog [options] -stattion <METAR station id>

OPTIONS

       -delay minutes
	   Override time (in minutes) between updates. Default is 15.

       -m, -metric
	   Display Temperature in metric unit: Celcius.

       -o offset
	   Time offset of location from UTC. Positive or negative integer expressed in hours, like +1 or -7.

       -s, -station
	   Required option. The 4-character METAR Station ID. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/METAR

       -w knots
	   Set the maximum wind in KNOTS for percentage of max / scaling. Default is 50 Knots.

       -tmp directory
	   Set the temporary directory where the METAR data files are downloaded Default is "/tmp".

       -l label
	   Set displayed text to 4 character (max) label to replace the METAR station id.

DESCRIPTION

       A dockapp for wheather reports. Includes clouds (clear, few, scattered, broken, overcast ...); Precipitations (drizzle, rain, snow, ice
       christals: light/moderate or heavy); Special weather (Blowing wind / Freezing / Thunderstorm, funnel cloud...); Humidity perentage; Wind
       speed (average & gust); Wind Direction; Temperature (Celcius or Fareinheit); Station name can be configured and weather report time is
       displayed.

       To find out more about the METAR/TAF system, see Frequently Asked Questions about METAR/SPECI and TAF at
       http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/oso1/oso12/faq.htm

       To find your city Metar code go to NOAA's Meteorological Station Information Lookup page Meteorological Products Processed At The NWSTG at
       at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/siteloc.shtml

ENVIRONMENT

       None.

FILES

       /tmp/<station-id>/
	   Stored data files. The directory can be changed with option -tmp

SEE ALSO

       wmweather(1) wmweather+(1)

AUTHORS

       program was written by Thibaut Colar <tcolar@users.sourceforge.net>

       This manual page is based on 0.1.6 version of the program. Updated by Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>. Released under license GNU GPL v2
       or (at your option) any later version. For more information about license, visit <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>.

wmfrog								    2012-02-15								 wmfrog(1)