[arm-allstar] weather ... or not

[David McGough]

Here might be another useful example:

http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=ILM&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off



On Wed, 7 Sep 2016, David McGough via arm-allstar wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi Ken,
> 
> I think the text forecast info is still available, but NOAA has shuffled 
> everything around and changed the formatting, etc. Some discovery work
> will be required to figure a new strategy out. Here is one example of the
> new forecast summary text:
> 
> http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=34.2124&lon=-77.9113&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=text&TextType=1
> 
> Ultimately, I expect we'll have an updated solution. The V1.5 release in
> testing now includes several new hamvoip specific packages, including the    
> WX scripts, the flite TTS engine w/arctic voices and a VoiceRSS connector.
> I expect we'll have a Cepstral modules, too.
> 
> I'll also mention that I expect V1.5 will get released before the WX 
> scripting is completed.  For those users wishing to add WX capability, a 
> simple pacman update to install the needed packages will get you going.
> 
> BTW, if someone would like to poke around the NOAA website and develop a 
> solution, you're certainly welcome to proceed! Help in this area would be 
> appreciated!
> 
> 73, David KB4FXC
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 7 Sep 2016, Ken via arm-allstar wrote:
> 
> > A year ago, when my local NWS office stopped producing podcasts of 5-day
> > forecasts and alerts, I installed the W0ANM scripts and bought a license for
> > Diane's voice from CEPSTRAL to speak the text message forecasts that were
> > still available.  Now NWS have stopped producing text forecasts. 
> > 
> > I wonder what other people are doing to get a forecast into their Allstar
> > setup? (alerts and warnings are still available, but not forecasts).
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Ken
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> 
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