[arm-allstar] replacement script ---was: Weather.sh not working

[David McGough]

I'm still seeing and getting many reports of inconsistant/unreliable 
behavior.



On Tue, 21 Nov 2023, Darin NG7O wrote:

> Mine has been consistent through today.
> 
> Darin
> NG7O
> 
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 4:23 PM David McGough via ARM-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Yes, I've got working replacement code now, which pulls data directly from
> > NOAA/NWS.  I'm still finding some rough edges (edge cases) which I'm
> > resolving.  The fly in the ointment is this will work only for reporting
> > zones in the USA, so users from other countries (like Canada) won't
> > benefit.  It's a start.
> >
> > I had hoped that the Accuweather issues would simple improve, so far that
> > hasn't happened.
> >
> > More soon.
> >
> > 73, David K4FXC
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 21 Nov 2023, W4EDP - Emmett Perdue wrote:
> >
> > > Any update on the scripts release?
> > >
> > > > On Nov 19, 2023, at 5:38 PM, David McGough via ARM-allstar <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yep, the weather.sh script is used "behind the scenes" in several
> > > > utilities, including Supermon, saytime.pl, say24time.pl, etc.
> > > >
> > > > I've written a replacement/complimentary script which directly grabs
> > data
> > > > from the NWS/NOAA. I'm working right now on keeping the new code
> > > > compatible with the original.  So far it's working well; to be released
> > > > soon.
> > > >
> > > > 73, David K4FXC
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 19 Nov 2023, Nate Bargmann via ARM-allstar wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I'm hearing the same erratic behavior with the top of the hour
> > > >> announcements.  Earlier this afternoon it was announcing the correct
> > > >> temp and at the latest 4 PM announcement it was at zero degrees.
> > > >>
> > > >> Unrelated, but my personal weather station has been acting up as well.
> > > >> The sensor transmitter went off line earlier this afternoon after I
> > > >> replaced a suspect capacitor in it yesterday morning.  Sigh...
> > > >>
> > > >> 73, Nate, N0NB
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
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