metarv -- cli tool that provides weather from METAR codes. Large parts of the software is not implemented yet, but preliminary uses should be functional. The file stations.gz is what I extracted from NOAA's website, of which the url is http://weather.noaa.gov/data/nsd.txt . One might find the nearest metar station from the list. ==== Usage: metarv [OPTION...] - provides weather conditions decoded from METAR codes. Help Options: -h, --help Show help options Application Options: -s, --site=<name> specify metar station. -t, --output=type output type: [general|raw|format] (default: general). -f, --format=<string> formatted string. use '--format help' for detail. -i, --imperial use imperial units. (only affect the 'general' output type) -c, --cache only use local cache, do not connect -u, --update only update cache, do nothing else ==== Available formatting options: Site infomation: 4-letter name : %short_name% Full name : %full_name% Country : %country% Longtitude : %longitude% Latitude : %latitude% Weather infomation: Raw metar code : %raw% Local Time : %time_<pattern>_end% (eg: "%time_%F %R_end%", consult `man strftime`) Temperature : %temp_[c | f]% Dew point : %dew_[c | f]% Wind speed : %wind_sp_[mps | mph | kt | kmph] Wind gust : %wind_gu_[mps | mph | kt | kmph] Wind direction : %wind_dirt% Wind variation : %wind_vary% Pressure : %pres_[hpa | inhg | bar | psi]% Visibility : %vis_[imperial | metric]% Phenomena : %phenomena% (rain, snow, etc) Sky condition : %sky_cond% (what cloud at what feet, etc) Format string has to be quoted, otherwise the program won't parse. ==== 台灣目前只有七個站仍在播報(清單上有 >20 個): RCAY 岡山 RCDC 屏東南機場 RCIC ??? RCKU 嘉義 RCKH 高雄 RCSS 松山 RCTP 中正紀念堂