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Get the current weather at specific coordinates

AWS - Arma Weather Synchronize

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This extension let you synchronize the weather in Arma with the realworld weather. Default the extension will retrieve the current weather at the island "Stratis", or "Altis".

Note: This extension requires that you have Arma2NET installed.

Extract the AWS-folder into Arma2Net/Addins/ and include @Arma2NET as a mod.

Retrieve weather information

To retieve the current weather information from (default) Stratis, you use this code: _CurrentWeatherInformation = "Arma2Net.Unmanaged" callExtension "AWS YourAPIKey,Stratis/Altis";
You can get your own API-key by registrating on this site https://developer.forecast.io/
Since the extension will return it as a string, you have to compile it first. _CurrentWeatherInformation = call compile _CurrentWeatherInformation;

_CurrentWeatherInformation is a array containing multiple values: ["4.96", "105", "partly-cloudy-day", [2014, 1, 14, 16, 45], "0", "0.0381", "9.88", "0.32"] In the order -> Windspeed,windbearing,Condition, array containing the current date in the format [Year,Month,Date,Hour,Minute], Visibility,precipIntensity,Temperature,cloudCover

Read here(under "si") for more information about what unit each value is in.

Condition

Condition will have any of the following values: clear-day, clear-night, rain, snow, sleet, wind, fog, cloudy, partly-cloudy-day, partly-cloudy-night

So, to retieve what condition the current weather is, you execute: _weatherCondition = _CurrentWeatherInformation select 2;

If you wish to set synchronize the date, you execute: _date = _CurrentWeatherInformation select 3; setDate _date;