MyMETAR

This is my version of a popular PHP METAR decoder (see the inspiration at http://phpweather.sourceforge.net/ ). The logic I used was simple because all I want is the METAR for another application:

  1. Get a METAR record from the local host database
  2. Compare this METAR time to the current time or time of the request
    • IF METAR time is older than current time less 1.5 hours, then fetch, save and display a new METAR from NOAA
    • ELSE use local host database METAR

The NOAA data comes from http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/XXXX.TXT. Where XXXX is the ICAO identifier of the weather station (airport).

This page also works well on web enabled cell phones.

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KABQ 302356Z 23006KT 10SM FEW065TCU SCT090 SCT140 BKN200 31/13 A3007

KCLL 302353Z 18008KT 10SM CLR 35/19 A2992

KMIA 302353Z 17009KT 9SM -RA BKN042 BKN050 BKN250 28/25 A2991

KPSM 302355Z 35006KT 10SM FEW080 22/07 A2989

KRFD 302354Z 15006KT 10SM SCT035 OVC095 23/19 A2994

KTCL 302353Z 07004KT 10SM CLR 34/23 A2986

PANC 302353Z 16003KT 10SM FEW040 BKN090 OVC130 16/11 A2999

Red means a new db record was saved.

Black means db record is within our time range.

Blue means db metar was out of our time range.