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 201852Z VRB06KT 10SM FEW075 24/03 A3023

KCLL 201853Z 15009KT 10SM FEW050 30/16 A3009

KMIA 201853Z 13008KT 10SM FEW035 SCT060 BKN090 28/20 A2995

KPSM 201855Z 12009KT 10SM FEW250 25/08 A3027

KRFD 201854Z 20019G25KT 10SM SCT080 BKN250 31/14 A2996

KTCL 201853Z 01007KT 9SM FEW055 SCT100 31/16 A3009

PANC 201853Z 00000KT 10SM SCT055 BKN075 OVC090 09/02 A2982

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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.