Kare writes:
That assumption is incorrect. I mean Niagara falls being close enough to
Toronto for a weather forecast match.
I agree, but it's what the program came up with.
I suspect it is the last large u. s. city on which it can base
anything.
When I give it the code for an airport in Africa it responds with the
local conditions but says
WARNING: no URI defined for zone_forecast
rather than guess at a forecast. If it was using the nearest big US
city it would return a Miami forecast.
In any case to provide forecasts for Canada the program will need to be modified to use whatever data Environment Canada provides. They provide
text bullitins that look just like the US ones so it shouldn't be too
hard.
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John Hasler
john@sugarbit.com
Elmwood, WI USA
Hi Cindy-and-All: This has been a fascinating discussion. My issue with weather-util, while Jeremy was updating it, LA DownTown moved its site from USC
to near Dodger Stadium-and-changed their code from kcqt to kfhm. However, at the time it wasn't in any list which could be included. I can still get a forecast with kcqt, but the conditions are from May 20, 2024. I also cannot find an AWoS phone number, similar to an ATIS which are updated hourly, but those automated stations provide conditions each minute.
For the last 30minutes I have been looking for an awos number in Toronto, for
you Karen, but cannot find it.
Chime
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