Subj : Re: Weather program?
To   : tmcca
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sun Mar 12 2023 05:37:00

 tm> Is there a external program anyone aware of that will display local
 tm> weather onSynchronet? 

  Yes and no.

  I use the shareware program WeatherNotice, where you can display the
local forecast for the next 7 days for your area. The downside of that is
that you have to enter the data manually...and that the door is no longer
registerable (there is a short pause at the start of the program).

  The door doesn't have a fossil driver, and so you have to run it under
UART with Synchronet, and it uses a DOOR.SYS dropfile.

  Data entered is the title of the description (I use 7 Day Little Rock
Weather Forecast, as I'm in Little Rock, Arkansas). Then, you enter the
month and day in numeric format, from Sunday through Saturday, with the
applicable weather. Your choices (limited to 9 characters) are:

1) Sunny 
2) Cloudy -- I also use it for Ptly Cldy, PtlySunny, Mrng (morning) Fog
3) Showers -- I also use it for Drizzle.
4) Rain
5) Storms -- The graphic is the same for rain, so I rarely use it.
6) T-Storms -- The graphic has a flashing lightning bolt -- Used for either
   Thndrstms, Stg Tstms, or Severe Wx (for strong thunderstorms approaching
   severe limits, as defined by the US National Weather Service), or Severe
   Weather (tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds).
7) Snow -- Used for Lgt (light) Snow or Flurries.
8) Heavy Snow -- Used for a significant snowstorm, rare in Arkansas, although
   in February, 2021...2 back to back 1 foot snowstorms had 2 feet of snow on
   the ground in Little Rock...much of the state was shut down for a few days.
9) Sleet -- Used for sleet or an Ice Storm (Frzg (freezing) Rain).
10) Windy -- I use Breezy if gusts are at 20 mph, but Windy at 25 mph or
    higher. If it's above 40 mph, I'll use VeryWindy.
11) Christmas -- Used for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.
12) Halloween -- Used on October 31.
13) Valentine -- Used on February 14.
14) July 4th -- Used for major US holidays.

  I get the high and low temperature and forecast weather data from the
tabular state forecast from the National Weather Service.

  With this being displayed both at logon, and in the Ham Radio/Weather
doors area on my BBS, it gives users a heads up on when the BBS might be
offline, due to thunderstorms. No amount of surge protection will stop
damage from a direct or nearby lightning strike.

Daryl

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