From: tks@kestrel.nwc.navy.mil (Tom Serkowski)
Newsgroups: rec.aviation
Subject: Re: weather
Date: 19 Nov 92 19:07:08 GMT
Organization: NAWS, China Lake, CA

To get the weather, 'telnet downwind.sprl.umich.edu 3000'
and you're directly connected to a menu system.  One of the items
they provide is a nifty script that lets me quickly look up
the weather.  Here's a sample session:

kestrel$ wx
Usage:  wx state-code  (ie. NC, NY, etc.)
        wx city-code   (ie. RDU, NYC, etc.)
        wx number-code (Display Canadian forecast)
        wx can         (Display Canadian zone numbers)
        wx -st state-code  (Display all city codes for a state)
        wx -f city-code    (Display 1-2 day forecast for a city)
        wx -s city-code    (Display severe weather for a city)
        wx -c city-code    (Display climatic data for a city)
        wx -e city-code    (Display extended forecast for city)
        wx -all city-code  (Display all available data for city)
        wx -us             (Display National Weather Summary)
        wx -q              (Display earthquake report)
        wx -h ocean-code   (Display Hurricane advisories)
                           (a=Atlantic, ep=East Pacific)
                           (wp=West Pacific, i=Indian Ocean)
        wx -int world-code (Display international WX)
                           (c=Carribean, am=Central and South)
                           (America, w=World cities)
        wx -x              (Connect interactivly to WX server)

The National Weather Service data is made available courtesy
of the National Science Foundation-funded UNIDATA Project and
the University of Michigan.
kestrel$ wx -int w

OBSERVATIONS MADE AT 1200GMT NOV 19 1992

               PRESENT LOCAL  TEMPS
CITY           WEATHER  TIME  F   C

ABERDEEN       PTCLDY   1PM  44  06
ABIDJAN        CLEAR   NOON  86  30
ALGIERS        PTCLDY  NOON  69  20
AMSTERDAM      CLEAR    1PM  46  08
ANKARA         RAIN     3PM  42  06
ATHENS         CLDY     2PM  63  17
AUCKLAND       CLEAR   MDNT  54  12
BARCELONA      CLEAR    1PM  65  18
BEIJING        CLEAR    8PM  33  00
BEIRUT         CLDY     2PM  78  26
BERLIN         CLEAR    1PM  44  06
BONN           PTCLDY   1PM  47  08
BRUSSELS       PTCLDY   1PM  47  08
CAIRO          PTCLDY   2PM  75  24
CASABLANCA     CLEAR   NOON  59  15
COPENHAGEN     CLEAR    1PM  45  07
DAKAR          CLEAR   NOON  70  21
DAR ES SALAAM           3PM
DUBLIN         CLEAR    1PM  44  06
GENEVA         CLDY     1PM  47  08
HARARE         PTCLDY   2PM  80  26
HELSINKI       RAIN     2PM  35  02
HO CHI MINH CT PTCLDY   8PM  81  27
HONG KONG               8PM
JERUSALEM      CLDY     2PM  74  23
KARACHI        CLEAR    5PM  87  31
LAGOS                   1PM
LISBON         PTCLDY   1PM  63  17
LONDON         CLEAR    1PM  49  09
MADRID         CLEAR    1PM  56  13
MALTA          CLEAR    1PM  63  17
MANILA         PTCLDY   8PM  82  28
MOSCOW         RAIN     3PM  39  04
NAIROBI                 3PM
NASSAU         CLEAR    7AM  76  24
NEW DELHI      CLEAR    6PM  78  25
NICE           PTCLDY   1PM  59  15
OSLO           RAIN     1PM  38  03
PARIS          PTCLDY   1PM  52  11
PRETORIA                2PM  66  19
RIYADH         CLEAR    3PM  75  24
ROME           CLEAR    1PM  59  15
SARAJEVO                2PM
SEOUL          CLDY     9PM  48  09
SINGAPORE      CLDY     8PM  77  25
SOFIA          PTCLDY   2PM  44  07
STOCKHOLM      CLDY     1PM  37  02
SYDNEY         CLDY    10PM  70  21
TAIPEI         CLEAR    8PM  72  22
TOKYO          HAZE     9PM  62  16
TUNIS          RAIN     1PM  60  16
VIENNA         CLDY     1PM  43  06
WARSAW         RAIN     1PM  40  04


kestrel$ wx lax
GREATER LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN AREA FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES CA
1030 AM PST THU NOV 19 1992   ...DO NOT USE AFTER 4 PM...

LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY

 ..WIND ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR AREAS BELOW CANYONS AND
MOUNTAIN PASSES...

 THIS AFTERNOON...SOME HIGH CLOUDINESS BUT MOSTLY SUNNY. WEST TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 12 MPH. HIGHS IN THE LOW 70S.
 TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH
BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT BELOW CANYONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES. LOWS IN THE
LOW 50S.
 FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH
BELOW CANYONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES. COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE MID
60S.

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY

 ..WIND ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR AREAS BELOW CANYONS AND
MOUNTAIN PASSES...

 THIS AFTERNOON...SOME HIGH CLOUDINESS BUT MOSTLY SUNNY. VARIABLE WINDS
TO 10 MPH. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S.
 TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOCAL NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH
BELOW CANYONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT. LOWS IN THE
MID 40S TO LOW 50S.
 FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH
BELOW CANYONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES. COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID
60S.

HAMMOND


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      Special weather statement in effect for LAX
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES CA
9 AM PST WED NOV 18 1992

 ..WIND ADVISORY BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY
   FOR THE MOUNTAIN AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND IN COASTAL
   AREAS BELOW CANYONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES...

A STROM IS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND
WILL BECOME INTENSE ENOUGH BY TONIGHT TO GENERATE STRONG GUSTY

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Tom