forecast.txt

[Garth Bock]

Does this link still work ? http://ftp://noaa.gov/data/forecasts/city/ca/los_angeles.txt  I just noticed that there is no data being received. I deleted an old forecast.txt and it was not replaced when I hit download now. I should get some data even though it is the wrong town of course. Our web programmer here at work creates the graphic php forecast based on the forecast.txt file.

[Garth Bock]

Anyone using the forecast.txt feature ? The one we used to get was a 5 day forecast. It had stats for each day and ended with a line .... icon = 'weather condition' . The link is broken because we do not receive data. I have tried to search for the ftp source but can't find it. Anyone got any ideas ?

[Garth Bock]

Here is the format of the ftp I was getting but lost the link. Our web programmer triggers icons from the 'icon' line. Anyone know if this still exists ?

State:IL
Country:US
City:Normal
CityUnderscore:Normal
TZName:America/Chicago
TZOFFSET:-05
TZSTRING:CDT
Lat:40.51736832
Lon:-88.99940491
NEXRAD:ILX
RADREGION:b4



FORECAST:







Day:Tue
DayFull:Tuesday
High:76
Low:58
Conds:Partly Cloudy
Icon:partlycloudy


Day:Wed
DayFull:Wednesday
High:74
Low:56
Conds:T-storms
Icon:tstorms



Day:Thu
DayFull:Thursday
High:72
Low:54
Conds:Chance of T-storms
Icon:chancetstorms



Day:Fri
DayFull:Friday
High:76
Low:56
Conds:Partly Cloudy
Icon:partlycloudy


Day:Sat
DayFull:Saturday
High:77
Low:61
Conds:Chance of T-storms
Icon:chancetstorms

[unclemoosh]

The NOAA ftp site is ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/.  I looked around but didn't see anything similar to your post.

[ironton]

Your file text format matches the files I am still getting (knock on wood  ) from VWS in the weather underground tab.  I tried LA from that link and also got an error message.

I also DL other files from NOAA using VWS in the internet tab.  You can view the contents of the NOAA server directories and files using your web browser.  This link should show several city forecasts in California ...  LA is not in the list.

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http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/forecasts/city/ca/

[TXT] arcata.txt                11-Jun-2009 09:28  323   
[TXT] bakersfield.txt           11-Jun-2009 09:08  325   
[TXT] bishop.txt                11-Jun-2009 09:38  323   
[TXT] blue_canyon.txt           11-Jun-2009 09:23  328   
[TXT] blythe.txt                10-Jun-2009 21:23  313   
[TXT] crescent_city.txt         11-Jun-2009 09:28  330   
[TXT] daggett.txt               11-Jun-2009 09:38  313   
[TXT] fresno.txt                11-Jun-2009 09:08  320   
[TXT] imperial.txt              10-Jun-2009 21:23  315   
[TXT] livermore.txt             11-Jun-2009 09:13  326   
[TXT] mammoth_lakes.txt         11-Jun-2009 10:08  330   
[TXT] monterey.txt              11-Jun-2009 09:13  324   
[TXT] mount_shasta.txt          11-Jun-2009 10:03  323   
[TXT] red_bluff.txt             11-Jun-2009 09:23  326   
[TXT] sacramento.txt            11-Jun-2009 09:23  325   
[TXT] san_diego.txt             11-Jun-2009 07:38  323   
[TXT] san_francisco.txt         11-Jun-2009 09:13  328   
[TXT] san_jose.txt              11-Jun-2009 09:13  322   
[TXT] santa_rosa.txt            11-Jun-2009 09:13  327   
[TXT] south_lake_tahoe.txt      11-Jun-2009 10:08  333   
[TXT] truckee.txt               11-Jun-2009 10:08  324   
[TXT] ukiah.txt                 11-Jun-2009 09:28  322 
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This link does show a lot of 5 day forecasts for the Southern California area but the format is not the same.  I have dropped a lot of the locations here to shorten this post.

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http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/forecasts/state/ca/caz045.txt

Expires:200906112300;;809873
FPUS66 KLOX 111018
SFTCA

CAZ026>033-035>050-052>062-087-088-098-099-112300-
TABULAR STATE FORECAST FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
400 AM PDT THU JUN 11 2009
ROWS INCLUDE...
   DAILY PREDOMINANT DAYTIME WEATHER
   FORECAST TEMPERATURES...EARLY MORNING LOW/DAYTIME HIGH
      - INDICATES TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO
      MM INDICATES MISSING DATA
   PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION 6AM-6PM
   FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     
   TODAY    FRI      SAT      SUN      MON      TUE      WED     
   JUN 11   JUN 12   JUN 13   JUN 14   JUN 15   JUN 16   JUN 17   
...COASTAL AREAS...
   DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
   MOCLDY   PTCLDY   DRZL     DRZL     MOCLDY   PTCLDY   PTCLDY   
     /71    59/72    59/71    59/72    59/72    59/73    60/76   
      /10    10/10    10/10    10/10    10/10    10/00    00/00   
   LOS ANGELES INTL AIRPORT
   MOCLDY   PTCLDY   DRZL     DRZL     MOCLDY   PTCLDY   PTCLDY   
     /68    59/69    59/68    59/69    59/69    59/71    60/73   
      /10    10/10    10/10    10/10    10/10    10/00    00/00   
   LONG BEACH
   MOCLDY   PTCLDY   DRZL     DRZL     MOCLDY   PTCLDY   PTCLDY   
     /71    59/72    59/71    59/71    59/71    59/72    60/75   
      /10    10/10    10/10    10/10    10/10    10/00    00/00   
   AVALON
   MOCLDY   MOCLDY   PTCLDY   PTCLDY   MOCLDY   MOCLDY   PTCLDY   
     /67    56/68    56/67    56/66    56/66    56/68    57/71   
      /10    10/10    10/10    10/10    10/10    10/10    00/00   
****************************************


Hopefully this helps you find a replacement file.

[Garth Bock]

Thank YOU !!!! Could you paste or type in the link that generates the same format like I described ? I would appreciate it. You said it was from WU ? hmmm. Don't remember adding that one. Anyway the web page depends on that exact file and the university web programmer is deep in 3 major projects and to the university this is just department toy.

[ironton]

I could not find a direct link to the file with that format.  The way I get my local file in that format is in
VWS = Weather Underground tab = 5 Day forecast. 
Then enter the name of the city/state or Zip code you want.   

See this image from my PC screen:
http://irontonwebcams.com/wxpost/image.jpg

I was able to enter a zip code from the LA area (just a random choice by me) and get this file to download:
http://irontonwebcams.com/wxpost/laca.txt

You should be able to use a zip code of the area you prefer.  VWS should get the file and place it in your VWS 5 day forecast folder.  my path is: vws/data/forecast5/xxx.txt

Hope this helps.
-ed / ironton

[Garth Bock]

This is a text file that about I think 2 years ago I set up to be FTP'ed in and the programmer used it to trigger the icons. The window you show in VWS I know how to do but I need to find out if that text file is still available in the format I showed earlier.

[racenet]

NWS have made a lot of server changes over the past couple of years. It is very possible that file is no longer created, has been replaced/changed or moved all together.



Bob

[unclemoosh]

This is a text file that about I think 2 years ago I set up to be FTP'ed in and the programmer used it to trigger the icons. The window you show in VWS I know how to do but I need to find out if that text file is still available in the format I showed earlier.

If you are getting the file with VWS, why can't your programmer use it?

[Garth Bock]

Ironton, your screen capture got me thinking....Item 1 is a forecast for the first zip code and on the weather computer there is a text file 1.txt that is in the format I need. Now I am puzzled over how the forecast.txt file was generated years ago when my programmer set up the page. I am going to see if he will change his php code to reflect this and I will have fixed one problem. One strange thing is that the file is in the folder forecast5 and not forecast. Not sure why this is happening either. Very strange. I thought about setting 1.txt to upload as forecast.txt as temp fix. Not sure what got changed where....

[Garth Bock]

This is a text file that about I think 2 years ago I set up to be FTP'ed in and the programmer used it to trigger the icons. The window you show in VWS I know how to do but I need to find out if that text file is still available in the format I showed earlier.

If you are getting the file with VWS, why can't your programmer use it?

I thought the file was coming from an external ftp site like NWS or NOAA. Turns out the file is generated by VWS and gets the data from WU ! I was looking in the wrong place. Now I gotta figure out how the 'forecast.txt' was generated and why the 1.txt (which is in the format that I need) is being put in the folder forecast5 . I am ready to pull the web page from the departmental server it is on and move it to a university server.

[ironton]

Now I gotta figure out how the 'forecast.txt' was generated and why the 1.txt (which is in the format that I need) is being put in the folder forecast5 . I am ready to pull the web page from the departmental server it is on and move it to a university server.

You may know this, but just in case....
VWS will rename the 1.txt file to any name you want and place it in the directory you want.  Use the Internet => HTML Setting screen to do this just like you would with an HTX file.
Sounds like you are getting closer.

[Garth Bock]

Yep gotcha on that one. However, somehow I got it to generate the file just once and now it wont. Something strange here.....maybe a few brew-pops will help me figure this one out.

[ironton]

Here's one on me!  Helps the mind....
Seems like the schedule set in that same window should work.

[Garth Bock]

Still only generated the file one. Not sure how that happened. Still checking. Then I had an epiphany.....(actually I had about a whole bunch of Miller Lites but if someone made an Epiphany Beer I would buy it).....I have my station at home....I should check it...ya think ?

[SLOweather]

(actually I had about a whole bunch of Miller Lites but if someone made an Epiphany Beer I would buy it)

What the heck? You've already got your own beer... Or is Bock Beer not good enough?

[Garth Bock]

LOL ! Funny thing is....the family and the beer are connected. That's when we were Von Bock in the old country and we had a good reputation....that is until a great grand uncle appeared on the cover of Time Magazine in the 40's. Fedor Von Bock was in charge of the Moscow campaign and was all Nazi. Wondered why I like beer so much.....