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Offline Mearns

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Re: Metar server down ?
« Reply #25 on: February 08, 2019, 07:58:45 AM »
Strange - my metar displays are also down on the east coast of Scotland, ie for EGPD with "unable to load EGPD data RC=" but the metar displays at Lochaber Weather on the west coast of Scotland and ConligWX in Ireland are working.
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Re: Metar server down ?
« Reply #26 on: February 08, 2019, 10:33:52 AM »
It looks like a problem with DNS on your webserver.  The get-metar-conditions-inc.php script is at the current version.

Doing a view-source on wxmetar.php?debug=y&force=1 to force a cache reload and diagnostic output shows
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<!-- get-metar-conditions-inc.php - Version 1.17 - 30-Nov-2018 -->
<!-- mtr_conditions using METAR ICAO='EGPD' -->
<!-- curl fetching 'https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/stations/EGPD.TXT' -->
<!-- curl Error: Could not resolve: tgftp.nws.noaa.gov (Domain name not found) -->
<!-- HTTP stats:  RC=0 dest= port=0 (from sce=)
      Times: dns=0.000 conn=0.000 pxfer=0.000 get=0.000 total=0.000 secs -->
Contact your webhoster tech support regarding DNS lookup for tgftp.nws.noaa.gov on your webserver.
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Re: Metar server down ?
« Reply #27 on: February 08, 2019, 05:45:49 PM »
Thanks Ken - it seems to have resolved itself before I could contact my webhost....but at least I know what to do if the identical problem reappears.
Tony
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Re: Metar server down ?
« Reply #28 on: June 19, 2019, 02:58:29 PM »
Hi, I'm having trouble getting the Metar page to update on my site http://weather.earlscliffe.com/wxmetar.php.

Running the debug I am getting the following error. Any clues? Thanks.

<!-- include-metar-display.php - Version 1.06 - 29-Nov-2011 -->
<!-- get-metar-conditions-inc.php - Version 1.17 - 30-Nov-2018 -->
<!-- mtr_conditions using METAR ICAO='EIDW' -->
<!-- curl fetching 'https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/stations/EIDW.TXT' -->
<!-- curl Error: error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure -->
<!-- HTTP stats:  RC=0
      Times: dns=0.059 conn=0.196 pxfer=0.000 total=0.000 secs -->
<!-- headers returned:

 -->
<!-- mtr_conditions returns RC='' for ICAO/METAR='EIDW' -->
<!-- mtr_conditions returns
condwords='unable to load EIDW data RC=', iconnum=5, condicon='day_partly_cloudy.gif',
condicondesc='unable to load EIDW data RC='
metarUpdated = 1560973967 2019-06-19 07:52 GMT (19/06/2019 20:52)
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Re: Metar server down ?
« Reply #29 on: June 19, 2019, 04:57:46 PM »
That CURL error may be due to your PHP Version: 5.5.18 -- that version may not have the SSLv3 routines updated.

Current PHP is V7.3 -- try updating your site to a more recent version of PHP.

Also, running check-fetch-times.php?show=versions results in a curl failure to get the current version info, so I suspect there may be a curl issue on your site (that may need to be fixed by your hoster).  Strangely enough, the https access to temis.nl, api.weather.com and meteoalarm.eu seem to work fine when tested.
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Re: Metar server down ?
« Reply #30 on: June 19, 2019, 06:44:36 PM »
Thanks for that. I will get on to my host company and see if they can at least update PHP. This hosting site is old. I may need to look elsewhere for a more modern one. Thanks again for the update.

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Re: Metar server down ?
« Reply #31 on: June 25, 2019, 04:39:49 PM »
Now sorted. Have moved to a new server. Although not the latest, the PHP version of 5.6.40 is allowing the Metar service to be displayed on my site. Thanks again for your help. [tup]