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Offline Gino27

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Anyone tried AWeather?
« on: May 18, 2020, 04:28:46 PM »
I recently stumbled across a software called AWeather. It's a a free/open source application that can view Level-II NEXRAD data. I haven't gotten it to work properly and I was wondering if anyone has tried it before.

http://pileus.org/aweather/about
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Re: Anyone tried AWeather?
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2020, 04:48:09 PM »
Always looking for new L2 software but this hasn't been updated  in over 7 years.
Probably not working for you because it may not be compatible with the current Windows environment.
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Offline Gino27

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Re: Anyone tried AWeather?
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2020, 06:44:38 PM »
Interesting... The program starts up and runs just fine. I get an error that says it could not fetch radar data. I triple checked the URL for Iowa State's level II service. I wonder if the develops didn't renew a licence or something.
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Re: Anyone tried AWeather?
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2020, 07:37:09 PM »
What url are you using from Iowa State?
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Re: Anyone tried AWeather?
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2020, 08:33:19 PM »
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Re: Anyone tried AWeather?
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2020, 08:34:56 PM »
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Re: Anyone tried AWeather?
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2020, 09:24:21 PM »
Quote from: Gino27 on May 18, 2020, 08:33:19 PM
http://mesonet-nexrad.agron.iastate.edu/level2/raw/
I am using that same one with GR2 right now and it's working fine.
As far as I know that's a free feed, but I could be wrong.
Is there any contact support for the program?
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Re: Anyone tried AWeather?
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2020, 09:27:39 PM »
Something you could try is to get a temporary sub from Allison House and see if that works.
That is if you can change the data provider. It may be hard written into the program.
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Offline Gino27

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Re: Anyone tried AWeather?
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2020, 08:44:35 AM »
Yeah I don't think there's any support left. I could try contacting the developer but it's been over 6 years so I'm assuming the project has been abandoned. My guess is that the data provider changed a file format or something and the program adapted.
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Re: Anyone tried AWeather?
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2020, 09:05:27 AM »
Well I think I found the issue. The program uses a custom version of the TRMM Radar Software Library (RSL) for accessing Level-II radar files. AWeather's version that come's with the latest release is like 4 versions out of date. The developer uploaded an updated version of the RSL in 2017 to go with the latest version from the weather service. Now I just have to find out a way to patch the old program and hope it works. The good news is that the developer still has an active email so maybe he's willing to resurrect the project.
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Re: Anyone tried AWeather?
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2020, 11:01:09 AM »
The feeds for most, if not all radar data has gone to https. This could be part of the issue as well.
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