Bashy, if you find a source which offers forecasts that are:
- free
- in machine readable format available online
- accurate for a user living in any part of the world
please let me know, I am interested
Trying to word this reply right so as not to offend is difficult,
so please, try to take it as its meant to be, constructive criticism
We are talking about the current conditions part, not forecasts
Please see images, these are the the top 10 (up to 23.5miles away) that are closest to me, luckily 4 are metars,
the the other 6 are PWS
Why are the PWS included in the METAR current conditions, thats what im on about,
i cannot check all stations as to who they are but, i am fairly certain some are probably netamos. Then
there are the other 6 stations that dont make the list cause they are even further away, some that are
over 30 miles away, E3743 @ 38.3 miles
And there's my own station, that is in that list too, so the current condition will be partly my own that i
will be comparing against.
The current conditions part is not really fit for purpose, not when i am comparing against myself, and comparing
against other PWS that are miles away, not to mention what their data is actually like, i really like it cause
i thought i was comparing against a METAR(s) I even made a block on its own just for the station vs metar part
With the above in mind, regards to the current condition comparison alone, can this not be made to use METARS only?
I mean, it does say Airport vs Station