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    From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to All on Wed Nov 26 19:27:24 2025
    Hello All,

    I wrote a script that grabs the 3-day forecast for my location from wttr.in and posts it to my BBS. This is written in bash.

    The display is converted to ASCII so all users can view it using iconv. The lines you're interested in are lines 4 and 5.

    === Cut ===
    #!/bin/bash
    export MBSE_ROOT=/opt/mbse
    cd $MBSE_ROOT/work
    curl wttr.in/?TdFn > ./test
    iconv -f UTF-8 -t ascii//TRANSLIT test -o weather1.asc
    cp weather1.asc $MBSE_ROOT/share/int/txtfiles/en/weather1.asc
    === Cut ===

    -- Sean

    ... "I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work." - Thomas Edison
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240209
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (618:618/1)
  • From Shurato@618:300/50 to Sean Dennis on Thu Nov 27 13:05:00 2025

    Hello All,

    I wrote a script that grabs the 3-day forecast for my location from wttr.in and posts it to my BBS. This is written in bash.

    A lot more complicated, but AI-WX from lonestarbbs.com has sixel and ansi
    radar as well as 7 day forecasts, weather alerts, tons of sixel maps and much more! If you're looking for a full featured weather door, this is it.

    --
    Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
    ,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,999)


    *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
    ---
    * Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (618:300/50)
  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to Shurato on Thu Nov 27 18:58:14 2025
    Hello Shurato,

    27 Nov 25 13:05, you wrote to me:

    A lot more complicated, but AI-WX from lonestarbbs.com has sixel and
    ansi radar as well as 7 day forecasts, weather alerts, tons of sixel
    maps and much more! If you're looking for a full featured weather
    door, this is it.

    I don't know what sixel is. Sounds like a new RIP...

    I delibrately do not want ANSI because I have callers that are not ANSI-capable (they call via mainframe) and I want to make sure they can see it.

    -- Sean

    ... You can lead a man to slaughter, but you can't make him think.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240209
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (618:618/1)
  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to Shurato on Fri Nov 28 02:04:49 2025
    A lot more complicated, but AI-WX from lonestarbbs.com has
    sixel and ansi radar as well as 7 day forecasts, weather
    alerts, tons of sixel maps and much more! If you're looking
    for a full featured weather door, this is it.

    I have it over on my BBS...the $10 registration fee is well worth
    it, IMO.

    With a potential winter storm coming up next week, and having
    weather data on the BBS, I need to check that more often.

    Daryl

    ... Tatercrater - Hole dug in mashed potatoes to keep the gravy in.
    === MultiMail/Win v0.52
    --- SBBSecho 3.32-Win32
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33)
  • From Shurato@618:300/50 to Sean Dennis on Fri Nov 28 12:01:00 2025

    Hello Shurato,

    27 Nov 25 13:05, you wrote to me:

    A lot more complicated, but AI-WX from lonestarbbs.com has sixel and ansi radar as well as 7 day forecasts, weather alerts, tons of sixel maps and much more! If you're looking for a full featured weather door, this is it.

    I don't know what sixel is. Sounds like a new RIP...

    Sixel is supported by syncterm, Icyterm and Magiterm; maybe others. It
    allows the displaying of graphics converted from graphic formats on a bbs screen, a bit simpler than RIP but more useful.

    --
    Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
    ,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,999)


    *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
    ---
    * Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (618:300/50)
  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to Daryl Stout on Fri Nov 28 17:12:08 2025
    Hello Daryl,

    28 Nov 25 02:04, you wrote to Shurato:

    With a potential winter storm coming up next week, and having
    weather data on the BBS, I need to check that more often.

    I use IEMbot. It can get any text product put out by any NWS office nationwide within one second of publication. I often use it during severe weather and SKYWARN activations.

    IEMBot was developed by University of Iowa's agronomy department.

    https://weather.im/iembot/

    I also like using WXWarn during activations also.

    https://wxwarn.affirmatech.com/

    Another program I love for weather is Supercell WX:

    "Supercell Wx is a free, open source application to visualize live and archive NEXRAD Level 2 and Level 3 data, and severe weather alerts. It displays continuously updating weather data on top of a responsive map, providing the capability to monitor weather events using reflectivity, velocity, and other products."

    https://supercellwx.net/

    -- Sean

    ... He who hesitates is last.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240209
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (618:618/1)