METAR.sh

$ ./metar [airportcode] $ ./metar --help

Simple shell script to get METAR readings on your command line!

• cURLs weather.noaa.gov to get the forecast
• defaults to KRNT (my home airport) if no arguments are specified
• desgined to work with TextBar to put METAR into your osx menubar

How to read a METAR

• Wunderground METAR tutorial
• METAR wiki page
• METAR decoder tool
• METAR mysteries (explains some of the acronyms and history)

Example:

$ ./metar KRNT
KRNT 161553Z 12007KT 10SM -RA OVC036 07/06 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP046 P0003 T00720061

Which expands to...

Location: KRNT
Day of month: 16
Time: 15:53 UTC
Wind:  True direction = 120 degrees, Speed: 7 knots
Visibility: 10 Statute Miles
Weather: Light Rain 
Clouds: Overcast sky , at 3600 feet above aerodrome level
Temperature: 07 degrees Celsius
Dewpoint: 06 degrees Celsius
QNH: 29.65 inHg