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n0bel / PiClock

A Fancy Clock built around a monitor and a Raspberry Pi
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Why support METAR for current conditions? #237

Closed ScottChapman closed 2 years ago

ScottChapman commented 2 years ago

Just curious why the support for using METAR for getting current conditions exists as an option? Best I can figure is that maybe it would provide more accurate info that the weather provider (unless of course you are near any supporting airports), or perhaps because it is free and you can get results very often without incurring any usage tax?

n0bel commented 2 years ago

It is/was part of the 'darksky is going away' solution. Pretty much all the available weather apis have a long delay (hours?) for current conditions. This is probably ok for forecasts, but intolerable for current conditions. METAR is in the 15 to 30 minute delay range. There will be an option for personal weather stations as well, as long as we can get API access (like ambient weather)