'''TclWeather''' is a simple weather applet that periodically downloads meteorological data from NOAA's web site[http://weather.noaa.gov].  The program first grabs the ''METAR''[http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/metar.shtml] report for the selected location.  The location is selected from the application's control panel (which is selected by right clicking the ticker).

[http://tcl.jtang.org/tclweather/tclweather-config1.png]
''(Screenshots of TclWeather running under Tcl/Tk 8.3 in Linux/x86.)''

It then pushes the data through a home-made scanner (written as a ''[Fickle] specification file'') and then displays it on a home-made ticker widget.  It is to Tcl what gweather[http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnomeweather/?topic_id=58] is to Gnome[http://www.gnome.org].  Here's a screenshot of it in action.

[http://tcl.jtang.org/tclweather/tclweather-ticker0.png]

The applet is fairly customizable, from the color choices to scrolling speed and direction.  One feature it supports, that I find lacking by many others, is that it allows for HTTP proxies as well as proxy authentication.  This is useful if one wishes to run TclWeather behind, for example, a corporation's proxy server.

[http://tcl.jtang.org/tclweather/tclweather-config0.png]

''If your browser does not support PNG images you can get the PNG versions at http://tcl.jtang.org/tclweather''

'''Download TclWeather 1.0 from http://tcl.jtang.org/tclweather/tclweather-1.0.tar.gz'''

So you want to do some METAR data decoding?  Look at the file utils/METAR_decoding.  For your convenience, the file is replicated at http://tcl.jtang.org/tclweather/METAR_decoding.

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