an
list the stations in the DB as well.

Like:
===================================================================
[W]eather/[L]ist-Stations/[Q]uit

Choice: l

KABE Allentown PA
KABI Abilene TX
KABQ Albuquerque NM
KABR Aberdeen SD
KABY Albany NY
KACT Waco TX
[...]
====================================================================

Then you can enter the weather station to check, or the city,st:

   Enter City OR Weather Station (like KITH):

The weather report is the short report, not an extended report 7 day report,
like this:

===
Ithaca, Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, NY, United States (KITH) 42-29-27N
076
-27-30W
Apr 12, 2014 - 10:23 AM EDT / 2014.04.12 1423 UTC Wind: from the SSW (200
degrees) at 6 MPH (5 KT):0 Visibility: 10 mile(s):0
Sky conditions: clear
Temperature: 51 F (11 C)
Dew Point: 42 F (6 C)
Relative Humidity: 71%
Pressure (altimeter): 30.21 in. Hg (1023 hPa) ob: KITH 121423Z 20005KT 10SM CLR
 11/06 A3021 RMK AO2 cycle: 14
===

I'm working on a version that gives you a choice of Todays (short report) or
extended weather report... adding color messed up that version good Lol... but
I'll get it eventually 

> My BBS has no way of getting anything from the Internet - directly. I have
>separate events that run on another system using scripts that download my loca
> forecast.

Ah...I see.  Does it do it every so often?

>It would be cool to have it all interactive - but that isn't something that
>the system could support.

Ok, understand.

> I remember along time ago I wrote some text formatting programs that took the
> "text based weather radar" (which used numbers 1-5 to show intensity) and
> formatted the output to change the numbers to different color ANSI graphics.

>It was very cool.  Basically was one of the first old school animated text/ANS
> based weather radar.

That sounds very neat :)

Take care,
Janis

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