term% cat index.txt WEATHER(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual WEATHER(7)
NAME
weather - conditions and forecast by town
SYNOPSIS
weather [ -h ] [ -m ]
DESCRIPTION
Weather reports current weather conditions and a forecast for towns in
the contiguous United States. It reads town names from the standard
input, one per line. Each input line should be of the form
walla walla, wa
where the state is given as the 2-letter Post Office abbreviation.
The information provided is the temperature, humidity, whether or not
it is raining or snowing, and an indication of cloudiness and visibil‐
ity if it is not. If the wind is above 10 knots the wind speed and di‐
rection are given. Up to three forecasts are given (assuming they can
be found within a 4x4 degree latitude-longitude square): a forecast of
high and low temperatures plus probability of precipitation taken from
some numerical model of the atmosphere, a general area forecast and a
marine forecast (if near the coast and if the -m argument is given).
To just get a local forecast, the command weather -h is equivalent to
weather followed by a single input line of Murray Hill, NJ.
BUGS
Not all the available information is used yet: we hope cumulative pre‐
cipitation will be added, and additional forecasts will be included.
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