GSP
Quick Navigator

Search Site

Unix VPS
A - Starter
B - Basic
C - Preferred
D - Commercial
MPS - Dedicated
Previous VPSs
* Sign Up! *

Support
Contact Us
Online Help
Handbooks
Domain Status
Man Pages

FAQ
Virtual Servers
Pricing
Billing
Technical

Network
Facilities
Connectivity
Topology Map

Miscellaneous
Server Agreement
Year 2038
Credits
 

USA Flag

 

 

Man Pages
METAR(1) FlightGear man pages METAR(1)

metar - demo METAR utility for FlightGear

metar -h | --help | [-v | --verbose] [-e elevation | --elevation elevation] [-r | --report | -c | --command-line] <list of ICAO airport IDs or METAR strings>

metar is a demo utility for FlightGear that retrieves a METAR (encoded weather information) for one or more given airports from the Internet and displays it in a user-readable form. Optionally, it can also print the command-line arguments required to start fgfs(1) at the current time and with the weather conditions in effect.

-h, --help
Display usage information and exit.
-v, --verbose
Display debugging information while performing the required operation.
-e elevation, --elevation elevation
Set the airport elevation to elevation meters.
-r, --report
Print the weather information on the screen in a user-readable form.
-c, --command-line
Print the command-line arguments required to start FlightGear at the current time and with the weather conditions in effect.

metar exits with 0 on success, with 1 if the syntax of the command-line arguments is wrong or an error occurs.

HTTP_PROXY
Specifies the HTTP proxy to use. Must be in the form http://host:port/.

Print the current weather information for KSFO and KOAK:

$ metar KSFO KOAK

Print the current weather information for KSFO, as well as the command line arguments required to start FlightGear with the weather conditions in effect:

$ metar -c KSFO -r KSFO

Print the given METAR string as a user-readable weather report:

$ metar "LOWL 161500Z 19004KT 160V240 9999 FEW035 SCT300 29/23 Q1006 NOSIG"

fgfs(1), the FlightGear wiki "Weather reports" page
2017-06-25 FlightGear

Search for    or go to Top of page |  Section 1 |  Main Index

Powered by GSP Visit the GSP FreeBSD Man Page Interface.
Output converted with ManDoc.