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2.1.3 On-line Weather Information [IC]




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This article is from the soc.culture.australian FAQ, by Stephen Wales with numerous contributions by others.

2.1.3 On-line Weather Information [IC]

It's possible to find out the current weather for any state of
Australia from the Victorian Bureau of Meteorology via telnet.
(telnet://vicbeta.vic.bom.gov.au:55555)

% telnet vicbeta.vic.bom.gov.au 55555
|           ************ VIC WEATHER - MAIN MENU ************
| 
|           1  = CURRENT MELB FORECAST
|           2  = CURRENT VIC FORECAST
|           [...] 
|           9  = INTERSTATE FORECASTS .................(menu)
|           10 = INTERSTATE CITIES MET OBS
|
|enter choice => 1
|
|***********************START MELBOURNE FORC*********************
|
| Forecast for Melbourne issued by the Bureau of Meteorology Melbourne
| at 2145 on 21/09/1993 for WEDNESDAY.
|
| CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A FEW SHOWERS. COOL WITH A MODERATE WEST TO
| SOUTHWEST WIND.
ie Typical Melbourne Weather :-) [IC]
| MIN = 8  MAX = 16
|
| OUTLOOK THURSDAY.  FINE.                              MAX = ABOUT 17
| OUTLOOK FRIDAY.    FINE.                              MAX = ABOUT 19
| OUTLOOK SATURDAY.  MAINLY FINE.                       MAX = ABOUT 19
 
| CURRENT OBSERVED TEMPERATURE  (within last hour)
| MELB       MELBOURNE CITY           10.5


GOPHER: The Bureau of Meteorology has just set up a Gopher server to
provide forecast information for each state and territory around
Australia. Currently only textual information is available, but we
hope to add charts and satellite images sometime in the future. The
server is known as "babel.ho.bom.gov.au" and should be accessible
through AARNET at the normal Gopher port (i.e port 70). Please note :
This service is initially purely experimental and will not be
supported outside normal office hours. Contact : Justin Baker, Central
Operations and Systems Branch, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne,
Australia e-mail : justinb@bom.gov.au.
(gopher://babel.ho.bom.gov.au)

There's also another gopher with Australian weather, at
gopher.austin.unimelb.edu.au, the Austin hospital in Melbourne.
(Search general, then weather.) I found this on a gopher menu at
Michigan State University. [AE]
(gopher://gopher.austin.unimelb.edu.au)

 

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