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From the about page: > "Europe’s weather authorities are extremely stingy with their nearest equivalent data – their attitude is that the observations are for

From the about page: > "Europe’s weather authorities are extremely stingy with their nearest equivalent data – their attitude is that the observations are for science or for money, not for silly websites." What a terrible attitude we have here. We don't even have the climate change excuse because that attitude doesn't exist here. I did a bit of Googling, it seems that Eumetsat is the agency responsible: http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/AboutUs/index.html http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/AboutUs/index.html If anyone is interested in drafting a letter with me, asking why our taxpayers' money is being used and the benefits not shared openly, please get in touch. Email in my profile.

acomjean 11y ago
In the US we have NOAA for weather. I found about about them when they were being sued by some private forecasters (accuweather I think) for giving away forecast data on the web. (We used to have a weather band radio which would just broadcast the forecast). The government site [1] is ad free and is very accurate and free from local hype. To the local media snow = ratings. (I bike a lot so I'm a weather watcher). My main complaint is their use of ALL CAPS in the detailed weather discussion[2] Getting a stream of data from NOAA wasn't so easy for global locations, hourly so when my company needed it we paid weather underground which has a lat/long -> json weather condition api.[3] its was free for developers and small sites and its fun to play around with. [0]http://graphical.weather.gov/xml/rest.php http://graphical.weather.gov/xml/rest.php [1]http://www.weather.gov http://www.weather.gov [2]http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BOX&issuedby=BOX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BOX&issuedby=BO... [3]http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/ http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/
- Veratyr 11y ago
  You can get limited data from NOAA (METAR) through ADDS: https://aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver https://aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver Here's an example for Moscow: https://aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver_current/httpparam?dataSource=metars&requestType=retrieve&format=xml&stationString=UUEE&hoursBeforeNow=2 https://aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver_current/httppara... If you need forecasts, NDFD appears to have both SOAP and REST services that are updated hourly: http://graphical.weather.gov/xml/rest.php http://graphical.weather.gov/xml/rest.php
- colanderman 11y ago
  Wikipedia doesn't mention a lawsuit, but they do mention a Senate bill drafted by Rick Santorum after some palm greasing by AccuWeather: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_Duties_Act_of_2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_Dutie...
- quickquicker 11y ago
  I've also found the NOAA forecast discussions to be head and shoulders above anything similar.

acomjean 11y ago

In the US we have NOAA for weather. I found about about them when they were being sued by some private forecasters (accuweather I think) for giving away forecast data on the web. (We used to have a weather band radio which would just broadcast the forecast). The government site [1] is ad free and is very accurate and free from local hype. To the local media snow = ratings. (I bike a lot so I'm a weather watcher). My main complaint is their use of ALL CAPS in the detailed weather discussion[2] Getting a stream of data from NOAA wasn't so easy for global locations, hourly so when my company needed it we paid weather underground which has a lat/long -> json weather condition api.[3] its was free for developers and small sites and its fun to play around with. [0]http://graphical.weather.gov/xml/rest.php http://graphical.weather.gov/xml/rest.php [1]http://www.weather.gov http://www.weather.gov [2]http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BOX&issuedby=BOX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BOX&issuedby=BO... [3]http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/ http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/

Veratyr 11y ago
You can get limited data from NOAA (METAR) through ADDS: https://aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver https://aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver Here's an example for Moscow: https://aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver_current/httpparam?dataSource=metars&requestType=retrieve&format=xml&stationString=UUEE&hoursBeforeNow=2 https://aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver_current/httppara... If you need forecasts, NDFD appears to have both SOAP and REST services that are updated hourly: http://graphical.weather.gov/xml/rest.php http://graphical.weather.gov/xml/rest.php
colanderman 11y ago
Wikipedia doesn't mention a lawsuit, but they do mention a Senate bill drafted by Rick Santorum after some palm greasing by AccuWeather: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_Duties_Act_of_2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_Dutie...
quickquicker 11y ago
I've also found the NOAA forecast discussions to be head and shoulders above anything similar.