MMM-aviationwx (Aviation weather)

stephenmelody

https://aviationweather.gov/gis/scripts/MetarJSON.php

or maybe this:

https://aviationweather.gov/gis/javascript/Metars.js

However - the php file only seems to give North American and some random METARs, not the same coverage as that webpage gives… weird I know right?!

Also - the us gov doesn’t give local units like the avwx api does, so you have to make a leap of faith as to what it’s showing.

Mykle1

@stephenmelody

I do appreciate the effort. Thanks, but neither of those would work. However, I’ll be working on it in the next few days.

Questions: How many different Flight Rules are there? And how many different colors associated with them? Would a flight rule (IFR) colored appropriately, amount to the same thing as a colored circle?

stephenmelody

@Mykle1 It’s not great in that it doesn’t have full global weather either, so to the original requester’s requirements, it wouldn’t do the job anyway. the AVWX API looks to be better in that regard.

WRT flight conditions, this differs from country to country, the UK typically only reports 2, VFR or IFR. The US seems to have 4 (which is what I’d go with, i’ve never seen anything more that these 4):

VFR
MVFR
IFR
LIFR

There’s also two types of colour schemes, many pilots use the Alternative (I fly on alternative), so being able to configure this would be perfect…

Standard: VFR-Blue MVFR-Green IFR-Yellow LIFR-Red Unknown-Grey

Alternative: VFR-Green MVFR-Blue IFR-Red LIFR-Magenta Unknown-Grey

Would the text coloured per the rules work the same as a coloured circle? Yes - although a circle would be better for screen real estate I would imagine…

Mykle1

@stephenmelody

Ok, so here is where I stand. Yesterday, I began a second version of this module. It looks nearly identical to my first prototype. However, in this second version I was using the aviationweather API. Besides the fact that the data does not come in json format (my personal preference) the data itself doesn’t contain a “units” object. This seems fairly important to me. I’d rather have the units than not.

So, I’m going back to the original prototype and continue from there, using the avwx API.

Mykle1

@stephenmelody said in MMM-aviationwx (Aviation weather):

Standard: VFR-Blue MVFR-Green IFR-Yellow LIFR-Red Unknown-Grey
Alternative: VFR-Green MVFR-Blue IFR-Red LIFR-Magenta Unknown-Grey

Thanks for doubling my workload, Stephen. :-)

allebone

This is amazing collaboration. Anyone interested in hammering out a CSS/Config that would work well for an FBO or Flight Ops Office to coincide with this module? We have the Base Ops Office here, and its needed a good weather, NOTAMS, Ops Notes display for visiting people. I am pretty sure every FBO out there would love to have something too.

Would be nice to config it up to where its just change ICAO and surrounding field ICAOs to get a workable display.

We have actually talked recently about how we’d display an Airfield Diagram, but color code the RCR for all the Taxi-ways. We have limits to where we can taxi on Ice/Slush here in the Midwest, so it’d be nice to visualize. However, I haven’t begun to figure out how to crack that nut. (STS). :)

Bryan

stephenmelody

@allebone - what colour scheme do you use for IFR/VFR/MVFR/LIFR? Personally I prefer the alternative one that I have called out above.

@Mykle1 - no problem, always here to make life harder :-D

Here’s another option that might be of interest, as it’s JSON format…

https://www.icao.int/safety/iStars/Pages/API-Data-Service.aspx

stephenmelody

@allebone @Mykle1

This would give you the NOTAM information…
https://www.npmjs.com/package/notams

METAR / TAF:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/metar-taf

https://www.npmjs.com/package/metar-js

Don’t know if they help…?

Mykle1

@stephenmelody said in MMM-aviationwx (Aviation weather):

Alternative: VFR-Green MVFR-Blue IFR-Red LIFR-Magenta Unknown-Grey
Would the text coloured per the rules work the same as a coloured circle? Yes - although a circle would be better for screen real estate I would imagine…

Ok, I’ve coded the “Alterative” color scheme just now, as you’ve described it, using generic colors. You will get the corresponding colored circle depending on the Flight Rule. What I would like from you are HEX color codes for those five colors that work best against the black background. For instance, you may want a lighter blue as the generic blue is a little hard to see. Agreed?

cowboysdude

I would like #FCDFFF, #FAAFBA, #E45E9D, #FFFF00 and #87F717