This repository provides python scripts that fetch METAR data from an airport and logs them in the terminal or console, METAR data are fetched from CheckWX API.
Currently Supported Country Scripts
- Philippines
- Taiwan
METAR also known as Meteorological Terminal Air Report is a format of weather information report used in aviation, METAR is used by pilots to know the condition of the weather before taking off or landing. A typical METAR contains data for the temperature, dew point, wind direction and speed, precipitation, cloud cover and heights, visibility, and barometric pressure. A METAR may also contain information on precipitation amounts, lightning, and other information that would be of interest to pilots or meteorologists such as a pilot report or PIREP, colour states and runway visual range (RVR).
The setup is easy, literally. You just put your API Key inside the value of the apiKey variable and run the file.
apiKey = "API KEY HERE"