NAME

       metar - demo METAR utility for FlightGear

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       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.

OPTIONS

       -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.

EXIT STATUS

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

ENVIRONMENT

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

EXAMPLE

       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"

SEE ALSO

       fgfs(1), the FlightGear wiki "Weather reports" page

FlightGear                                         2017-06-25                                           METAR(1)