AviationWeather (avwx)

Note: avwx is no longer being maintained. Please see Michael duPont's package avwx-engine.

Disclaimer

This library is in development and should not be relied upon as a primary aviation resource.

This library relies upon the ADDS service by the NOAA.

Installation

Note: This library supports only Python 3 as of version 1.0.0.

1. pip install avwx

Examples

Check out an example of how you could use this library: avwxsummarizer

Quick Example

from avwx.models import MetarSet

# Initializes METAR
jfk_metars = MetarSet('KJFK')

# Grabs METAR data from ADDS service.
jfk_metars.refresh()

latest_jfk_metar = jfk_metars.get_latest()

# Print the raw text of the METAR
print latest_jfk_metar.raw_text

# Print an exploded summary of the METAR to see what kinds of
# attributes you can access.
print latest_jfk_metar.detail_string()

Models

Metar

Attributes

(Based on ADDS METAR data type)

• raw_text
• station -- WeatherStation object
• observation_time -- time the METAR was created (Python datetime object)
• temp -- temperature (in Celsius)
• dewpoint (in Celsius)
• wind -- Wind object
• visibility (in statute miles)
• altimeter -- altimeter pressure setting (in inches of mercury)
• flight_category -- e.g. VFR, LIFR, etc.
• cloud_layers -- CloudLayerSet object

Taf

Attributes

(Based on ADDS TAF data type)

• raw_text
• station -- WeatherStation object
• issue_time
• bulletin_time
• valid_time_from
• valid_time_to
• remarks
• forecast -- TafForecast object

TafForecast

Attributes

• time_from -- the start of the forecast time
• time_to -- the end time of the forecast
• change_indicator -- one of the following:
  • ChangeIndicator.TEMPORARY
  • ChangeIndicator.BECOMING
  • ChangeIndicator.FROM
  • ChangeIndicator.PROBABLE
• time_becoming
• probability -- percent probability (e.g. 70)
• wind -- Wind object
• visibility -- horizontal visibility (in statute miles)
• altimeter (in inches of mercury)
• vertical_visibility (in feet)
• wx_string -- additional weather
• not_decoded -- information that wasn't decoded
• cloud_layers -- CloudLayerSet object

Wind

Attributes

• direction (in degrees)
• speed (in knots)
• gust (in knots)

WeatherStation

Attributes

• latitude
• longitude
• elevation -- elevation of reporting station (in feet)

In the works

1. AIRMETs / SIGMETs
2. Testing