[GreenKeys] Who has a working WEATHER TELETYPE?

[Richard Knoppow]

    Well, this is plain text. The weather font I am familiar with 
has special symbols such as arrows indicating wind direction and 
symbols indicating sky cover along with the usual numbers and 
punctuation. All upper case. Does NWS have this stuff on it?

On 9/3/2019 3:10 PM, tony.podrasky wrote:
> GA OMs;
> 
> I'm looking for someone who has a working Weather Teletype
> that he can play text to.
> 
> I download various weather products from the NWS, and then
> convert them to use the weather fonts.
> 
> I believe if you play the text to a weather machine it should
> work properly.
> 
> Here is a sample:
> 
> SANDIEGO/KSAN / 022351 GMT / WINDS )X- OR 150 DEGREES AT 07 KNOTS 
> / PREVAILING VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES / FEW CLOUDS AT 06000 
> FEET / , 17000 FEET / , 20000 FEET / , 25000 FEET / TEMPERATURE* 
> DEWPOINT +28.0 +15.0 DEGREES CENTIGRADE / ALTIMETER 29.92 INCHES 
> OF MERCURY / REMARKS... AUTOMATED STATION WITH PRECIPITATION 
> DISCRIMINATOR / SEA LEVEL PRESSURE 1013.1 MILLIBARS / OCCASIONAL 
> LIGHTNING INTER* CLOUD DISTANT ( CUMULOSNIMBUS CLOUDS DISTANT ( 
> AND ) MOVING & 6 HOUR PRECIPITATION 00.00 INCHES / HOURLY 
> TEMPERATURE* DEWPOINT +27.8 +15.0 DEGREES CENTIGRADE / 6 HOUR 
> MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE +30.0 DEGREES CENTIGRADE / 6 HOUR MINIMUM 
> TEMPERATURE +26.1 DEGREES CENTIGRADE / 3 HOUR BAROMETRIC PRESSURE 
> CHANGE 01.0 MILLIBARS AND FALLING THEN STEADY /
> 
> Any volunteers?
> 
> If it works, maybe we can add this to the ITTY queue.
> 
> UE,
> K2EAA - TONY
> NNNN
> ZCZC
> 

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Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL