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METAR(1)		     FlightGear	man pages		      METAR(1)

NAME
       metar - demo METAR utility for FlightGear

SYNOPSIS
       metar -h	| --help | [-v | --verbose] [-e	elevation | --elevation	eleva-
       tion]  [-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  op-
	      eration.

       -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  <http://
       wiki.flightgear.org/Weather_reports>

FlightGear			  2017-06-25			      METAR(1)

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