XM Weather

[czenzel]

Hey everyone!

I was recently looking at the XM Weather Service with WxWorx and was wondering if it is possible to save the weather information from XM Weather (atleast raw METAR, Zone Forecasts, Alerts, and Level III Nexrad) to the hard disk as its downloaded?

Also, does the XM Weather receivers have a SDK or interface I can use with custom scripts or applications to download (or interface) the data?

I don't know if I will be able to implement NOAAPORT yet because of the dish requirements and was wondering if XM Weather would be the right alternative.

Any help is appricated.

Thanks,
Christopher Zenzel

 

[rdale]

I don't think any of the above is possible, you'd be better going with EMWIN if you want a satellite feed.

 

[czenzel]

EMWIN Feed Hardware

I don't think any of the above is possible, you'd be better going with EMWIN if you want a satellite feed.

Hi rdale,

Thanks for responding!

Do you know what the best hardware is to receive the EMWIN feed?

Thanks,
Christopher Zenzel

 

[Steve Miller]

I have had to just save screenshots to archive XM data. It's not too much of a pain.

 

[Ryan McGinnis]

FWIW, anyone purchasing an XM weather kit should keep in mind that it is entirely possible (some think likely) that the XM/Sirius service will be bankrupt by the end of next year. What impact that might have on the XM weather service is unknown -- but if it was discontinued, you'd be stuck with an XM Weather receiver of no value.

 

[rdale]

http://www.big-z.com is the only EMWIN vendor I know of, they are helping develop the new system too...