Dutch KNMI-forecast on site?

[Peter Palm]

Maybe this is a question for the dutch WD-ers:
On some sites I see the forecast from the dutch KNMI.
How can I get that on my site? Can't find it (and am sure that it's possible (saw it on a site using WD).

In dutch:
Weet iemand van de collega-WD-gebruikers dit misschien?
Op sommige sites zie je de knmi verwachting (geldig tot morgenavond).
Op een oude site http://www.geocities.com/edje1205/WeerpaginaZaanstreek/edsweather.htm zie ik hem op de standaard Weather-Display-pagina (iets onder het midden, bij Weather Report/Warning/Metars). Iemand een idee hoe dit is gedaan? Zoek me suf

Thanks in advance / bij voorbaat dank !!

[chow]

You can access their ftp-site: ftp://ftp.knmi.nl/pub_weerberichten/.

There are quite a lot of files available. You're looking for ftp://ftp.knmi.nl/pub_weerberichten/middellange_en_lange_termijn.txt.

What Ed's doing is ftp-ing a couple of those files regularly and includng them on the webpages.

I also ftp them regualrly, but only for the weather report by e-mail. On my website I directly display the latest forecast on my page (section "overzicht & alarm").

BTW: I'm rebuidling my website, so it may move to another section heading!

If you need more detailed information, I will gladly help.

[administrator]

Out of interest, do they have the missing METAR reports on their FTP site?

[chow]

Not that I'm aware of ...

Actually I talked to the person who accumulates all data of all weather stations which supply data to the KNMI and there is very limited data free to the public. A few years ago our government started to commercialise every public company, so a lot of data isn't available (as I only just started with this hobby, I don't really know what the situation was before).

There's only one webpage with METARs available. And that page is discussed before (don't know when and where exactly, but I can search for it ...).

BTW: I keep missing "unread" messages all the time. They just don't turn up in my list 

[Peter Palm]

Thanks Chow,

After asking around, I've found this.
The page should have the extention .php
This is the script:

<?php
require("http://www.knmi.nl/voorl/weer/verwachting");
?>

This way you will not be asked how the ftp should be handled
(If you (like I did) have WS_FTP selected as the default handler of ftp).

You can put the script in a normal html-page, as long as it has php as ext.
But... since the knmi has a new site, it's not sure how long this wil work.

[chow]

Wow, hadn't even noticed that they changed their site. When did they do that? Have been away a couple of days, but not for that long 

That's why I use ftp ... tends to be more "stable". But I will experiment with what you found ... tnx.

[Peter Palm]

Well, to be honiced, I didn't know that eather, but the guy that send me the script, told me about it 

Offtopic:
Had a look at your site (like it a lot), and saw that your mesomaps are in flash.
Did that come with WD or is that only possible in WDL?

Regards, Peter

[administrator]

Had a look at your site (like it a lot), and saw that your mesomaps are in flash.
Did that come with WD or is that only possible in WDL?

You can do it with WDL or MML (see http://www.weather-display.com/mmlive.php) To make either work you'll need to subscribe to a data feed...and if you want to use MML buy a licence for that. The mesomap facilities in WDL are more limited than in MML and won't be developed as much as MML.

[chow]

Well, to be honiced, I didn't know that eather, but the guy that send me the script, told me about it 

I read they changed it on the 26th this month. That was the day I left for a couple of days. The new site won't load completely on my machine (mostly graphics, so it seems), though. It's looker much nicer, though.

Offtopic:
Had a look at your site (like it a lot), and saw that your mesomaps are in flash.
Did that come with WD or is that only possible in WDL?

As Chris pointed out, you'll need a datafeed and WDL or MML. I have still two "standard" mesomaps on my site, though. Tehy are looking a bit old fashioned (compared to WDL oor MML), though