User`s guide

Virtual Weather Station User's Guide
-74- 04/10/07
Tag Name Description
# = station number (1 to 30)
meso_gust# meso_loc – Mesonet Station ID
# = station number (1 to 30)
meso_barom# meso_loc – Mesonet Station ID
# = station number (1 to 30)
meso_rrate# meso_loc – Mesonet Station ID
# = station number (1 to 30)
MISC. DATA
^all_gauges^ Displays all of the Virtual Weather
Station gauges displayed on your
desktop with a space between each
gauge.
^all_graphs^ Displays all of the Virtual Weather
Station graphs and strip charts
displayed on your desktop with a space
between each gauge.
^all_icons^ Displays all of the Virtual Weather
Station icons displayed on your desktop
with a space between each icon.
^default_dir^
Default drive location for Virtual
Weather Station.
^default_dir\data\noaa\noaayr.txt^
^vervws^
Virtual Weather Station Version
Number
^wstation^
Type of weather station (example,
Davis Vantage Pro2)
^wsdescription
^
Description of the weather station
location as defined in Section 6.8.1.
^wslocation^
Location of weather station as defined
in Section 6.8.2.
^wstaturl^
URL to Ambient Weather site that
describes the weather station type.
Used as a hyperlink for
^wstation^
^wslong^
Station location longitude, as defined
in Section 6.8.4.
^wslat^
Station location latitude, as defined in
Section 6.8.4.
Tag Name Description
^world_id^
World location identification, used for
linking weather maps to the
Wunderground, as defined in Section
6.8.3, as follows:
pa = Pacific Ocean, USA, Mexico and
Central America
at = Atlantic Ocean, USA, Central
America
us = USA Lower 48
nw = Northwest USA
sw = Southwest USA
mw = Midwest USA
sp = Southcentral USA
ne = Northeast USA
se = Southeast USA
ak = Alaska
hi = Hawaii
pr = Puerto Rico
cn = Canada
ca = Mexico and Central America
sa = South America
gl = Greenland
eu = Europe
as = Asia
a2 = Southeast Asia
af = Africa
au = Australia and New Zealand
Example:
http://maps.wunderground.com/data/64
0x480/^world_id^_ir_anim.gif
^temp_color^
Current temperature background color,
based on Figure 49 - Color spectrum
for the HTML Tags.
Example HTML usage:
bgcolor="#^temp_color^"
^temp_color_h
i^
High daily temperature background
color, based on Figure 49 - Color
spectrum for the HTML Tags.
Example HTML usage:
bgcolor="#^temp_color_hi^"
^temp_color_l
o^
Low daily temperature background
color, based on Figure 49 - Color
spectrum for the HTML Tags.
Example HTML usage:
bgcolor="#^temp_color_lo^"