App Source Weather API

App Source Weather API

App Source Weather is an open source project managed by the computer science department at Appalachian State University. It remains opened, unless the service becomes abused, or gains popularity. It will then be password protected and may be used upon request.

For further information contact Ray Russell russellcr@appstate.edu

To use these varibles: http://wxdata.appsourceweather.org/apis/weather/*station_id*

Weather

Stations Start Time End Time

Conditions

Station ID Time Wind Direction Wind Speed Wind Gust Humidity Temperature High Temperature Low Temperature Barometer Barometer Trend Total Rain for Year RAW Total Rain for Year Total Rain for Day Total Rain for Month Evaporation UV Index Solar Radiation Wind Chill Heat Index Dew Point

Webcams

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Weather

Stations

"stations" returns a number that determines the station data. Example: '12'

Start Time

"start" returns the start time for the data recorded. Example: '2018-06-05 11:32:01'

End Time

"end" returns the end time for the data recorded. Example: '2018-06-05 11:27:01'

Conditions

Station ID

"station_id" returns the ID number the selected station. Example: '12'

Time

"time" returns the time for the last station data update. Example: '2015-06-05T11:31:08-04:00'

Wind Direction

"wind_direction" returns the current direction of the wind. Example: 'SW'

Wind Speed

"wind_speed" returns the current recorded speed of the wind in miles per hour. Example: '5'

Wind Gust

"wind_gust" returns the current recorded gust of the wind in miles per hour. Example: '7'

Humidity

"humidity" returns the current humidity recorded. Example: '44'

Temperature

"temperature" returns the current temperature recorded in fahrenheit. Example: '62.7'

High Temperature

"hi_temp" returns the high temperature recorded for the day in fahrenheit. Example: '63'

Low Temperature

"lo_temp" returns the low temperature recorded for the day in fahrenheit. Example: '49.6'

Barometer

"barometer" returns the current barometer recorded. Example: '30.17'

Barometer Trend

"barotrend" returns the barometer trend recorded. Example: 'Steady'

Total Rain for Year RAW

"rain_ytd_raw" returns the raw total amount of rainfall for the year in inches. Example: '27.51'

Total Rain for Year

"rain_ytd" returns the total amount of rainfall for the current year in inches. Example: '27.51'

Total Rain for Day

"rain_day" returns the total amount of rainfall for the current day in inches. Example: '4'

Total Rain for Month

"rain_month" returns the total amount of rainfall for the current month in inches. Example: '0'

Evaporation

"evap" returns the total amount of evaporation for the current day. Example: '0'

UV Index

"uv_index" returns the current UV index recorded. Example: '0'

Solar Radiation

"solar_rad" returns the current solar raditation recorded. Example: '0'

Wind Chill

"wind_chill" returns the current wind chill recorded in fahrenheit. Example: '62.7'

Heat Index

"heat_index" returns the current heat index recorded. Example: '63'

Dew Point

"dew_point" returns the current dew point. Example: '40.5'

Webcams

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"http://www.brpwebcams.com/images/*location*/thumb/image.jpeg" is used to access webcam thumbnails. the *location* field is for specifying a webcam location.
According to park service policy, thumbnails are not to be displayed on any commercial website