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Re:Pirate Weather: A Free, Open, and Documented Forecast API by vorpalhex on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @06:14PM (#34332831)
One of Dark Sky's features was integrating hyperlocal weather stations.

Right now there are thousands of weather stations posting regular reports via APRS.

Any chance to see those integrated?

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Re:Pirate Weather: A Free, Open, and Documented Forecast API by alexander0042 on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:41PM (#34334420)
They (sort of) are! It gets into the nuance of the weather model side of things, which I don't know as much about, but the HRRR/ GFS models ingest data from APRS and incorporate that into their forecasts. This means that these observations are included (especially in the US), but are at about a 2 hour lag compared to direct readings
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