AOS 452 Lab 1: UNIX and the WEATHER program - Marrella

9To read the NWS forecast discussions from a state, such as Wisconsin, go to the /FOREDISSsubcommand and type @wi l. This is probably the easiest way to see a forecast discussion for aregion since the discussions are only made by local NWS offices.FP4In addition to model guidance, the National Weather Service issues numerical forecasts forspecific stations twice daily. Included are the day one to three temperature forecasts andprecipitation probabilities.The sub-command in the weather program for this product is /fp4.The fp4 product appears as follows from the weather program:dd/hhmm ppp wW tt1/tt2 tt3/tt4 tt5 ffPPPdd = dayhhmm = hour and minute issuedppp = placewW = day1 and day2 weather typettn = temperature (day1 maximum, day1 minimum, etc...)ff = forecaster id numberPPP = 12 hour period probability of precipitation in tens of percentThe following is an actual sample:06/0926 FTW BT 077/058 082/064 077 10137Here is the fp4 forecast decoded:Forecast station:Fort Worth, TexasDate/Time:6th of the month at 0926 UTC.Today's Weather: Partly cloudy (B).Tomorrow's Weather: Thundershowers (T).Today: forecast hight: 77 F forecast low: 58FTomorrow: forecast high: 82F forecast low: 64 FDay 2: forecast high: 77FForecaster 10 prepared this FP4.Precipitation probabilities are: 10% for today, 30% tonight and 70% tomorrow.Forecast Discussions can be found using the /forediss subcommand. NWS forecastdiscussion are issued by local NWS offices. The easiest find the discussion for a region is tosearch by state or if you know the three-letter station office code you can enter that as well.@wi lmkx lThis will give you the latest discussion for any region of Wisconsin.This will give you the latest discussion from MKX, the forecast office inMilwaukee, WI