modules/weather/metar/metar.go
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/*
Package metar provides weather using the METAR API from
the NOAA Aviation Digital Data Service,
available at https://www.aviationweather.gov/.
*/
package metar
import (
"encoding/xml"
"fmt"
"math"
"net/http"
"net/url"
"regexp"
"strings"
"time"
"github.com/soumya92/barista/modules/weather"
"github.com/martinlindhe/unit"
)
// Config represents NOAA ADDS configuration
// from which a weather.Provider can be built.
type Config struct {
station string
stripRemarks bool
includeFlightCat bool
}
// Station creates a configuration for the given airport code (e.g. KSEA).
func Station(station string) *Config {
return &Config{station: station}
}
// StripRemarks strips remarks from the description.
func (c *Config) StripRemarks() *Config {
c.stripRemarks = true
return c
}
// IncludeFlightCat adds flight category to the description.
func (c *Config) IncludeFlightCat() *Config {
c.includeFlightCat = true
return c
}
// provider wraps an ADDS XML url and configuration
// so that it can be used as a weather.Provider.
type provider struct {
url string
stripRemarks bool
includeFlightCat bool
lastWeather weather.Weather
}
// Build builds a weather provider from the configuration.
func (c *Config) Build() weather.Provider {
u := url.URL{
Scheme: "https",
Host: "aviationweather.gov",
Path: "/adds/dataserver_current/httpparam",
}
q := u.Query()
q.Set("dataSource", "metars")
q.Set("requestType", "retrieve")
q.Set("format", "xml")
q.Set("stationString", c.station)
q.Set("hoursBeforeNow", "3")
q.Set("mostRecent", "true")
u.RawQuery = q.Encode()
return &provider{
url: u.String(),
stripRemarks: c.stripRemarks,
includeFlightCat: c.includeFlightCat,
}
}
type skyCondition struct {
SkyCover string `xml:"sky_cover,attr"`
CloudBase int `xml:"cloud_base_ft_agl,attr"`
}
type metar struct {
RawText string `xml:"raw_text"`
StationID string `xml:"station_id"`
ObservationTime string `xml:"observation_time"`
Latitude float64 `xml:"latitude"`
Longitude float64 `xml:"longitude"`
Temperature float64 `xml:"temp_c"`
Dewpoint float64 `xml:"dewpoint_c"`
WindDirection int `xml:"wind_dir_degrees"`
WindSpeed int `xml:"wind_speed_kt"`
WindGust int `xml:"wind_gust_kt"`
Visibility float64 `xml:"visibility_statute_mi"`
Altimeter float64 `xml:"altim_in_hg"`
SeaLevelPressure float64 `xml:"sea_level_pressure_mb"`
WxString string `xml:"wx_string"`
SkyConditions []skyCondition `xml:"sky_condition"`
FlightCategory string `xml:"flight_category"`
VerticalVisibility int `xml:"vert_vis_ft"`
StationElevation float64 `xml:"elevation_m"`
}
func (m metar) getBarometricPressure() unit.Pressure {
if m.SeaLevelPressure == 0.0 {
return unit.Pressure(m.Altimeter*3386.39) * unit.Pascal
}
return unit.Pressure(m.SeaLevelPressure) * unit.Millibar
}
type addsResponse struct {
Metars []metar `xml:"data>METAR"`
}
// The August-Roche-Magnus approximation to the saturation vapor pressure.
// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clausius–Clapeyron_relation
func satVaporPressure(temp float64) float64 {
return 6.1094 * math.Exp((17.625*temp)/(temp+243.04))
}
// See also: http://andrew.rsmas.miami.edu/bmcnoldy/Humidity.html
func relativeHumidity(temp float64, dewpoint float64) float64 {
return satVaporPressure(dewpoint) / satVaporPressure(temp)
}
var remarksPattern = regexp.MustCompile(` RMK (.*)$`)
var tempPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`\b(\d+)/(\d+)\b`)
var preciseTempPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`\bT\d{8}\b`) // T01320072
func encodeMetarTemp(temp float64) string {
minus := ""
if temp < 0 {
minus = "M"
temp = -temp
}
return fmt.Sprintf("%s%04.1f", minus, temp)
}
func (m metar) encodeMetar(stripRemarks bool, includeFlightCat bool) string {
mt := strings.TrimSpace(m.RawText)
if stripRemarks {
mt = remarksPattern.ReplaceAllString(mt, "")
// Include the temperature to 0.1C, if it's included in the
// base METAR. If it is, the METAR will have a T block, and the
// value will already be parsed in the Temperature and Dewpoint
// fields of the XML response.
if preciseTempPattern.MatchString(m.RawText) {
preciseTemp := fmt.Sprintf(
"%s/%s",
encodeMetarTemp(m.Temperature),
encodeMetarTemp(m.Dewpoint))
mt = tempPattern.ReplaceAllString(mt, preciseTemp)
}
}
if includeFlightCat {
mt = fmt.Sprintf("[%s] %s", m.FlightCategory, mt)
}
return mt
}
// Cloudiness, in oktas (eighths of the sky covered)
type cloudiness int
const (
cloudsNone cloudiness = 0
cloudsFew = 2
cloudsScattered = 4
cloudsBroken = 7
cloudsOvercast = 8
)
var cloudinessMap = map[string]cloudiness{
"CLR": cloudsNone,
"SKC": cloudsNone,
"CAVOK": cloudsNone,
"FEW": cloudsFew,
"SCT": cloudsScattered,
"BKN": cloudsBroken,
"OVC": cloudsOvercast,
"OVX": cloudsOvercast,
}
func (m metar) getCloudiness() cloudiness {
c := cloudsNone
for _, skyCond := range m.SkyConditions {
coverage := cloudinessMap[skyCond.SkyCover]
if coverage > c {
c = coverage
}
}
return c
}
func (m metar) getCloudCover() float64 {
return float64(m.getCloudiness()) / 8.0
}
var thunderstormPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`\b[+-]?TS(..)?\b`) // +TSRA, -TSSN, TS
var precipPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`\b([+-]?)(..)?(..)\b`)
// see http://weather.cod.edu/notes/metar.html
var precipMapping = map[string]weather.Condition{
"DZ": weather.Drizzle,
"RA": weather.Rain,
"SN": weather.Snow,
"SG": weather.Snow,
"IC": weather.Sleet,
"PL": weather.Sleet,
"GR": weather.Hail,
"GS": weather.Hail,
"UP": weather.ConditionUnknown,
"BR": weather.Mist,
"FG": weather.Fog,
"FU": weather.Smoke,
"VA": weather.Smoke,
"DU": weather.Whirls,
"SA": weather.Whirls,
"HZ": weather.Haze,
"PY": weather.Haze,
"FC": weather.Tornado,
"PO": weather.Whirls,
"SQ": weather.Windy,
"SS": weather.Whirls,
}
var precipOrder = []weather.Condition{
weather.Tornado,
weather.Hail,
weather.Whirls,
weather.Windy,
weather.Smoke,
weather.Sleet,
weather.Snow,
weather.Fog,
weather.Haze,
weather.Rain,
weather.Drizzle,
weather.ConditionUnknown,
}
func (m metar) getCondition() weather.Condition {
// Check for thunderstorms first, since that's considered a modifier,
// rather than a weather condition in and of itself.
if thunderstormPattern.MatchString(m.WxString) {
return weather.Thunderstorm
}
// Find all of the weather conditions present in the METAR.
hasCondition := map[weather.Condition]bool{}
for _, wx := range precipPattern.FindAllStringSubmatch(m.WxString, 0) {
precip := wx[3]
hasCondition[precipMapping[precip]] = true
}
for _, condition := range precipOrder {
if hasCondition[condition] {
return condition
}
}
// No precipitation, look at clouds.
switch m.getCloudiness() {
case cloudsOvercast:
return weather.Overcast
case cloudsBroken:
return weather.Cloudy
case cloudsScattered:
case cloudsFew:
return weather.PartlyCloudy
case cloudsNone:
return weather.Clear
}
return weather.Clear
}
// GetWeather gets weather information from NOAA ADDS.
func (p *provider) GetWeather() (weather.Weather, error) {
response, err := http.Get(p.url)
if err != nil {
return weather.Weather{}, err
}
defer response.Body.Close()
if response.StatusCode >= 500 {
// The METAR server occasionally times out and throws 5xx
// errors. Don't treat these as an error - just keep using
// the last weather report, and try again later.
return p.lastWeather, nil
} else if response.StatusCode != 200 {
err = fmt.Errorf("Could not fetch METAR: %s", response.Status)
return weather.Weather{}, err
}
var resp addsResponse
err = xml.NewDecoder(response.Body).Decode(&resp)
if err != nil {
return weather.Weather{}, err
}
if len(resp.Metars) != 1 {
err = fmt.Errorf("Expected one METAR in response body, got %d", len(resp.Metars))
return weather.Weather{}, err
}
m := resp.Metars[0]
updated, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, m.ObservationTime)
if err != nil {
return weather.Weather{}, err
}
w := weather.Weather{
Location: m.StationID,
Condition: m.getCondition(),
Description: m.encodeMetar(p.stripRemarks, p.includeFlightCat),
Temperature: unit.FromCelsius(m.Temperature),
Humidity: relativeHumidity(m.Temperature, m.Dewpoint),
Pressure: m.getBarometricPressure(),
Wind: weather.Wind{
Speed: unit.Speed(float64(m.WindSpeed)) * unit.Knot,
Direction: weather.Direction(m.WindDirection),
},
CloudCover: m.getCloudCover(),
Updated: updated,
Attribution: "NWS",
}
p.lastWeather = w
return w, nil
}