Web reader of Cumulus generated NOAA style reports
PHP Level: Beginner => IntermediateV3 - Sept 2011
optional CSS
optional reports nav menu
optional 'drop-down' reports nav menu
minor bug fix
V3.1 - Nov 2011
minor bug fix for 'twitch' level error reporting
V3.2 - Apr 2012
minor bug fix - malformed html picked up by Chrome browsers
If your server
doesn't support PHP, a JavaScript version can be found
HEREFirst of all kudos to Ken True aka
saratogaWX, probably the weather communitys most respected and magmanimous codester.
If you have a php script or an ajax page the chances are that it contains chunks of Kens code or reasoning.
This is a modified version of one his scripts which will display a WeatherLink or VWS created NOAA style report and produce a navigation menu for the reports it finds.
Functionality:
View a WL, VWS or Cumulus (default) report as a 'stand alone' web page (default) or as an 'include' within an existing php page.
Defaults can be overridden by 'post' (.php?type=CU) or as a declared variable in an 'include' page - this allows those with multiple weather software reports to create a menu system / links to read any of them all from the same script.
This and more is explained in the comments within the script file.
View CodeStand Alone (with 'Drop Down')Stand Alone (with 'Classic' style)Stand Alone ('Drop Down' but JavaScript DISabled)OK - Lets begin (php is allowed on your server isn't it ?)
In your servers weather directory, create a sub directory called
NOAA-reports, then In Cumulus, generate NOAA monthly and annual reports for every month and year that you have data for, and save them using the default file names.
Upload all of the reports to the
NOAA-reports directory on your web server (This year and latest month will be an ongoing upload)
(If you wish to have a different name for the directory you will need to change a variable which is explained in the script)
Attachment:
NOAA-reports.zip
Download the zip file, unpack it, edit it with notepad or similar and change it to your local timezone and make any other alterations you may want.
Upload it to your server weather directory (change the file name if you want) and that's it for the default 'stand alone' options.
Just refer to it as (mywebspace/weather)/NOAA-reports.php (or whatever you have called it).
If you have used an earlier version, RENAME or DELETE
noaarep.css on your webspace so that the script can rebuild it for the new nav system.
Once the script has been run, a stylesheet called
noaarep.css will have been created, you may then edit this to suit your own layout as desired.
If for some reason the
noaarep.css does
NOT get created - see this post:
viewtopic.php?p=55174#p55174If your page / character format is giving � the 'black diamond' for the degree symbol - see this post:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5754&start=117Tip: If you have existing NOAA style reports from other softwares, then you should be able to copy them to the
NOAA-reports directory and as long as you rename them in the Cumulus format they should be found and displayed OK
NOAA
Style Reports:
The word Style is IMPORTANT - these are
NOT NOAA reports !
It also means that the layout is 'fixed' and is meant to look like the old teleprinter output.
This is the way the software(s) have created them and is nothing to do with the script !
Intermediate Level:Of course it's not very pretty - I suspect it was intended to produce pages for printing.
However; It does have the facility to be used as an "include" file.
When being used as an 'include', you will need to call
noaarep.css in your
<head> section.
NOTE: If you opt out of css, 'classic' full nav will be created.
So make a copy of one of your (web) Cumulus pages, rip out the unwanted bits and do this:
eg.
Code:
....
<title>Beteljuice weather</title>
<link href="weatherstyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="noaarep.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
.......
<H3>NOAA Style Reports for beteljuiceton</H3>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>
<?php
// set the variable to tell the script not to create html headers etc.
$doInclude = true;
include 'NOAA-reports.php';
?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td_navigation_bar">:<a href="index.htm">now</a>::<a href="gauges.htm">gauges</a>::<a href="today.htm">today</a>::<a href="yesterday.htm">yesterday</a>::<a href="record.htm">records</a>::<a href="trends.htm">trends</a>:</td>
</tr>
</table>
.......
Save the (new) file with a
.php extension, and the result is:
Include Test and Bob's your cross-dressing auntie
PS: don't forget to update your other pages with the new link !
Now available an alternative stylesheet for use with 'include's which has the button highlights
INSIDE the buttons. Useful for pages with a dark background.
Attachment:
noaarep_alt.txt
Intermediate Level: - Tweak
I had a request to 'Anglicise' the reports address, ie. State:
As mentioned earlier this is a function of the software(s) that generate the reports; However ..
Just one line of code needs to be added.
Look for (way down the script, just before JavaScript section):
Code:
if($rpt){
echo "<pre>\n";
echo preg_replace('|<|Uis','<',$rpt);
echo "</pre>\n";
}
echo "</div> <!-- END noaa_rep_container -->\n";
and change to:
Code:
if($rpt){
echo "<pre>\n";
$rpt = preg_replace('/State: Kent/i', 'County: Kent Country: UK', $rpt, 1);
echo preg_replace('|<|Uis','<',$rpt);
echo "</pre>\n";
}
echo "</div> <!-- END noaa_rep_container -->\n";
It maybe that your replacement text is too long, you may have to play a bit.
tweak code corrected, should work now
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...And, Beau, you could try modifying the script by yourself and see the results - how else will you learn more about PHP if you do not try doing things by yourself... 
