#34 Sigmet on METAF

[Anonymous]

Tks Thomas
it is clear. I would like to know if could possible to add at metar2xml a parser for SIGMET and AIRMET warnings? They are very useful
https://www.aviationweather.gov/help/webservice?page=isigmetjson
Tks Paul

[metaf2xml]

Hi Paul,

thanks for this suggestion.

I had a look at these formats. It seems they consist mostly of abbreviated plain text, so there is not much to be decoded. Also, they include references to coordinates, as route or area, so a graphical representation would be more appropriate than a textual one. And finally, there is a transition going on to retire / replace TAC (Traditional Alphanumeric Code) AIRMET by BUFR, like for SYNOP, see https://www.weather.gov/notification/ and search for "AIRMET".
To me, it looks like there is not much value in adding them to this project.

Kind regards
Thomas