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Funny Linux Commands - Check Weather And Surf StackOverflow In Linux Terminal

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LinuxAndUbuntu.com; By Mohd Sohail
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Let’s have fun with Linux Terminal today. Also, if you are a developer, let’s reduce one context switch that you perform while development; switching to browser for solution in StackOverflow. It's well-known fact, less context switch, less distraction and more productivity. In this article, we’ll explore two fun and useful things that you can do right through terminal without opening browser that you would do normally.

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$sudo apt-get install metar
To see the current weather observations in Nome, Alaska:

$ metar -d paom
PAOM 161353Z 03003KT 10SM BKN250 04/04 A2999 RMK SLP156 T00440039 VIA AUTODIAL
Station       : PAOM
Day           : 16
Time          : 13:53 UTC
Wind direction: 30 (NNE)
Wind speed    : 3 KT
Wind gust     : 3 KT
Visibility    : 10 SM
Temperature   : 4 C
Dewpoint      : 4 C
Pressure      : 29.99 "Hg
Clouds        : BKN at 25000 ft
Phenomena     : 


Here's the full list of metar station codes:

http://www.aviationweather.gov/static/adds/metars/stations.txt

Of course, I'm a 'need official data' nut... so, I only get my 'external' weather data from the government certified weather stations. Since I know the data are supposed to be observations filtered by trained persons, I feel I have more confidence in the data in order to have a better comparison to my own data.

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