Live Australian BoM WDS

Report Name: EQuIS Live: Australian BoM WDS Agent

Description: The EQuIS Live: Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) Weather Data Services (WDS) Agent report allows users to retrieve weather data from the Australian BoM WDS in EQuIS Professional and Enterprise.

Tables: DT_LOGGER, DT_LOGGER_SERIES, DT_LOGGER_DATUM

Important Note: The EQuIS 7.22.1 Build or later is required to get data from Australian BoM WDS's FTP site (e.g., ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/IDD60910.tgz/IDD60910.94153.json). Earlier EQuIS builds can only get data from Australian BoM WDS's web API (e.g., http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDD60801/IDD60801.94153.json), which may get blocked by the Australian BoM WDS. For more info see Service Announcements: 'The Bureau is monitoring screen scraping activity on the site and...blocking this activity...'

Adding Station(s)

Before running this report, one or more stations must be added to the DT_LOGGER table:

1.Add the station (DT_LOGGER row) in EQuIS Professional.

2.Set the LIVE_DATA_SOURCE to ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/ID{x}60910.tgz/ID{x}60910.{WMO ID}.json, where:

a.{x} is a letter representing the station's state or territory (see the table below), and

b.{WMO ID} is the station's WMO ID (which can be obtained by going to Australian BoM WDS: Observations - individual stations and following the instructions to "get the URL of a data feed for a weather station". For example, Groote Eylandt Airport's URL is http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDD60801/IDD60801.94153.json, and its WMO ID is 94153).

State / Territory	.tgz File
Queensland	IDQ60910.tgz
New South Wales / Australian Capital Territory	IDN60910.tgz
Northern Territory	IDD60910.tgz
South Australia	IDS60910.tgz
Tasmania	IDT60910.tgz
Victoria	IDV60910.tgz
Western Australia	IDW60910.tgz

Notes:

•This report only allows one station per logger, and only supports JSON, not AXF or XML.

•The .tgz files are updated every 30 minutes.

3.Set LOGGER_CODE to anything (e.g., the station name); this field is not used, but cannot be NULL.

4.Set STATUS_FLAG to "A" to activate the logger.

Loading Data

This report will automatically add the series (and datum) when it runs. However, some of the stations may not have one or more of the series listed below, in which case those series will not be added.

SERIES_NAME	SERIES_UNIT
air_temp	deg C
apparent_t	deg C
cloud_base_m	m
cloud_oktas	oktas
delta_t	deg C
dewpt	deg C
gust_kmh	km/h
gust_kt	knots
press	hPa
press_msl	hPa
press_qnh	hPa
rain_hour	mm
rain_ten	mm
rain_trace	mm
rel_hum	%
vis_km	km
wind_dir_deg	deg
wind_spd_kmh	km/h
wind_spd_kt	knots

A series can then be activated or deactivated, by setting its STATUS_FLAG = 'A' or 'R', to start or stop (respectively) obtaining data for it. Also, the SERIES_UNIT and SERIES_DESC for a series may be changed, but not its SERIES_NAME; it uniquely identifies the series.

This report can be run manually or as scheduled EQuIS Information Agent (EIA), at the desired frequency, to automatically load data as often as needed. It will load data for all loggers with LIVE_DATA_SOURCE containing bom.gov.au.

Live Australian BoM WDS Agent

Live Australian BoM WDS Agent

Adding Station(s)

Loading Data