[Tickets #7847] Re: TAF data issue in metar.php

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7847
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  Ticket             | 7847
  Updated By         | Michael Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>
  Summary            | TAF data issue in metar.php
  Queue              | Horde Base
  Version            | 3.3.2
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Resolved
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             | Michael Rubinsky
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Michael Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org> (2009-03-25 15:57) wrote:

The TAF data being sent for that airport does not conform to the ICAO  
standards from what I can see:

TAF LFLY 251700Z 2518/2618 29010KT 9999 SCT030 BKN050
       TEMPO 2518/2522 6000 RA FEW015 BKN030
       BECMG 2522/2601 VRB02KT SCT015 BKN035 PROB40
       TEMPO 2602/2609 6000 BKN013

The 'PROB40' group is supposed to be followed by a time group to  
define the period that the probability applies.  In the TAF I just  
pulled, that is not the case - it's followed immediately by a line  
break and another TEMPO grouping. This breaks the time parsing code.   
You can try to report this issue to the Services_Weather maintainer if  
you like, but it is ultimately up to him to decide if a fix will be  
provided for a non-standard data format.