GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 151896
Visibility is reported as "Unknown" for all cities outside of North America.
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
"Visibility" is shown as "Unknown" for all cities apart from the ones in North America. The METAR observation does however includes visibility information, but gweather doesn't seam to understand it. For an example, the current conditions for Luleå in Sweden are: Current Weather Conditions: Lulea / Kallax, Sweden (ESPA) 65-33N 022-08E 34M Conditions at 2004.09.05 0920 UTC Wind from the WSW (250 degrees) at 12 MPH (10 KT) Visibility greater than 7 mile(s) Sky conditions clear Temperature 69 F (21 C) Dew Point 50 F (10 C) Relative Humidity 49% Pressure (altimeter) 30.06 in. Hg (1018 hPa) Notice that the report says "Visiblity greather than 7 mile(s)". The observation code for this report is: ESPA 050920Z 25010KT 9999 SKC 21/10 Q1018 In gweather the Visiblity is still shown as "Unknown". Like I said, this appears to be the case for all cities outside of North America. The information from North American cities is gathered from another source, right?
It's the same source but the format for US observations is different that the international standard (big surprise, eh?). The US format ends with "SM" for statue miles while the international standard is the minimum and an optional maximum visibility in meters. I'm including this in the second patch for bug #160475, to be posted momentarily.
Fixed by 160475.