An opinionated parser for NOAA's Digital Weather Markup Language (DWML).
- ruby >=
2.5.x
In your Gemfile:
gem 'dwml', '~>1.2'In your application:
output = DWML.new(nokogiri_xml_doc).processThe output will look something like this:
{:product=>
{:title=>"NOAA's National Weather Service Forecast Data",
:field=>"meteorological",
:category=>"forecast",
:creation_date=>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 18:49:42 UTC 00:00},
:source=>
{:product_center=>
"Meteorological Development Laboratory - Product Generation Branch",
:more_information=>"https://graphical.weather.gov/xml/",
:disclaimer=>"http://www.nws.noaa.gov/disclaimer.html",
:credit=>"https://www.weather.gov/",
:credit_logo=>"https://www.weather.gov/logorequest",
:feedback=>"https://www.weather.gov/contact"},
:parameters=>
{"point1"=>
{:latitude=>38.99,
:longitude=>-77.01,
:temperature=>
{:maximum=>
{:name=>"Daily Maximum Temperature",
:values=>
[{:value=>48.0,
:start_time=>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 12:00:00 UTC 00:00,
:unit=>"Fahrenheit",
:end_time=>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC 00:00},
{:value=>59.0,
:start_time=>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 12:00:00 UTC 00:00,
:unit=>"Fahrenheit",
:end_time=>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC 00:00},
{:value=>68.0,
:start_time=>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:00:00 UTC 00:00,
:unit=>"Fahrenheit",
:end_time=>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC 00:00},
{:value=>66.0,
:start_time=>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:00:00 UTC 00:00,
:unit=>"Fahrenheit",
:end_time=>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC 00:00},
{:value=>62.0,
:start_time=>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:00:00 UTC 00:00,
:unit=>"Fahrenheit",
:end_time=>Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC 00:00}]},
:minimum=>
{:name=>"Daily Minimum Temperature",
:values=>
[{:value=>35.0,
:start_time=>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC 00:00,
:unit=>"Fahrenheit",
:end_time=>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:00:00 UTC 00:00},
{:value=>31.0,
:start_time=>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 01:00:00 UTC 00:00,
:unit=>"Fahrenheit",
:end_time=>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 13:00:00 UTC 00:00},
{:value=>40.0,
:start_time=>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC 00:00,
:unit=>"Fahrenheit",
:end_time=>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:00:00 UTC 00:00},
{:value=>51.0,
:start_time=>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC 00:00,
:unit=>"Fahrenheit",
:end_time=>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 13:00:00 UTC 00:00},
{:value=>48.0,
:start_time=>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 UTC 00:00,
:unit=>"Fahrenheit",
:end_time=>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:00:00 UTC 00:00}]}}}}}You can download them directly from the National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD) Digital Weather Markup Language (DWML) Generator.