Weather stations getting mixed up when using findNearByWeatherJSON?

[Joe Krill]

Hello,

Hopefully this is the correct place for this. I wasn't sure if I should use this or the forum.

If I call findNearByWeatherJSON using latitude 40.8 and longitude -73.2, I'm getting some incorrect/mixed up results. This location is in Commack, NY, US. However, it appears to be giving me weather for Barnwell Regional Airport in Barnwell, SC, US, 700 miles away.

Here's the call:

http://api.geonames.org/findNearByWeatherJSON?username=XXX&lat=40.8&lng=-73.2

Which currently returns:

{

• "weatherObservation": {
  • "clouds": "n/a",
  • "weatherCondition": "n/a",
  • "observation": "KBNL 191835Z AUTO 26008G14KT 10SM CLR 23/04 A2995 RMK AO2",
  • "windDirection": 260,
  • "ICAO": "KBNL",
  • "elevation": 20,
  • "countryCode": "US",
  • "lng": -73.3,
  • "temperature": "23",
  • "dewPoint": "4",
  • "windSpeed": "08",
  • "humidity": 29,
  • "stationName": "BROOKHAVEN LAB",
  • "datetime": "2013-03-19 18:35:00",
  • "lat": 40.8
  }

}

The stationName indicates "BROOKHAVEN LAB" -- which is only 20 miles west of Commack, NY in Upton, NY. But the METAR data and ICAO show "KBNL", which is the Barnwell Regional Airport in Barnwell, SC.

I dug a little further and looked at the raw METAR WeatherStations listing (http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/surface/stations.txt).  It contains these two records:

NY BROOKHAVEN/KBNL              74498  40 48N  073 18W   20                    8 US
SC BARNWELL         KBNL  BNL          33 15N  081 23W   75   X                7 US

So the station name "BROOKHAVEN/KBNL" seems to be getting mixed up with the ICAO code, "KBNL".

I'm not really sure what exactly to do with this information at this point or where to report the error, or with what data the error actually lies. My guess is that the file is being parsed incorrectly, because "BROOKHAVEN/KBNL" is fully within the entire station name field and not indicateed to be the ICAO at all.

Can anyone offer some insight on how to proceed with this information and possibly get it corrected?

Thanks!

Joe

[Marc Wick]

Hi Joe

Thanks for pointing this out.
It has just been fixed.

Best Regards

Marc

Joe Krill wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Hopefully this is the correct place for this. I wasn't sure if I should
> use this or the forum.
>
> If I call findNearByWeatherJSON using latitude 40.8 and longitude -73.2,
> I'm getting some incorrect/mixed up results. This location is in
> Commack, NY, US. However, it appears to be giving me weather for
> Barnwell Regional Airport in Barnwell, SC, US, 700 miles away.
>
> Here's the call:
>
> http://api.geonames.org/findNearByWeatherJSON?username=XXX&lat=40.8&lng=-73.2
>
> Which currently returns:
>
> {
>

> * "weatherObservation": {
> o "clouds": "n/a",
> o "weatherCondition": "n/a",
> o "observation": "KBNL 191835Z AUTO 26008G14KT 10SM CLR 23/04
> A2995 RMK AO2",
> o "windDirection": 260,
> o "ICAO": "KBNL",
> o "elevation": 20,
> o "countryCode": "US",
> o "lng": -73.3,
> o "temperature": "23",
> o "dewPoint": "4",
> o "windSpeed": "08",
> o "humidity": 29,
> o "stationName": "BROOKHAVEN LAB",
> o "datetime": "2013-03-19 18:35:00",
> o "lat": 40.8

> }
>
> }
>
> The stationName indicates "BROOKHAVEN LAB" -- which is only 20 miles
> west of Commack, NY in Upton, NY. But the METAR data and ICAO show
> "KBNL", which is the Barnwell Regional Airport in Barnwell, SC.
>
> I dug a little further and looked at the raw METAR WeatherStations
> listing (http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/surface/stations.txt). It contains
> these two records:
>
> NY BROOKHAVEN/KBNL 74498 40 48N 073 18W 20 8 US
> SC BARNWELL KBNL BNL 33 15N 081 23W 75 X 7 US
>
>
> So the station name "BROOKHAVEN/KBNL" seems to be getting mixed up with
> the ICAO code, "KBNL".
>
> I'm not really sure what exactly to do with this information at this
> point or where to report the error, or with what data the error actually
> lies. My guess is that the file is being parsed incorrectly, because
> "BROOKHAVEN/KBNL" is fully within the entire station name field and not
> indicateed to be the ICAO at all.
>
> Can anyone offer some insight on how to proceed with this information
> and possibly get it corrected?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joe
>

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[Joe Krill]

Awesome! Thanks Marc!

-Joe