I'm trying to figure out how to go about pulling text from a NOAA web site to process and post in mine. Specifically Marine MAYFOR forecasts. They are a series of numbers that give period, wind strength, wind direction, wave height, and such. Is this a job for scripts or is ther some better way to pull the plain old text from a web site into a varible that I can parse?
Thanks
SAMPLE:
FZUS63 KDTX 211343
GLFLH
OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE HURON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
943 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012
FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE HURON
SYNOPSIS
LOW PRESSURE...29.90 INCHES...WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION TODAY...PULLING A COLD FRONT ALONG WITH IT. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL THEN REBUILD OVER THE AREA BY TUESDAY AND LAST THROUGH THE
MID WEEK PERIOD.
LHZ461-212015-
MAFOR 2115/
HURON NORTH 12710 13720 12820 11810. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LATE. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET
BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET OVERNIGHT WITH MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND
7 FEET TONIGHT. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET WITH
MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 7 FEET TUESDAY MORNING. 220103.
HURON SOUTH 11500 11600 13810 11720 11820 11810. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. WAVES 2
FEET OR LESS BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET OVERNIGHT WITH MAXIMUM WAVE
HEIGHT AROUND 7 FEET TONIGHT. WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FEET WITH MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AROUND 8 FEET TUESDAY MORNING.
220103.
BT
WAVES ARE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST
1/3 OF THE WAVE SPECTRUM. MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT IS THE HIGHEST 1/20
WAVE HEIGHT.
EXPERIMENTAL GRAPHICAL MARINE FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE)
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