BT's Global Sager Cloudcaster PHP Scripts For CumulusMX
by "Buford T. Justice" / "BTJustice"
Modifed by Bridgeman Carney to capture cloud type and elevation from METAR data. March 11 2023.
https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=81348#p81348
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2020-12-12

You may redistribute and use these PHP Scripts any way you wish as long as they remain FREE and money is not charged for their use directly or indirectly.  If these PHP Scripts are used in your work or are modified in any way, please retain the full credit header.

The variables shown here come from bt-sager-cu.php and bt-sager-wc.php.  Combined, these determine the correct Sager Weathercaster forecast.

12-24 Hour Forecast:
document.write ('Cloud layer 1 = Overcast, low clouds @ 700-ft

');
Cloud layer 1 = Overcast, low clouds @ 700-ft

document.write ('Unsettled followed by fair; No important change. Some tendency for slight increase in winds during day, diminishing in evening. Southwest or West winds.');Unsettled followed by fair; No important change. Some tendency for slight increase in winds during day, diminishing in evening. Southwest or West winds. : S334

METAR station (ms) used to determine Present Weather (pw) based on the Cloud Code (m1).  If the METAR indicates Precipitation (m2) or Cumulus has reported Rain in the last 30 minutes (rm), (pw) becomes Precipitation regardless of (m1):
currcond = Unsettled followed by fair; No important change. Some tendency for slight increase in winds during day, diminishing in evening. Southwest or West winds.
MS_airport_code = KOXR
cldkey00 = 6
metar = AUTO 00000KT 8SM OVC007 16/14 A2992
metar2 = AUTO 00000KT 8SM OVC007 16/14 A2992
cURL_error_message =
sd = S334
d1 = S
d2 = 3
d3 = 3
d4 = 4
cdata = Array
cresult = Array
m11 =
m111 =
m1111 =
mX = OVC
m1 = OVC
m2 = No Precipitation
m3 =
m4 = /
m5 = A
pw = Overcast
cloudgold = Array
cloudgold[0] = OVC
cloudgold[1] =
cloudgold[2] =
cloudgold[3] =
cloudgold[4] =
cloudgold2[0] = 7
cloudgold2[1] =
cloudgold2[2] =
cloudgold2[3] =
cloudgold2[4] =
mx1 = Overcast, low clouds
mx2 =
mx3 =
mx4 =
mx5 =
m1elevS =
m1elev = 700
m2elev = 0
m3elev = 0
m4elev =
m5elev =
MX1final = Cloud layer 1 = Overcast, low clouds @ 700-ft
MX2final =
MX3final =
MX4final =
MX5final =
FC = Cloud layer 1 = Overcast, low clouds @ 700-ft


CCodes = Array