TAF

A TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) is a 24-hour weather forecast for the area 5 statute miles from the reporting station. They are update once every three or six hours or when significant changes warrant an update, and the observations are valid for six hours or until the next report is issued

class avwx.Taf(code: str)

The Taf class offers an object-oriented approach to managing TAF data for a single station.

>>> from avwx import Taf
>>> kjfk = Taf("KJFK")
>>> kjfk.station.name
'John F Kennedy International Airport'
>>> kjfk.update()
True
>>> kjfk.last_updated
datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 4, 23, 43, 26, 209644, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
>>> kjfk.raw
'KJFK 042030Z 0421/0524 33016G27KT P6SM BKN045 FM051600 36016G22KT P6SM BKN040 FM052100 35013KT P6SM SCT035'
>>> len(kjfk.data.forecast)
3
>>> kjfk.data.forecast[0].flight_rules
'VFR'
>>> kjfk.translations.forecast[0].wind
'NNW-330 at 16kt gusting to 27kt'
>>> kjfk.speech
'Starting on March 4th - From 21 to 16 zulu, Winds three three zero at 16kt gusting to 27kt. Visibility greater than six miles. Broken layer at 4500ft. From 16 to 21 zulu, Winds three six zero at 16kt gusting to 22kt. Visibility greater than six miles. Broken layer at 4000ft. From 21 to midnight zulu, Winds three five zero at 13kt. Visibility greater than six miles. Scattered clouds at 3500ft'

The parse and from_report methods can parse a report string if you want to override the normal fetching process.

>>> from avwx import Taf
>>> report = "TAF ZYHB 082300Z 0823/0911 VRB03KT 9999 SCT018 BKN120 TX14/0907Z TN04/0921Z FM090100 09015KT 9999 -SHRA WS020/13045KT SCT018 BKN120 BECMG 0904/0906 34008KT PROB30 TEMPO 0906/0911 7000 -RA SCT020 650104 530804 RMK FCST BASED ON AUTO OBS. NXT FCST BY 090600Z"
>>> zyhb = Taf.from_report(report)
True
>>> zyhb.station.city
'Hulan'
>>> zyhb.data.remarks
'RMK FCST BASED ON AUTO OBS. NXT FCST BY 090600Z'
>>> zyhb.summary[-1]
'Vis 7km, Light Rain, Scattered clouds at 2000ft, Frequent moderate turbulence in clear air from 8000ft to 12000ft, Moderate icing in clouds from 1000ft to 5000ft'

async async_update(timeout: int = 10) -> bool

Async updates report data by fetching and parsing the report

Returns True if a new report is available, else False

code: str

Station ident code the report was initialized with

data: avwx.structs.TafData = None

TafData dataclass of parsed data values and units. Parsed on update()

from_report(report: str) -> avwx.Taf

Returns an updated report object based on an existing report

issued: date = None

UTC date object when the report was issued

last_updated: datetime.datetime = None

UTC Datetime object when the report was last updated

parse(report: str, issued: Optional[date] = None) -> bool

Updates report data by parsing a given report

Can accept a report issue date if not a recent report string

raw: str = None

The unparsed report string. Fetched on update()

service: avwx.service.Service

Service object used to fetch the report string

source: str = None

Source URL root used to pull the current report data

speech: str

Report summary designed to be read by a text-to-speech program

station: avwx.Station

Provides basic station info

summary: [str]

Condensed report summaries created from translations

translations: avwx.structs.TafTrans

TafTrans dataclass of translation strings from data. Parsed on update()

units: avwx.structs.Units

Units inferred from the station location and report contents

update(timeout: int = 10) -> bool

Updates report data by fetching and parsing the report

Returns True if a new report is available, else False

class avwx.structs.TafData

alts: str = None

end_time: avwx.structs.Timestamp

forecast: List[avwx.structs.TafLineData]

max_temp: float = None

min_temp: float = None

raw: str

remarks: str

start_time: avwx.structs.Timestamp

icao: str

temps: List[str] = None

time: avwx.structs.Timestamp

class avwx.structs.TafTrans

forecast: List[avwx.structs.TafLineTrans]

max_temp: str

min_temp: str

remarks: dict

class avwx.structs.TafLineData

altimeter: avwx.structs.Number

clouds: List[avwx.structs.Cloud]

end_time: avwx.structs.Timestamp

flight_rules: str

icing: List[str]

other: List[str]

probability: avwx.structs.Number

raw: str

sanitized: str

start_time: avwx.structs.Timestamp

transition_start: avwx.structs.Timestamp

turbulence: List[str]

type: str

visibility: avwx.structs.Number

wind_direction: avwx.structs.Number

wind_gust: avwx.structs.Number

wind_shear: str

wind_speed: avwx.structs.Number

class avwx.structs.TafLineTrans

altimeter: str

clouds: str

icing: str

other: str

turbulence: str

visibility: str

wind: str

wind_shear: str