A Webservice is a very simple way of tapping into all the weather information held on our servers.

This solution is ideal if you want to obtain the weather for numerous locations without having to access a HUGE weather dataset in which only a few locations are requested.

By using the Metcheck WebService, you can simply request the weather information for any location in the UK, Australia or Europe by post code, location name or latitude and longitude.

Not just that, but you have over 150 weather variables to choose from, plus you can either obtain a quick 48 hour forecast or a full 7 day forecast too.

Quite simply, using a WebService allows you to have exactly the same information which we have on our site.

All the data is updated four times a day, you don't have to worry about the size of the datasets which you transfer, plus you can select any location, so if your company opens a new branch or relocates then just select a new location from the WebService and we'll respond with all the latest weather.

This is the best thing about a WebService... You are only charged when you use it. So no need to justify a cost per month for a new weather section. If you add it to your website and it's a huge success then you'll be able to cover the cost of the section easily.

The webservice costs just £150 to set up, then £350 per month for unlimited use.

So why not sign up? It's quick and simple to install and you can add a whole new weather section to your website in a couple of hours.

It really is so simple.

All you do is make a request to the URL on the server passing in the following values :-

CO - This is the Country you require a forecast for i.e UK
ZIPCODE - This is the location postal code or name i.e EX2 or Exeter
HOURSTART - This is the time you want the forecast to start from now i.e 6
HOUREND - This is the duration, for a 48 hour forecast you'd add 48, for 7 days, 180.
DATASETS - These are the weather variables you want to see. Click Here to see a list of available variables.

So, to obtain a 48 hour forecast for Exeter you'd request :-

xml.asp?CO=UK&zipcode=Exeter&hourstart=6&hourend=48&datasets=tmax,acloud,weather,windspeed

This would then respond with the following :-


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
- <document>
<date_generated>08/02/2007 11:54:18 AM</date_generated>
<location>Exeter</location>
<location_lat>50.72</location_lat>
<location_Lon>-3.53</location_Lon>
<forecast_start>08/02/2007 00:00:00</forecast_start>
- <forecast>
<forecast_date>08/02/2007</forecast_date>
<forecast_time>06:00:00 AM</forecast_time>
<TMAX>12.8</TMAX>
<ACLOUD>90.0</ACLOUD>
<WEATHER>LR</WEATHER>
<WINDSPEED>5.1</WINDSPEED>
</forecast>
- <forecast>
<forecast_date>08/02/2007</forecast_date>
<forecast_time>09:00:00 AM</forecast_time>
<TMAX>14.1</TMAX>
<ACLOUD>100.0</ACLOUD>
<WEATHER>LR</WEATHER>
<WINDSPEED>5.5</WINDSPEED>
</forecast>
- <forecast>
<forecast_date>08/02/2007</forecast_date>
<forecast_time>12:00:00 PM</forecast_time>
<TMAX>15.4</TMAX>
<ACLOUD>100.0</ACLOUD>
<WEATHER>HR</WEATHER>
<WINDSPEED>11.6</WINDSPEED>
</forecast>

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