still having problem with telneting to rainmaker.wunderground.com

[Janina Sajka]

Greg:

I see your problem. You're hearing the list of options but missing that 
the server wants you to type in a number. So, you type 'C' and didn't get 
Canadian forecasts, but rather changing screen parameters. You need to 
type 2, that's the number two, for Canadian forecasts.

Or, if you know a three leter city code, you can just type that in. For 
example, type:

yyz for Toronto
nyc for New York
dca for Washington DC
msp for Minneapolis, St. Paul
ord for Chicago
lax for Los Angeles
sfo for San Francisco
mco for Orlando
mia for Miami
den for Denver
atl for Atlanta
bos for Boston


OK, so I know a few codes ...


 On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm starting to really wonder if I'm doing something wrong, since everyone claims that they don't have this problem. I can telnet to rainmaker.wunderground.com (so whatever short term problem I had yesterday was temporary). But, I still can't access weather information through it. I'm including a script below of my attempts to do so.
> 
> 
> Script started on Sun Mar  3 13:41:22 2002
> gnowak1 at linserver:~$ telnet rainmaker.wunderground.com
> Trying 66.28.69.161...
> Connected to blackbird.wunderground.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 
> (null)
> 
> Press Return to continue:
> 
> Press Return for menu
> or enter 3 letter forecast city code-- 
> 
>                  WEATHER UNDERGROUND MAIN MENU
>                 ******************************
>                  1) U.S. forecasts and climate data
>                  2) Canadian forecasts
>                  3) Current weather observations
>                  4) Ski conditions
>                  5) Long-range forecasts
>                  6) Latest earthquake reports
>                  7) Severe weather
>                  8) Hurricane advisories
>                  9) Weather summary for the past month
>                 10) International data
>                 11) Marine forecasts and observations
>                 12) Ultraviolet light forecast
>                  X) Exit program
>                  C) Change scrolling to screen
>                  H) Help and information for new users
>                  ?) Answers to all your questions
>                    Selection:c
> 
>                 OPTION TO CHANGE SCROLLING TO SCREEN
>  
>                 Select the number of lines printed to screen at one time:
>                 ---------------------------------------------------------
>                 1) 24 lines (default)
>                 2) 48 lines
>                 3) 60 lines
>                 4) Unlimited
>                 5) 12 lines 
> 
>                    Selection:4
> 
>                  WEATHER UNDERGROUND MAIN MENU
>                 ******************************
>                  1) U.S. forecasts and climate data
>                  2) Canadian forecasts
>                  3) Current weather observations
>                  4) Ski conditions
>                  5) Long-range forecasts
>                  6) Latest earthquake reports
>                  7) Severe weather
>                  8) Hurricane advisories
>                  9) Weather summary for the past month
>                 10) International data
>                 11) Marine forecasts and observations
>                 12) Ultraviolet light forecast
>                  X) Exit program
>                  C) Change scrolling to screen
>                  H) Help and information for new users
>                  ?) Answers to all your questions
>                    Selection:1
> 
>                          CITY FORECAST MENU
>                 ---------------------------------------------------
>                 1) Print forecast for selected city
>                 2) Print climatic data for selected city
>                 3) Display 3-letter city codes for a selected state
>                 4) Display all 2-letter state codes
>                 M) Return to main menu
>                 X) Exit program
>                 ?) Help
>                    Selection:1
> 
>           Enter 3-letter city code: chi
> 
>      No data available.
> 
>                          CITY FORECAST MENU
>                 ---------------------------------------------------
>                 1) Print forecast for selected city
>                 2) Print climatic data for selected city
>                 3) Display 3-letter city codes for a selected state
>                 4) Display all 2-letter state codes
>                 M) Return to main menu
>                 X) Exit program
>                 ?) Help
>                    Selection:4
> 
>      No data available.
> 
>                          CITY FORECAST MENU
>                 ---------------------------------------------------
>                 1) Print forecast for selected city
>                 2) Print climatic data for selected city
>                 3) Display 3-letter city codes for a selected state
>                 4) Display all 2-letter state codes
>                 M) Return to main menu
>                 X) Exit program
>                 ?) Help
>                    Selection:3
> 
>           Enter 2-letter state code: il
> 
> Network is down. Try again later.
> il
> 
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> gnowak1 at linserver:~$ exit
> Script done on Sun Mar  3 13:43:04 2002
> 
> 
> 
> Is really no one else having this problem? If the answer to that question is that no one does, then is there something I'm doing wrong?
> Greg
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
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