As a young ham, I thought APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System) was just a fad. Well, I was wrong.
If you need local weather (especially wind) information in your area, check out the CWOP Search engine:
http://www.wxqa.com/search.htm
Type in your city and state, and hit SEARCH. If you can't find your city, choose a large one near you.
When the database comes up, click STNS ("Near Stations") to display a list of all the CWOP stations near that geographical location.
Find one closer to where you live, and click its callsign.
There you go! I found a fellow ham close to me who has a full weather station. The wind part is updated every few minutes!
If you know a little (a LITTLE) cgi, you can "hack" the URLs and get data for longer periods of time. I have 100 days' worth on my blog.
