SMETAR 0.87.138

3.8 out of 5 stars 3.8 (25 votes)

BETA (November 26, 2008)

Windows (All) / Freeware / 782 downloads

SMETAR is a weather monitoring tool. It accesses the METAR database, and displays it in a human-friendly fashion.

  • Publisher

    Javier Gutiérrez Chamorro (Guti)

  • Homepage

    SMETAR

  • Uninstaller

    No

  • Latest Changes

    - 64 bit port available

    - Reduced memory usage

    - Added propper Vista UAC manifest

    - Updated to Visual C++ 2008 SP1

    - ANSI/Unicode portability improvements

    - Some socket code optimizations

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  1. 3 out of 5 stars
    Satansgeek

    Reviewing 0.85.121 (Sep 27, 2008)

    I've now tested build 121 on a number of systems...on some it is stable and accepts the settings in its .ini file and in others it crashes frequently and doesn't accept these settings. In addition to requests for a more comprehensive data source I'd also add that polen count information would be auseful option...rated 3 as it is too problematic at present as to being able to work on users systems.

  2. 2 out of 5 stars
    anomoly

    Reviewing 0.85.121 (Sep 26, 2008)

    Weather Underground (wunderground) is the best web resource for general info. This only gives what the NOAA.gov cares about and therefore will probably not have your specific city. By the time you figure out how to set this up properly you could have simply gone to your favorite zip or city anywhere in the world with wunderground and gleaned twice as much info in the process (forecasts etc). smetar stands for small metar duhh

  3. 3 out of 5 stars
    SelfMan

    Reviewing 0.85.121 (Sep 26, 2008)

    Off topic:
    smetar in slovak (slang) language means "garbage man/dustman".

  4. 2 out of 5 stars
    jotte_ct

    Reviewing 0.80.113 Beta (Sep 26, 2008)

    ok, this is the second time I'm trying this little app.
    Under XP with SP3 and also with Vista:
    - it will completelly ignore the ini file, will always display info from Barcelona! - what the heck!? and i know what i'm doing because in prev release it was working with my local weathercast.
    - baloon option has no effect is not working in XP, in Vista shows ballon info when clicking, no matter what the setting is in ini file.
    - upon exit, the icon tray will continue to "live" in the tray, you need to hoover mouse over to make it go away (both XP & Vista)

    I'd strongly suggest the developer to take the time and thoroughly test the app before releasing to the public, at least the main features (e.g. Source is always set to Barcelona), we may be betatesters, but not monkeys!

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    Satansgeek

    Reviewing 0.80.113 Beta (Sep 25, 2008)

    This is certainly an excellent tool...however I'd wish for it to be even better via more localised, fine tuned, detail...would it be possible to use PWS data to do this...http://www.pwsweather.com? As it stands I'm in the unfortunate position of not being all that near to an airport so the SMETAR forecasts are not nearly as accurate as they might be.

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