/// END: Copied from http://cladosnippet.blogspot.com/2012/04/c-get-season-according-to-given-date.html
public Weather()
{
// Position of Alexandria, VA on the map -- should be extensible to any "home" location of the application user
longitude = 38.8047m; // 38.8047 degrees N (N is positive)
latitude = -77.0472m; // 77.0472 degrees W (W is negative)
weatherForecastProductType = productType.timeseries;
startTime = DateTime.UtcNow; // Weather forecast begins at the current time
endTime = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(1); // Weather forecast ends a day after the current time -- Daily weather forecast
weatherUnit = unitType.m; // Weather forecast generated in metric (SI) units
currentSeason = CurrentSeason(startTime);
forecastParametersType = new weatherParametersType();
forecastParametersType.maxt = true; // Maximum temperature
forecastParametersType.mint = true; // Minimum temperature
forecastParametersType.appt = true; // Apparent temperature
forecastParametersType.maxrh = true; // Maximum relative humidity
forecastParametersType.minrh = true; // Minimum relative humidity
forecastParametersType.pop12 = true; // 12 hour probability of precipitation
if (Equals(currentSeason, Seasons.Winter)) // Snowfall is almost certainly zero unless the query is made in the winter
{
forecastParametersType.snow = true; // Snowfall amount
}
forecastParametersType.wspd = true; // Wind speed
forecastParametersType.wdir = true; // Wind direction
weatherDictionary = new Dictionary<string, double>();
weatherDictionary.Add("Maximum Temperature", 0.0);
weatherDictionary.Add("Minimum Temperature", 0.0);
weatherDictionary.Add("Apparent Temperature", 0.0);
weatherDictionary.Add("12 Hour Probability of Precipitation", 0.0);
weatherDictionary.Add("Wind Speed", 0.0);
weatherDictionary.Add("Wind Direction", 0.0);
weatherDictionary.Add("Maximum Relative Humidity", 0.0);
weatherDictionary.Add("Minimum Relative Humidity", 0.0);
weatherDictionary.Add("Snowfall Amount", 0.0); // Need to fix this for winter... will not work
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the forecast for upcoming market day.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
private static WeatherForecastData GetForecastForUpcomingMarket()
{
WeatherForecastData result;
// determine the local date/time for the start of this Saturday's market
int daysTilSaturday = DayOfWeek.Saturday - DateTime.Today.DayOfWeek;
DateTime marketStarts = DateTime.Today.AddDays(daysTilSaturday).AddHours(8);
// geographic location of Carpterter Village
const decimal latitude = (decimal)35.8188612;
const decimal longitude = (decimal)-78.8594969;
// create an instance of the web service proxy
var weatherFetcher = new ndfdXML {Proxy = WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy};
// setup the parameters to tell the service what data we want
// see http://www.nws.noaa.gov/forecasts/xml/docs/elementInputNames.php for parameters
var weatherParams = new weatherParametersType
{
appt = true,
icons = true,
maxt = true,
mint = true,
pop12 = true,
rh = true,
wx = true,
wwa = true,
wspd = true
};
try
{
result = WeatherForecastData.Parse(weatherFetcher.NDFDgen(latitude, longitude, "time-series",
marketStarts.ToUniversalTime(), marketStarts.AddHours(4).ToUniversalTime(), weatherParams));
}
catch (Exception)
{
result = new WeatherForecastData();
}
return result;
}
/// <summary>
/// Generate the reports
/// </summary>
private void GenerateReport()
{
records = new NodeCollection();
maximum = states.Count;
try
{
foreach (State state in states)
{
weatherParametersType weatherType = new weatherParametersType();
//specifies parameters maximum temperature, weather condition and cloud amount
weatherType.maxt = true;
weatherType.sky = true;
weatherType.wx = true;
// call the weather service.
//weatherService.NDFDgenAsync(state.Latitude, state.Longitude, productType.timeseries, DateTime.Now.Date, DateTime.Now.AddDays(1).Date, unitType.e, weatherType, state);
string str = weatherService.NDFDgenByDay(state.Latitude, state.Longitude, DateTime.Now.Date, "1", unitType.e, formatType.Item24hourly);
WeatherNode node = new WeatherNode();
// get coordinates on map.
PointF location = ConvertCoordinates(state.Latitude, state.Longitude);
node.PinPoint = new PointF(location.X - node.Size.Width / 2, location.Y - node.Size.Height / 2);
node.State = node.Name = state.Name;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(str))
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(str);
node.Temperature = XmlConvert.ToDecimal(doc.SelectSingleNode("dwml/data/parameters/temperature[@type='maximum']/value/text()").Value);
XmlNode n = doc.SelectSingleNode("dwml/data/parameters/weather/weather-conditions/value");
string weather = null;
if (n != null)
{
XmlAttribute attr = n.Attributes["weather-type"];
if (attr != null)
{
weather = n.Attributes["weather-type"].Value;
}
}
if (weather == "freezing rain" ||
weather == "rain" ||
weather == "hail" ||
weather == "rain showers" ||
weather == "freezing drizzle" ||
weather == "drizzle")
{
node.WeatherCondition = WeatherCondition.Rain;
}
else if (weather == "show showers" ||
weather == "blowing snow" ||
weather == "snow" ||
weather == "ice pellets")
{
node.WeatherCondition = WeatherCondition.Snow;
}
else if (weather == "thunderstorms")
{
node.WeatherCondition = WeatherCondition.ThunderStorm;
}
else
{
node.WeatherCondition = WeatherCondition.None;
}
records.Add(node);
value++;
backgroundWorker1.ReportProgress(value);
}
}
}
catch (Exception exp)
{
MessageBox.Show("Failed to establish connection with the service provider");
}
}