private void readWEAFile(string fileName)
        {
            // FORMAT AT http://wiki.naturalfrequency.com/wiki/WeatherTool/File_Format
            LocationData ld = new LocationData();

            //fillFieldLists(ld);
            ld.defineWEAHourlyFields();
            ld.defineWEAMonthlyFields();
            int hour  = 0;
            int day   = 0;
            int wData = 0;
            int month = 0;

            using (BinaryReader b = new BinaryReader(File.Open(fileName, FileMode.Open)))
            {
                var identifier = b.ReadBytes(16);
                var myString   = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(identifier);
                ld.name = StringTools.CleanInput(new string(b.ReadChars(32)));
                nameClean(ref ld);
                ld.where = StringTools.CleanInput(new string(b.ReadChars(32)));
                ld.where = "COL";
                //hourly data
                while (day < 365)
                {
                    while (hour < 24)
                    {
                        List <double> hourlyvalues = new List <double>();
                        for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
                        {
                            //read the 8 hourly values
                            hourlyvalues.Add((double)BitConverter.ToInt16(b.ReadBytes(2), 0));
                        }
                        for (int i = 0; i < hourlyvalues.Count; i++)
                        {
                            if (i == 0)
                            {
                                hourlyvalues[i] = hourlyvalues[i] / 10.0;
                            }
                            if (i == 2)
                            {
                                hourlyvalues[i] = hourlyvalues[i] / 10 * 0.277778;      //convert km/h to m/s
                            }
                            if (i == 6)
                            {
                                hourlyvalues[i] = Math.Round(hourlyvalues[i] / 10.0);
                            }
                        }
                        ld.hourlyData.Add(hourlyvalues);
                        hour++;
                    }
                    hour = 0;
                    day++;
                }
                while (wData < 28)
                {
                    List <double> monthlyvalues = new List <double>();
                    while (month < 12)
                    {
                        monthlyvalues.Add((double)BitConverter.ToInt32(b.ReadBytes(4), 0));
                        month++;
                    }

                    ld.monthlyData.Add(monthlyvalues);
                    month = 0;
                    wData++;
                }

                ld.longitude = b.ReadSingle();
                ld.timezone  = b.ReadSingle();
                ld.latitude  = b.ReadSingle();
                ld.altitude  = b.ReadSingle();
                ld.day       = BitConverter.ToInt32(b.ReadBytes(4), 0);
                ld.sky       = BitConverter.ToInt32(b.ReadBytes(4), 0);
                if (b.BaseStream.Position == b.BaseStream.Length)
                {
                    //reach eof
                }
                else
                {
                    //more stuff to read somethings wrong!
                }
            }
            ld.cleanHourlyValues();
            ld.cleanMonthlyValues();
            this.cd.Add(ld);
        }