Thanks to a comment suggestion, the Rforecastio package is now up to version 1.3.0 and has a new parameter which lets you specify which time conversion function you want to use. Details are up on [github](https://github.com/hrbrmstr/Rforecastio).
Post Category → Weather
Rforecastio 1.2.0 Bug-fix Update
Not even going to put an `R` category on this since I don’t want to pollute R-bloggers with this tiny post, but I had to provide the option to let folks specify `ssl.verifypeer=FALSE` (so I made it a generic option to pass in any CURL parameters) and I had a couple gaping bugs that I… Continue reading
Rforecastio Package Update (1.1.0)
I’ve bumped up the version number of `Rforecastio` ([github](https://github.com/hrbrmstr/Rforecastio)) to `1.1.0`. The new features are: – removing the SSL certificate bypass check (it doesn’t need it anymore) – using `plyr` for easier conversion of JSON-\>data frame – adding in a new `daily` forecast data frame – roxygen2 inline documentation library(Rforecastio) library(ggplot2) library(plyr) # NEVER… Continue reading
Rforecastio – Simple R Package To Access forecast.io Weather Data
It doesn’t get much better for me than when I can combine R and weather data in new ways. I’ve got something brewing with my Nest thermostat and needed to get some current wx readings plus forecast data. I could have chosen a number of different sources or API’s but I wanted to play with… Continue reading
Winter Wind Flows
Yesterday, I took a very short video capture from [wind map](http://hint.fm/wind/) of the massive wind flows buffeting the northeast. I did the same this morning and stitched them together to see what a difference a day makes. Nothing earth-shattering here, but it is amazing to see how quickly the patterns can change (they changed intra-day… Continue reading