TWC source node
The TWC source node imports weather data from The Weather Company, an IBM Business. You can use it to obtain historical or forecast weather data for a location. This can help you develop weather-driven business solutions for better decision-making using the most accurate and precise weather data available.
With this node, you can input weather-related data such as latitude, longitude, time, day_ind (indicates night or day), temp, dewpt (dew point), rh (relative humidity), feels_like temperature, heat_index, wc (wind chill), wx_phrase (mostly cloudy, partly cloudy, etc), pressure, clds (clouds), vis (visibility), wspd (wind speed), gust, wdir (wind direction), wdir_cardinal (NW, NNW, N, etc), uv_index (ultraviolet index), and uv_desc (low, high, etc).
- TWC Historical Observations Airport (http://goo.gl/DplOKj) for historical weather data
- TWC Hourly Forecast (http://goo.gl/IJhhvZ) for forecast weather data
Location
Latitude. Enter the latitude value of the location you wish to obtain weather data for, in the format [-90.0~90.0].
Longitude. Enter the longitude value of the location you wish to obtain weather data for, in the format [-180.0~180.0].
Misc
License Key. A license key is required. Enter the license key you obtained from The Weather Company. If you don't have a key, contact your administrator or your IBM representative.
Instead of issuing the key to all users, your administrator may have instead specified the key in a new config.cfg file on the IBM® SPSS® Modeler Server, in which case you can leave this field blank. If specified in both locations, the key in this dialog takes precedence. Note to administrators: To add the license key on the server, create a new file called config.cfg with the contents LicenseKey=<LICENCEKEY> (where <LICENSEKEY> is the license key) at the location <ModelerServerInstallation>\ext\bin\pasw.twcdata.
Units. Select the measurement unit to use: English, Metric, or Hybrid. The default is Metric.
Data Type
Historical. If you want to import historical weather data, select Historical and then specify a start and end date in the format YYYYMMDD (for example, 20120101 for January 1, 2012).
Forecast. If you want to import forecast weather data, select Forecast and then specify the hours to forecast.