Is there a Ruby client for the US National Weather Service data?

Question

The only US weather data that is available free for commercial use is the US National Weather Service. I'd like to use it. Is there a Ruby/Rails library for accessing it?

Perl would also be helpful. They provide a Perl example. I'd use it as a guide for writing the Ruby version.

Answer 1

The NWS provides a RESTful web service in addition to the SOAP service, but if your needs are simple, consider the outoftime-noaa gem on github. It provides a straightforward interface for obtaining forecast and current conditions data.

(Be warned that one of its dependencies is not yet compatible with Ruby 1.9.)