find_forecast_towns function

Find the Nearest Town With a BOM Forecast

For a given latitude and longitude, find the nearest town that the BOM provides a forecast for.

find_forecast_towns(longitude = 149.2, latitude = -35.3, distance_km = 100)

Arguments

• longitude: A numeric value of longitude in decimal degree (DD) format. By default, Canberra (approximately).
• latitude: A numeric value of latitude in decimal degree (DD) format. By default, Canberra (approximately).
• distance_km: A numeric value of the distance in kilometres from the latitude and longitude point beyond which values will not be returned.

Returns

A data.table::data.table() of all forecast towns (in this package) sorted by distance from latitude and longitude , ascending.

Examples

# find forecast towns near Esperance, WA
find_forecast_towns(longitude = 121.8913, latitude = -33.8614)

See Also

Other BOM: get_ag_bulletin(), get_available_imagery(), get_available_radar(), get_coastal_forecast(), get_precis_forecast(), get_radar_imagery(), get_satellite_imagery(), parse_ag_bulletin(), parse_coastal_forecast(), parse_precis_forecast()

Other metadata: find_nearby_stations(), find_stations_in(), get_available_imagery(), get_available_radar(), get_dpird_availability(), get_stations_metadata()

Author(s)

Hugh Parsonage, [email protected] , and James Goldie, [email protected] , and Adam H. Sparks, [email protected]