# George Weather

> Live meteorological observations, aviation METAR, WMO SYNOP, and high-resolution EUMETSAT satellite imagery for George Airport (FAGG), Western Cape, South Africa.

George Weather (www.georgeweather.co.za) provides automated, real-time meteorological observations for George, the regional hub of the Garden Route in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Observations are physically anchored at George Airport (ICAO: FAGG / WMO: 68828) and corroborated by George Climate AWS (WMO: 68830), combined with multi-channel satellite composites from EUMETSAT Meteosat Third Generation (MTG).

## Machine-Readable Weather Feeds
- [Live Weather JSON API](https://www.georgeweather.co.za/api/weather.json): Real-time observation metrics (temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind vector, gusts, visibility, cloud ceiling, raw METAR and SYNOP) formatted in token-efficient JSON.
- [Live Weather Markdown Summary](https://www.georgeweather.co.za/weather.md): Token-optimized, plaintext markdown summary of current conditions designed for prompt injection and LLM system context.
- [Interactive Graphs & History](https://www.georgeweather.co.za/graphs.php): 12-hour, 24-hour, and 48-hour barometric pressure, wind speed, gust, and relative humidity trends.
- [Public Web Interface](https://www.georgeweather.co.za/): Real-time dashboard with metric/aviation unit toggles, mini sparkline graphs, and interactive satellite lightboxes.

## Meteorological Station & Location
- Station Name: George Airport Meteorological Station
- Geographic Coordinates: 33.9961° S, 22.3789° E
- Elevation: 195 m MSL (640 ft)
- Region: George, Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa (Country Code: ZA)
- ICAO Code: FAGG
- WMO Primary Identifier: 68828
- WMO Climate AWS Identifier: 68830
- Local Timezone: South Africa Standard Time (SAST, UTC+2, no daylight saving time)
- Ingestion Cadence: Half-hourly to hourly updates from METAR and SYNOP feeds.

## Satellite Imagery (EUMETSAT MTG)
- Visible Light Channel: MTG FCI True Colour RGB (Thumbnail: `assets/sat/visible-latest.jpg`, HD: `assets/sat/visible-latest-hd.jpg`)
- Infrared Channel: High-Resolution MTG FCI HRFI 10.5 µm (Thumbnail: `assets/sat/infrared-latest.jpg`, HD: `assets/sat/infrared-latest-hd.jpg`)
- Rain Rate / Precipitation Channel: MTG H40B convective precipitation rate composited over IR and geographic borders (Thumbnail: `assets/sat/precipitation-latest.jpg`, HD: `assets/sat/precipitation-latest-hd.jpg`)
- Satellite Refresh Rate: Every 30 minutes with a 7-day rolling HD archive.

## Optional & Deep Dive References
- [Full LLM Specification & Schema](https://www.georgeweather.co.za/llms-full.txt): Comprehensive API schema documentation, field types, units of measurement, and curl examples for AI agents.