metaf2xml candownload, parseand decodeaviationroutine weatherreports (METAR,SPECI, SAO),aerodromeforecasts(TAF), synopticobservations(SYNOP),observationsfrom buoys(BUOY) andmeteorologicalreports fromaircrafts(AMDAR). Datacan also betaken fromdecoded BUFRmessages. Theextracted datacan be writtenas XML orpassed to auser-definedfunction (alldone in Perl). It alsoprovides XSLTstyle sheets toconvert the XMLto plainlanguage (text,HTML), or XMLwith differentschemas