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<feedback>
http://www.weather.gov/feedback.php
</feedback>
</source>
</head>
<data>
<location>
<location-key>point1</location-key>
<point latitude="42.90" longitude="-71.29"/>
</location>
<moreWeatherInformation applicable-location="point1">
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?\
textField1=42.90&textField2=-71.29
</moreWeatherInformation>
<time-layout time-coordinate="local"
summarization="none">
<layout-key>k-p24h-n1-1</layout-key>
<start-valid-time>
2011-07-26T08:00:00-04:00
</start-valid-time>
<end-valid-time>
2011-07-26T20:00:00-04:00
</end-valid-time>
</time-layout>
<time-layout time-coordinate="local"
summarization="none">
<layout-key>k-p24h-n1-2</layout-key>
<start-valid-time>
2011-07-26T20:00:00-04:00
</start-valid-time>
<end-valid-time>
2011-07-27T09:00:00-04:00
</end-valid-time>
</time-layout>
<parameters applicable-location="point1">
<temperature type="maximum"
units="Fahrenheit" time-layout="k-p24h-n1-1">
<name>Daily Maximum Temperature</name>
<value>82</value>
</temperature>
<temperature type="minimum"
units="Fahrenheit" time-layout="k-p24h-n1-2">
<name>Daily Minimum Temperature</name>
<value>61</value>
</temperature>
</parameters>
</data>
</dwml>
There's a mouthful of data in that payload, but essentially, given a zip code and a start
and end date, the service will return a list of high and low temperature forecasts that
lie between those dates. Let's use this service to create a more interesting alert.
