Open Source Weather Network?

Mike Hicks asks: "Whenever I experience interesting weather, I'm moved to look around the Internet for reliable and up-to-date weather information. While some towns in southern Minnesota were succumbing to flash floods last night, I came across some interesting information. There is apparently an existing network called EMWIN that sends weather data out over radio and satellite at 1200 bps and 9600 bps, respectively. There's also a Debian package for decoding some of this stuff. On that page, there is a "Modest Proposal" that the Debian project should be the prime contractor for EMWIN's replacement. I know that I would love to be able to get reliable weather reports whenever I wanted (regardless of whether my local TV/radio stations want to break into programming or not..) Do you guys have any opinions? "