Skywarn Script

While a skywarn system is not yet fully operational in west central Minnesota, I still wanted a way to know what was happening.  The local NWS office has a Yahoo Groups mailing list for Skywarn notification, but my "spam" seems to go up whenever I use it.  After deleting the Yahoo account, I decided to write a very simple script to parse the NWS web page Skywarn notification, sending the results to my cellphone.  This BASH script should work without too many changes on just about any modern Unix system, and perhaps other operating systems.

On my system, I run this script once an hour between 8 AM and 9 PM, and send the results to my cellphone.  My provider, Midwest Wireless, permits me to receive an unlimited number of incoming e-mail messages via SMS, at no cost.  Check your cellphone provider for a similar service.