Mmmm. Having a semi-unofficial IRC channel has done well for my renewable energy nut friends over at
www.fieldlines.com There's a link to the channel from that forum's main page and the proprieter stops in for a chat most days, though the IRC channel is not hosted or maintained by him. I do understand and respect that folks shouldn't hassle the management about a "service" they don't provide or manage.
On another note, I'll be leaving my weather bot in the IRC channel for the time being. His name is wx3 and he's not very smart (a little smarter than wx2, though;).
To ask the bot for weather conditions, type "-wx3" and then the name of the station.
Examples:
-wx3 kswo
<wx3> At 2:53:00p on 4/21/2006, KSWO at Stillwater Regional Airport reported 82 deg F
<wx3> Winds were N at 7 with gusts to 11. Humidity was 18%, dewpoint at 35 . Pressure 29.97s
-wx3 kjfk
<wx3> At 3:51:00p on 4/21/2006, KJFK at Kennedy International Airport reported 53 deg F
<wx3> Winds were ESE at 18 with gusts to 32. Humidity was 55%, dewpoint at 37 . Pressure 30.28s