String buffer = "";  // buffer to read data from the weather board
int ready = 0;       // used to mark when we have a complete string to process
char val;            // use to read a byte from the serial 
unsigned long humidity=0, fahrenheit=0, celcius=0, SCPfahrenheit=0, presure=0;

void setup() { 
  Serial1.begin(9600);  // starts the second hardware serial port at 9600 to communicate with the weather board 
  Serial.begin(9600);  // starts the serial at 9600 
  pinMode(48, OUTPUT);  // turn ON the board LED for diagnostics 
  digitalWrite(48, HIGH); 
} 

void loop() { 
  while(Serial1.available() > 0) {  // if data vailable from the weather board 
    val = Serial1.read();           // read it 
    if((val != '\n')) {             // if no end of line 
      buffer += val;                // add it to the buffer
      // buffer.concat(String(val)); // an alternative
    } 
    else {  // if end of line reached, readu to parse the buffer 
      ready = 1; 
      break; 
    }  
  } 
  if(ready == 1) {                // parse the buffer 
    if(buffer.startsWith("#")) {  // verify if it is a good reading 
      // Serial.println(buffer);  // just to see what we got 
      processReading(buffer.toCharArray());  // parse the buffer extracting the data 
    } 
    buffer = "";  // clean up the buffer for next reading 
    ready = 0; 
  } 
} 

// parse the buffer received extracting the data 
void processReading(const char packet[]) { 
  byte i; 
  char* endptr; 

  // start parsing 
  i = 0; 
  i++; 
  humidity = strtod(&packet[i], &endptr);       // next field: humidity 

  while(packet[i++] != ',');			// next field: fahrenheit	 
  fahrenheit = strtod(&packet[i], &endptr); 

  while(packet[i++] != ',');			// next field: celcius 
  celcius = strtod(&packet[i], &endptr);	 

  while(packet[i++] != ',');			// next field: SCPfahrenheit 
  SCPfahrenheit = strtod(&packet[i], &endptr);	 

  while(packet[i++] != ',');			// next field: presure 
  presure = strtod(&packet[i], &endptr);	 

  while(packet[i++] != ',');			// next field: counter 

  while(packet[i++] != '$');			// next field: checksum 

  Serial.print("humidity: "); 
  Serial.print(humidity, DEC); 
  Serial.print(" fahrenheit: "); 
  Serial.print(fahrenheit, DEC); 
  Serial.print(" celcius: "); 
  Serial.print(celcius, DEC); 
  Serial.print(" SCPfahrenheit: "); 
  Serial.print(SCPfahrenheit, DEC); 
  Serial.print(" presure: "); 
  Serial.println(presure, DEC); 
}