diff --git a/app/Interfaces/Metar.php b/app/Interfaces/Metar.php
index 2c21dac8..29d57d72 100644
--- a/app/Interfaces/Metar.php
+++ b/app/Interfaces/Metar.php
@@ -2,12 +2,49 @@
 
 namespace App\Interfaces;
 
+use Cache;
+use Log;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for implementing retrieving METARs
+ * @package App\Interfaces
+ */
 abstract class Metar
 {
     /**
-     * Implement the METAR- Return the string
+     * Implement retrieving the METAR- Return the string
+     * Needs to be protected, since this shouldn't be
+     * directly called. Call `get_metar($icao)` instead
      * @param $icao
      * @return mixed
      */
-    abstract public function get($icao);
+    abstract protected function metar($icao): string;
+
+    /**
+     * @param $icao
+     * @return string
+     */
+    //abstract protected function taf($icao): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Download the METAR, wrap in caching
+     * @param $icao
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_metar($icao): string
+    {
+        $cache = config('cache.keys.WEATHER_LOOKUP');
+        $key = $cache['key'].$icao;
+
+        $raw_metar = Cache::remember($key, $cache['time'], function () use ($icao) {
+            try {
+                return $this->metar($icao);
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                Log::error('Error getting METAR: '. $e->getMessage(), $e->getTrace());
+                return '';
+            }
+        });
+
+        return $raw_metar;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Services/Metar/AviationWeather.php b/app/Services/Metar/AviationWeather.php
index 6385b3ef..fb7d5f7f 100644
--- a/app/Services/Metar/AviationWeather.php
+++ b/app/Services/Metar/AviationWeather.php
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ use App\Support\Http;
  */
 class AviationWeather extends Metar
 {
-    private const URL =
+    private const METAR_URL =
         'https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver_current/httpparam?'
         .'dataSource=metars&requestType=retrieve&format=xml&hoursBeforeNow=3'
         .'&mostRecent=true&fields=raw_text&stationString=';
 
     /**
-     * Implement the METAR- Return the string
+     * Implement the METAR - Return the string
      * @param $icao
-     * @return mixed
+     * @return string
      */
-    public function get($icao)
+    protected function metar($icao): string
     {
-        $url = static::URL.$icao;
+        $url = static::METAR_URL.$icao;
         $res = Http::get($url, []);
         $xml = simplexml_load_string($res);
         return $xml->data->METAR->raw_text;
diff --git a/app/Widgets/Weather.php b/app/Widgets/Weather.php
index 578e9e4f..104bdb3d 100644
--- a/app/Widgets/Weather.php
+++ b/app/Widgets/Weather.php
@@ -51,18 +51,12 @@ class Weather extends Widget
      */
     public function run()
     {
-        // Cache the request so we don't need to repeatedly call out
-        $cache = config('cache.keys.WEATHER_LOOKUP');
-        $key = $cache['key'].$this->config['icao'];
-
-        $raw_metar = Cache::remember($key, $cache['time'], function () {
-            /**
-             * @var \App\Interfaces\Metar $klass
-             */
-            $klass = config('phpvms.metar');
-            $metar_class = new $klass;
-            return $metar_class->get($this->config['icao']);
-        });
+        /**
+         * @var \App\Interfaces\Metar
+         */
+        $klass = config('phpvms.metar');
+        $metar_class = new $klass;
+        $raw_metar = $metar_class->get_metar($this->config['icao']);
 
         // Run through this parser
         $decoder = new MetarDecoder();