I need to create a screen scraper to get data off of a website: Currently I have: 

my $index = shift;

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$mech->get( "http://vortex.plymouth.edu/uacalplt-u.html" );
my @links = $mech->links;
for my $link ( $mech->links ) {
   # do whatever
}

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I don't know what to do in the what ever part, script wise. I am a beginner, and yes i have picked a tough thing to start on but I need help. Now what I would like to get is the data if you input an $index like KMIA (the identifier); Sounding data (text); 2005 (year); Aug (mo); 24 (day); 0z (hr); parcel; 640x480 (size), that it would go to that link, and take the text of that link and save it into a file named $index_24_0z.dat. For those that are observant KMIA is miami, and 8/34/2005 is the day before Hurricane Katrina. I need help to do this scraper for my research on Hurricane katrina.

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