This is the page that I use for forecasts http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.1501&lon=-71.7628&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=text&TextType=2
I thought it was Weather Underground but now see it's not. Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Galaxy S7 On Dec 24, 2016 11:57 AM, "mwall" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Saturday, December 24, 2016 at 11:42:55 AM UTC-5, Dave Webb wrote: >> >> Now that I think about it, I remember my Steel Series Gauges scrolls it >> across the top. >> >> I removed it because I wasn't using it other than to scroll across the >> top of the S.S. Gauges. I have a forecast link that goes to the Weather >> Underground forecast page. For me it was easier to have actual text to read >> with the forecast instead of weewx with icons. >> >>> >>> > thank you dave. that is quite helpful. > > there is a 'description' field in the forecast database that contains > exactly this kind of information (at least, it is supposed to :) > > i supposed that would be the absolute baseline case of using the forecast > extension. the forecast service would download the forecast data once > every 4 hours (that is how often the forecasts actually change). then you > could simply do $forecast.description to get the text for the next forecast > period. > > one of my intents with the forecast extension is that a weewx-generated > web site should not *have* to have embedded iframes or other links to web > services; it should be possible to make the weewx-generated pages > completely self-sufficient. (part of this rationale comes from many of my > use cases, where network accessibility and reliability are poor) > > m > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
