New weather app?

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Genius
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New weather app?

Post by Genius »

Hi there,

it looks like forecast.io was bought by apple, which means I won't get any weather information anymore from the app.
Is there another working (free) app or any other alternatives? Wunderground won't work either, as far as I know.

Thank you!

Best regards,
Patrick
taiebma
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Re: New weather app?

Post by taiebma »

Hi,
I'm using Local Weather addon. It based on openweathermap. It's free and it work perfectly.
Best regards
Marc
Akkio
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Re: New weather app?

Post by Akkio »

Thanks for the suggestion @taiebmagb whatsapp download. It worked great.
Marki
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Re: New weather app?

Post by Marki »

Hello, guys. I recently tried the Local Weather Addon.nulls brawl But it's showing me wrong data. I checked the location and it's the same as mine, but still, the weather data is not correct.
Are you getting correct weather readings?
Genius
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Re: New weather app?

Post by Genius »

I've installed local weather app. But there is no device I can work with.

I'd like to make a scene where the blinds do not go up when it is freezing < 2°C outside.
Any ideas?
michap
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Re: New weather app?

Post by michap »

Genius wrote:
02 Dec 2023 16:09
I've installed local weather app. But there is no device I can work with.
There will be created a device with name of your location (if API key is not wrong) - check again ;)
You can check it in event log too...

Michael
Genius
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Re: New weather app?

Post by Genius »

michap wrote:
08 Dec 2023 19:02
Genius wrote:
02 Dec 2023 16:09
I've installed local weather app. But there is no device I can work with.
There will be created a device with name of your location (if API key is not wrong) - check again ;)
You can check it in event log too...

Michael
But I am unable to do a logical rule (if - then - else) out of it. I can't select the weather app. On my dashboard it's there and it also shows me the correct temperature.
markchang
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Re: New weather app?

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Marki wrote:
28 Jun 2023 09:03
Hello, guys. I recently tried the Local Weather Addon.nulls brawl But it's showing me wrong data. I checked the location and it's the same as mine, but still, the weather data is not correct.
Are you getting correct weather readings?
Same thing here in Spain. I live in a small village and temperature is frequently 1-4 degrees more than other forecast providers, and more important, higher than reality
michap
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Re: New weather app?

Post by michap »

Yes, you are right of course - I haven't seen that this element is a widget with multiple device values...

One simple way could be to create a new HTTP-device and configure it like this:
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Use here the device name of your weather device and your z-way-IP - and insert the Javascript line.
Define the refresh interval (here 240 seconds).

But note, that the OpenWeather information will be updated by the App only every hour by design...

You can now use the new created http-device in you rules (I have tested, it is working ;) ...)

There are other ways using JavaScript - so this is ons one sample.

Best regards
Michael
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Re: New weather app?

Post by michap »

I made a pull request today for LocalWeather app with added temperature, humidity and wind speed/direction sensors (can be selected).
This can be used in future in automation.
Additional you can select the refresh interval then.

If you have some time you can wait while update is available.

Michael
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