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To use bbweather, you will need to know the station-ID of a weather-station to
grab the information from. You can find out which stations are near you at
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/siteloc.shtml.
Once you determined the proper station, you need to run the perl-script
"GrabWeather" with that ID as the first command-line parameter. Since you
probably want to stay updated on the weather conditions, you might consider
adding an entry to your crontab:
0 * * * * /path/to/GrabWeather StationID
This will create a directory called ".wmWeatherReports" in your $HOME in which
it will place the data-files. You can then run bbweather:
bbweather StationID
If you prefer celsius over fahrenheit, pass the "-m" or the "--metric" option:
bbweather -m StationID
If you left-click on bbweather, it will display detailed weather information
in an xmessage much like wmWeather.
If you specify the -c
or the --cycle
option,
bbweather will cycle through the weather information - per default, it only
shows Temperature and Humidity. When in cycle-mode, the following information
is displayed in a one-minute interval:
- T: Temperature H: Humidity
- W: Wind speed and direction
- V: Visibility
- General Conditions
- P: Pressure
- DP: Dew Point
Additionally, cycling can be toggled at any time by middle-clicking on
bbweather. Alternatively, you can cycle through the information by hand by
right-clicking on bbweather.
If you run into any problems, if you encounter bugs, or if you have any
other comments on this program,please don't hesitate to email me.
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