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3. Usage

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:
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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