weather(1)
NAME
weather - command-line tool to obtain weather conditions and forecasts
SYNOPSIS
weather [ options ] [ alias [ alias [...] ] ]
DESCRIPTION
This utility is intended to provide quick access to current weather
conditions and forecasts. Presently, it is capable of providing data
for localities throughout the United States of America by retrieving
and processing METAR data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and forecasts from the National Weather Service. Behavior can be determined by command-line options and specification of zero
or more aliases. Aliases are defined in weatherrc files, as a convenient means of grouping option combinations together using a short
name. Specifying multiple aliases on the command line causes the utility to output data for each, as if it had been invoked multiple times.
If no alias is specified, then an alias of "default" is used (assuming
it has been defined) or the built-in default values are chosen (if it
has not).
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
- --version
- show program's version number and exit
- -h, --help
- show a help message and exit
- -cCITY, --city=CITY
- the city name (ex: "Raleigh Durham")
- --flines=FLINES
- maximum number of forecast lines to show
- -f, --forecast
- include a local forecast
- --furl=FURL
- forecast URL (including %city% and %st%)
- --headers=HEADERS
- the conditions headers to display
- -iID, --id=ID
- the METAR station ID (ex: KRDU)
- -l, --list
- print a list of configured aliases
- --murl=MURL
- METAR URL (including %id%)
- -n, --no-conditions
- disable output of current conditions (forces -f)
- -o, --omit-forecast
- omit the local forecast (cancels -f)
- --quiet
- skip preambles and don't indent
- -sST, --st=ST
- the state abbreviation (ex: NC)
- -v, --verbose
- show full decoded feeds (cancels -q)
FILES
weather may additionally obtain configuration data from a system-wide configuration file, a per-user configuration file, and a local directory configuration file. The file format and configuration options are described in weatherrc(5). They are aggregated in the following order:
- /etc/weatherrc
- the system-wide configuration
- ~/.weatherrc
- the per-user configuration (can be used to override the above)
- ./weatherrc
- the local directory configuration (can be used to override the above)
EXAMPLES
- weather
- View output for the defined default alias, or the built-in default values if there is no default alias defined in the configuration files.
- weather -i kavl
- Display current conditions at the KAVL METAR station.
- weather -n -c asheville -s nc
- See a forecast for the Asheville, NC area.
- weather -fv gso
- Get the full decoded METAR for the station associated with the gso alias, and the forecast data for the city/state associated with the gso alias, without filtering or fancy formatting.
- weather home work
- Show current conditions for both the home and work aliases in that order.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
- Utility and manual written by Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>.