Ping-Weather

Ping the currrent weather conditions

Script

param([string]$Location = "", [int]$UpdateInterval = 600)

try {
	$Weather = (Invoke-WebRequest -URI http://wttr.in/${Location}?format=j1 -userAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content | ConvertFrom-Json
        $Area = $Weather.nearest_area.areaName.value
        $Region = $Weather.nearest_area.region.value
	"Current weather conditions at $Area ($Region), updating every $($UpdateInterval / 60) min..."
	do {
		
		$Description = $Weather.current_condition.WeatherDesc.value
		$TempC = $Weather.current_condition.temp_C
		$PrecipMM = $Weather.current_condition.precipMM
		$WindSpeed = $Weather.current_condition.windspeedKmph
		$WindDir = $Weather.current_condition.winddir16Point
		$Clouds = $Weather.current_condition.cloudcover
		$Humidity = $Weather.current_condition.humidity
		$UV = $Weather.current_condition.uvIndex
		$Visib = $Weather.current_condition.visibility 
		$Pressure = $Weather.current_condition.pressure
		$Time = $Weather.current_condition.observation_time

		"??$Time UTC  ??$($TempC)?C  ??$($PrecipMM)mm  ??$($WindSpeed)km/h from $WindDir  ??$($Clouds)%  ??$($Humidity)%  ??UV$UV  ??$($Visib)km  $($Pressure)hPa  $Description"
		Start-Sleep -s $UpdateInterval
		$Weather = (Invoke-WebRequest -URI http://wttr.in/${Location}?format=j1 -userAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content | ConvertFrom-Json
	} while ($true)
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"?? ERROR: $($Error[0]) (script line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
	exit 1
}

Customize

Location string

Specifies the location to use (determined automatically per default)

UpdateInterval int