Any app that can alert me when there is zero wind and rain forecast in the days ahead?

scrotist

I want to set my parameters and the app alerts me to basically say "no wind or rain next Saturday."

Does that exist?

mcburns07

Wouldn't be very useful in Ireland 🤣

Seth Brundle

Woukd a google alert do this?

You'd probably need to be more realistic with your parameters. There's pretty much always wind so you'd probably have to say <=5km/h. You'd also have to provide a location and possibly a time window.

scrotist

Looks like windy.com can alert me about wind conditions.

It does rain, bit only an alert for "at least" x mm of rain

I want "at most" x mm.

Esel

Tumble dryer broken? 😀

According to ChatGPT, it should be possible to do this with a bit of programming and plugging into an existing API.

1. Choose a Weather API

OpenWeatherMap: Offers a free tier with hourly and daily forecasts, including precipitation probabilities.

WeatherAPI: Also has a free tier with a good amount of data.

Met Éireann API: Ireland's national meteorological service has some unofficial data available via APIs.

You’ll need to sign up for an API key with one of these services.

1. Get the Data

Use the API to fetch the daily weather forecast for a specific day (e.g., Saturday).

The data will include key details such as temperature, humidity, and most importantly, precipitation probability.

Example API call for OpenWeatherMap (using Python):

import requests

api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"
location = "Dublin,IE" # Use your city or coordinates
url = f"http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast?q={location}&appid={api_key}&units=metric"

response = requests.get(url)
weather_data = response.json()

1. Check for Rain

Parse the data and look for rain probabilities for the day of interest.

Example of checking for no rain on a Saturday:

for forecast in weather_data['list']:
if 'Saturday' in forecast['dt_txt']: # Find the day (e.g., Saturday)
rain_prob = forecast['rain'].get('3h', 0) # Rain in the next 3 hours
if rain_prob == 0:
print("No rain expected on Saturday!")
else:
print(f"Rain expected with a probability of {rain_prob}%")

1. Set Up Notifications

You can send notifications using email (via smtplib) or mobile notifications via a service like Pushover or IFTTT.

Example of sending an email:

import smtplib

def send_email(subject, body):
server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
server.starttls()
server.login('your_email@gmail.com', 'your_password')
message = f"Subject: {subject}\n\n{body}"
server.sendmail('your_email@gmail.com', 'recipient_email@gmail.com', message)
server.quit()

send_email("Weather Alert", "No rain is expected this Saturday!")

This approach gives you full control over how and when you receive alerts. Would you like more details on any specific part, like the API integration or notification setup?