Get the weather forecast for the next 24 to 48 for your location.

weather(){ curl -s "http://api.wunderground.com/auto/wui/geo/ForecastXML/index.xml?query=${@:-<YOURZIPORLOCATION>}"|perl -ne '/<title>([^<]+)/&&printf "%s: ",$1;/<fcttext>([^<]+)/&&print $1,"\n"';}

This shell function grabs the weather forecast for the next 24 to 48 hours from weatherunderground.com. Replace <YOURZIPORLOCATION> with your zip code or your "city, state" or "city, country", then calling the function without any arguments returns the weather for that location. Calling the function with a zip code or place name as an argument returns the weather for that location instead of your default. To add a bit of color formatting to the output, use the following instead:

weather(){ curl -s "http://api.wunderground.com/auto/wui/geo/ForecastXML/index.xml?query=${@:-<YOURZIPORLOCATION>}"|perl -ne '/<title>([^<]+)/&&printf "\x1B[0;34m%s\x1B[0m: ",$1;/<fcttext>([^<]+)/&&print $1,"\n"';}

Requires: perl, curl

Sample Output

$ weather london, uk
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows around 14. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening...decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph in the morning...decreasing to 5 mph in the afternoon.

$ weather 48104
Tonight: Cloudy. Snow through 7 PM...then snow heavy at times. Accumulations 5 to 7 inches. Lows 19 to 23. East winds 10 to 20 mph...turning to northeast. Chance of snow 100 percent.
Wednesday: Cloudy and windy. Light snow with areas of blowing and drifting snow through 10 am...then scattered light snow showers along with areas of blowing and drifting snow. Additional accumulations around an inch. Highs 24 to 28. North winds 20 to 30 mph...diminishing to 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 100 percent.

$ weather
Tonight: Blustery. Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers in the evening...then chance of flurries after midnight. Blowing and drifting snow through the night. Low around 14. Northwest wind 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
Wednesday: Blustery. Mostly cloudy early in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. High in the upper 20s. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.

By: eightmillion

2010-02-10 01:23:39

perl perl curl function weather

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Get simple weather info from a zip code

weather 97405 Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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Eugene, OR | 55.1 degrees F | Clear
```
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weather() { curl -s "http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:$1.1.99999" | grep "og:title" | cut -d\" -f4 | sed 's/°/ degrees F/'; }

cadejscroggins · 2015-09-19 07:57:47 12
Get the weather forecast for the next 24 to 48 for your location.

you can use xmlstarlet to parse output instead of perl
This is sample output - yours may be different.
-2

curl -s http://api.wunderground.com/auto/wui/geo/ForecastXML/index.xml?query=${@:-<YOURZIPORLOCATION>}|xmlstarlet sel -E utf-8 -t -m //forecast/txt_forecast/forecastday -v fcttext -n

fanfani · 2010-04-13 22:14:48 4

What Others Think

doesn't work: leftyfb@niagara:~$ cat weather weather(){ curl -s " leftyfb@niagara:~$ perl weather syntax error at weather line 1, near "){" Execution of weather aborted due to compilation errors. leftyfb@niagara:~$ ./weather leftyfb@niagara:~$ weather(){ curl -s " bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

leftyfb · 764 weeks and 1 day ago

leftyfb, it's not a script. You need to enter it at as a function at your shell, or add it to a file that gets sourced by your shell such as ~/.bashrc. Try pasting it at the bottom of your ~/.bashrc file and then source your bashrc with the command "source ~/.bashrc". After that you should be able to just type weather at your prompt to call it. Just make sure that you change <YOURZIPORLOCATION> to your location, like "89110" or "eugene, or".

eightmillion · 764 weeks and 1 day ago

A decent one line weather app after a long time. Thanks.

billbose · 764 weeks and 1 day ago

still not working: http://pastebin.ca/raw/1792891

leftyfb · 764 weeks and 1 day ago

leftyfb, what version of bash are you using? I've tested this on recent versions of ash, bash, dash, ksh, and zsh and didn't have any problems on any of them.

eightmillion · 764 weeks and 1 day ago

Doe not work.

chinmaya · 763 weeks and 3 days ago

works on snow leopard on mac: bradleym-contegix:~ bradleymccrorey$ weather(){ curl -s " Tonight: Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain and snow. Low in the lower 30s. Southeast wind around 10 mph. Saturday: Cloudy. High in the mid 40s. South wind around 10 mph in the morning becoming light in the afternoon. TOTALLY pimp. That's going in my .bash_profile

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