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.SYNOPSIS

Lists the hourly weather report

.DESCRIPTION

This PowerShell script lists the hourly weather report.

.PARAMETER Location

Specifies the location to use (determined automatically per default)

.EXAMPLE

PS> ./list-weather

.LINK

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

.NOTES

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

#>

param([string]$Location = "") # empty means determine automatically

function Describe { param([string]$Desc)

switch($Desc) {

"Clear" { return "☀️clear " }

"Cloudy" { return "☁️cloudy " }

"Light drizzle" { return "💧light drizzle" }

"Light rain shower" { return "💧light rain " }

"Mist" { return "🌫 misty " }

"Partly cloudy" { return "☁️bit cloudy " }

"Sunny" { return "☀️sunny " }

default { return "$Desc" }

}

}

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

$Country = $Weather.nearest_area.country.value

[int]$Day = 0

foreach($Hourly in $Weather.weather.hourly) {

$Hour = $Hourly.time / 100

$Temp = $Hourly.tempC

$Precip = $Hourly.precipMM

$Humidity = $Hourly.humidity

$Pressure = $Hourly.pressure

$WindSpeed = $Hourly.windspeedKmph

$WindDir = $Hourly.winddir16Point

$UV = $Hourly.uvIndex

$Clouds = $Hourly.cloudcover

$Desc = $Hourly.weatherDesc.value

if ($Hour -eq 0) {

if ($Day -eq 0) {

Write-Host -foregroundColor green "Today 🌡°C ☂️mm 💧 💨km/h from ☀️UV ☁️ at $Area ($Region, $Country)"

} elseif ($Day -eq 1) {

Write-Host -foregroundColor green "Tomorrow"

} else {

Write-Host -foregroundColor green "Day after tomorrow"

}

$Day++

}

"$(($Hour.toString()).PadLeft(2))°° $(($Temp.toString()).PadLeft(2))° $($Precip) $(($Humidity.toString()).PadLeft(3))% $(($WindSpeed.toString()).PadLeft(2)) $WindDir`t$($UV) $(($Clouds.toString()).PadLeft(3))% $(Describe $Desc)"

$Hour++

}

exit 0 # success

} catch {

"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

exit 1

}