Weatherunderground - currently - hourly - daily - configurable

Shockwave · Jul 19, 2016, 1:51 AM

@RedNax , sorry for the delay, I’ve had company and then had to wait for an alert message. My config doesn’t have the alerttruncatestring even in it. I’ve copied both the results of the Wunderground alert and the text from the NWS. I wonder if it’s dying at the /u00A , which appears to line up perfectly with a CR/LF from the NWS text. It’s also the first item in the message, which could explain why I don’t see any text other than the description.

"alerts": [
	{
	"type": "HEA",
	"description": "Excessive Heat Watch",
	"date": "3:43 PM CDT on July 18, 2016",
	"date_epoch": "1468874580",
	"expires": "7:00 PM CDT on July 22, 2016",
	"expires_epoch": "1469232000",
	"tz_short":"CDT",
	"tz_long":"America/Chicago",
	"message": "\u000A...Excessive heat watch in effect from Wednesday morning through\u000AFriday evening...\u000A\u000AThe National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued an\u000Aexcessive heat watch...which is in effect from Wednesday morning\u000Athrough Friday evening. \u000A\u000A* Temperature...air temperatures in the mid to upper 90s, dewpoint\u000A temperatures in the mid to upper 70s, heat index values 105 to\u000A 115.\u000A\u000A* Impacts...excessive heat could lead to severe heat related\u000A illnesses and possibly death if proper action is not taken.\u000A\u000APrecautionary/preparedness actions...\u000A\u000AAn excessive heat watch means that a prolonged period of hot\u000Atemperatures is expected. The combination of hot temperatures and\u000Ahigh humidity will combine to create a dangerous situation in\u000Awhich heat illnesses are possible. Drink plenty of fluids...stay\u000Ain an air-conditioned room...stay out of the sun...and check up\u000Aon relatives and neighbors. Do not leave pets and/or children in \u000Aunattended vehicles.\u000A\u000A\u000AKotenberg\u000A\u000A\u000A\u000A",
	"phenomena": "EH",
	"significance": "A",
	"ZONES": [
	{
	"state":"IA",
	"ZONE":"004"
	}

!!! NWS Text begins here !!!

Event: Excessive Heat Watch
Alert:

…EXCESSIVE HEAT LIKELY COMING TO IOWA WEDNESDAY INTO THIS
WEEKEND…

.CONFIDENCE FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IS HIGH TO VERY HIGH FOR
HEAT INDEX VALUES ACROSS IOWA TO REACH THE 105 TO 115. HEAT INDEX
VALUES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES MAY LAST INTO AND THROUGHOUT THE
WEEKEND.

…EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

TEMPERATURE…AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S, DEWPOINT
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S, HEAT INDEX VALUES 105 TO

IMPACTS…EXCESSIVE HEAT COULD LEAD TO SEVERE HEAT RELATED
ILLNESSES AND POSSIBLY DEATH IF PROPER ACTION IS NOT TAKEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS…STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM…STAY OUT OF THE SUN…AND CHECK UP
ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. DO NOT LEAVE PETS AND/OR CHILDREN IN
UNATTENDED VEHICLES.

RedNax · Jul 19, 2016, 9:47 AM

@Shockwave Well, it would seem WU is rather ‘loose’ with it’s API implementation…

In your payload the full warning is in the message property. The Wunderground module expects is in the description property (only based on my observation of a single payload by my local station :S ). Ties in with your observation, which is always nice :)

Watch this space for a fix…

UPDATE: fix implemented… The module examines description and message lengths and uses the longest one… Have a go! :)

Shockwave · Jul 19, 2016, 1:32 PM

@RedNax It works! Thanks for fixing that so fast. Now I need to politely bug MichMich about the size of the alert box since our weather service is so verbose. :)

Pauliolio · Sep 27, 2016, 8:49 PM

@RedNax

That’s a handy test - Many thanks.
When I request:
http://api.wunderground.com/api/[my key]/conditions/forecast10day/astronomy/alerts/lang:EN/q/pws:IBATTLE3.json

I get a full set of data back.
The module is still getting stuck on ‘Loading’ on the mirror though.
My config is:

{
    module: 'MMM-WunderGround',
    position: 'top_right',
    config:  {
            apikey: '[my key]',
            pws: 'IBATTLE3;loctype:1',
            lang: 'EN',
            fctext: '1',
            fcdaycount: "5",
            fcdaystart: "0",
            hourly: '1',
            hourlyinterval: "3",
            hourlycount: "2",
            alerttime: 10000,
            alerttruncatestring: "english:"
    }
},

Can you see anything wrong there please?

Thank you.

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Pauliolio · Sep 27, 2016, 8:49 PM

@RedNax

This may explain the issue to you hopefully. I thought I’d given you this info before, but it seems not.

In the console I get an error:
MMM-WunderGround.js:407 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined

The relevant code is:

	processWeather: function(data) {
		this.alerttext = "";
		this.alertmsg = "";
		for (var i = 0, count = data.alerts.length; i < count; i++) {

Any idea why the array would be undefined?

Many thanks.

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RedNax · Jul 20, 2016, 1:06 PM

@Pauliolio The issue is with the config. try the following change:

pws: 'pws:IBATTLE3',

yo-less · Jul 20, 2016, 11:03 PM

Hi @RedNax,
thanks for the excellent module! I seem to have some difficulty having night time icons displayed. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong as this is what my module looks like at 1 am in the morning:

Using the API in my browser window I get the following two lines:

“icon”:“clear”,
“icon_url”:“http://icons.wxug.com/i/c/k/nt_clear.gif”

It seems to me that I’m getting the daytime “clear” condition icon, maybe due to the ambiguous icon declaration, anything I can do to change icons like this one to nighttime icons?

RedNax · Jul 21, 2016, 6:15 AM

Easiest way to do this is to define another icontable for nighttime use and switching to it after sunset…

When i have some time, i’ll look into it…

UPDATE: Who am i kidding ;) Nighttime icons now included…

murattyilmaz · Jul 21, 2016, 7:53 PM

Where is the github url or download url of these module? Can’t find it.

KirAsh4 · Jul 21, 2016, 8:04 PM

@murattyilmaz,

You need to look under the Showcase category to find the actual link. This category here is the Troubleshooting side of those modules.

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/128/weatherunderground-currently-hourly-daily-configurable