MMM-forecast-io -- Localized up to the minute weather

lavolp3

@ChickenBeard How did you disable the forecast? Via CSS or by commenting it out in the code?

ChickenBeard

@lavolp3 in ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js:

module: 'MMM-forecast-io',
                       disabled:false,
                       position: 'bottom_center',  // This can be any of the regions.
                       config: {
                               // See 'Configuration options' for more information.
                               apiKey: 'xxxxx', // Dark Sky API key.
                               // Only required if geolocation doesn't work:
                               latitude:   xxxx,
                               longitude: xxxx,
                               ***enablePrecipitationGraph: true,***
                               ***showForecast:false,***
                               precipitationGraphWidth: 325,
                               showWind: false,
                               showSunriseSunset: false,
                               ***alwaysShowPrecipitationGraph:true,***
                               
                       }

lavolp3

@ChickenBeard I can’t see why it wouldn’t update. showForecast only determines if the forecast div is added to the DOM. I have currently no idea.
Any error messages in the console?
Maybe try

debug: true

in the config?

ChickenBeard

@lavolp3 Will do! Which log does it write to?

lavolp3

@ChickenBeard usually this gives extended output to the server-side console in case of node_helper.js or to the browser console in case of the MMM-forecast-io.js.

lavolp3

For anyone interested:
I have played around with this module quite intensively, implemented the chartjs library and did a few other tweaks and it looks like this now on my mirror.

https://imgur.com/ZqJBGLp

https://imgur.com/JmxnJ3p

Most important changes:

the graph now shows several things:
– cloud cover in the background
– day and night cycle through different colors
– rain amount in the foreground
temperature bars are colored according to temperature scale (currently only °C)
rain amount instead of rain percentage for daily forecast

Anyone interested can try out my fork
https://github.com/lavolp3/MMM-forecast-io

If you install it, don’t forget to do a npm install in the module folder after cloning the module. The Readme has not yet been brought up to date.