Rainmeter help
Sunday, August 3, 2008 by meximidget | Discussion: Beginners
Is it possible to configure Rainmeter to show weather alerts (i.e. when there is an alert, an icon will be displayed) and display radar from weather.com?
meximidget
Reply #2 Sunday, August 3, 2008 10:46 PM
Reply #2 Sunday, August 3, 2008 10:46 PM
"In your case a custom skin have to be made, because you have to parse the data (if it available of course) from different webpages."
Yeah that's where I get confused. Are you familiar with webparsing? I'm pretty familiar with everything else with Rainmeter, but the whole webparsing deal with the regexp and all that is mumble jumble to me. Where can I get the Azenis 2 theme from? I figure maybe I can look at the config files and get an idea of what to do.
Yeah that's where I get confused. Are you familiar with webparsing? I'm pretty familiar with everything else with Rainmeter, but the whole webparsing deal with the regexp and all that is mumble jumble to me. Where can I get the Azenis 2 theme from? I figure maybe I can look at the config files and get an idea of what to do.
VeuveNoire
Reply #3 Sunday, August 3, 2008 11:47 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, August 3, 2008 11:47 PM
I always make my Rainmeter skins, unfortunately I never upload them for public download.
And yes, the regexp is a little bit tricky !
If you give me the link of your location weather page, and for the radar image that you want, I can try to parse it, make and send you one default skin, so you will be able to do something with it after...
But for the weather alert, this is possible take of time, because I will have to wait for a weather alert to be able to parse it and test it.
And yes, the regexp is a little bit tricky !
If you give me the link of your location weather page, and for the radar image that you want, I can try to parse it, make and send you one default skin, so you will be able to do something with it after...
But for the weather alert, this is possible take of time, because I will have to wait for a weather alert to be able to parse it and test it.
meximidget
Reply #4 Monday, August 4, 2008 2:54 AM
Reply #4 Monday, August 4, 2008 2:54 AM
This is the link for the main page. There is a radar on the bottom of the page. If it's not possible to get that one, here's another radar. As for a weather alert, we've been getting some sporatic severe t-storms lately, so an alert may come sooner than we think lol. Just last weekend one popped up outta nowhere at around midnight and knocked a tree down on top of a townhome in our neighborhood! Thank you for your time and effort!
VeuveNoire
Reply #5 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 12:19 PM
Reply #5 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 12:19 PM
Bad & Good news
Bad news
I can't get the radar image from weather.com, because it embed in a Java feature !
Good news
Well I find that you have a private weather website dedicate for Lawrenceville GA
WWW Link
1- he have a radar map (third-party provider), update rate 20 minutes, and I can download it !
2- he have weather alerts (third-party provider), and I can parse it, after a couple cups of coffee, and a pack of cigarettes lol
3- he have his own private weather station, so update rate for the temperature, humidity, pressure... around 15 minutes !
I did find one website for my city (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) who use the same private weather station, it was a school near my house, but unfortunately they only generate images, no weather data texts.
WWW Link
(I,m beginning to be jealous of your luck !...)
I make a default skin, the parsing code include other weather datas, in case that you want to use them.
Testing it right now, I'm waiting to go back with no alert, just to be sure if my parsing is o.k (dynamics webpage, parameters of the page are changing)
In a short time I will send you a PM with my e-mail address, so you can tell me where to send the skin, and to be able to communicate with me... the skin will work until he decide to change his webpage !
Here a teaser screenshot !
Bad news
I can't get the radar image from weather.com, because it embed in a Java feature !
Good news
Well I find that you have a private weather website dedicate for Lawrenceville GA
WWW Link
1- he have a radar map (third-party provider), update rate 20 minutes, and I can download it !
2- he have weather alerts (third-party provider), and I can parse it, after a couple cups of coffee, and a pack of cigarettes lol
3- he have his own private weather station, so update rate for the temperature, humidity, pressure... around 15 minutes !
I did find one website for my city (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) who use the same private weather station, it was a school near my house, but unfortunately they only generate images, no weather data texts.
WWW Link
(I,m beginning to be jealous of your luck !...)
I make a default skin, the parsing code include other weather datas, in case that you want to use them.
Testing it right now, I'm waiting to go back with no alert, just to be sure if my parsing is o.k (dynamics webpage, parameters of the page are changing)
In a short time I will send you a PM with my e-mail address, so you can tell me where to send the skin, and to be able to communicate with me... the skin will work until he decide to change his webpage !
Here a teaser screenshot !
meximidget
Reply #6 Thursday, August 7, 2008 10:39 AM
Reply #6 Thursday, August 7, 2008 10:39 AM
Nice find! Figures, java always has a nack for ruining things. They prob use it to run all those stupid ads strewn all over the place. We're expecting storms today, some might be severe. Usually things start gettin crazy around 6-7PM eastern U.S. Hopefully an alert will pop up eh?!
Kebas53
Reply #7 Monday, January 19, 2009 9:33 AM
Reply #7 Monday, January 19, 2009 9:33 AM
VeuveNoire,
I like your rainmeter Weatherstation very much!!!
I've tried different weather configs, but not one so nice as yours.
Would you please help me to config such a meter?
Thanks in advance!
Greetings,
Kebas.
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Reply #1 Sunday, August 3, 2008 10:14 PM
I already made one skin for me to have weather alert warning from the Météo Média site, the french version of The Weather Network, (icon and even a sound alert !).
And Rainmeter can also download updated weather images, and show or show it on demand in the skin.
In your case a custom skin have to be made, because you have to parse the data (if it available of course) from different webpages.
Right now I'm using the Azenis 2 theme, in the screenshot I start the simple skin and manually add the weather warning sign (right now I don't have any weather alert !) I also add an image of a prototype weather station skin made in 2006, who got updated images from the internet (moonphase and the cloudcover map) in it.