<# .SYNOPSIS Lists the weather report .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script lists the hourly weather report in a nice table. .PARAMETER Location Specifies the location to use (determined automatically per default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./list-weather TODAY 🌡°C ☂️mm 💧 💨km/h ☀️UV ☁️ 👁km at Munich (Bayern, Germany) 0°° -2° 0.0 93% ↗ 6 1 21% 10 🌙 clear ... .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$Location = "") # empty means determine automatically function GetDescription { param([string]$Text) switch($Text) { "Blizzard" { return "❄️ blizzard ⚠️" } "Blowing snow" { return "❄️ blowing snow ⚠️" } "Clear" { return "🌙 clear" } "Cloudy" { return "☁️ cloudy" } "Fog" { return "🌫 fog" } "Freezing fog" { return "🌫 freezing fog" } "Heavy snow" { return "❄️ heavy snow ⚠️" } "Light drizzle" { return "💧 light drizzle" } "Light freezing rain" { return "💧 light freezing rain ⚠️" } "Light rain" { return "💧 light rain" } "Light rain shower" { return "💧 light rain shower" } "Light sleet" { return "❄️ light sleet" } "Light sleet showers" { return "❄️ light sleet showers" } "Light snow" { return "❄️ light snow" } "Light snow showers" { return "❄️ light snow showers" } "Moderate or heavy snow showers"{ return "❄️ moderate or heavy snow showers ⚠️" } "Moderate or heavy freezing rain"{ return "💧 moderate or heavy freezing rain ⚠️" } "Moderate rain" { return "💧 moderate rain" } "Moderate rain at times" { return "💧 moderate rain at times" } "Moderate snow" { return "❄️ moderate snow" } "Mist" { return "🌫 misty" } "Overcast" { return "☁️ overcast" } "Partly cloudy" { return "⛅️partly cloudy" } "Patchy heavy snow" { return "❄️ patchy heavy snow ⚠️" } "Patchy light drizzle" { return "💧 patchy light drizzle" } "Patchy light rain" { return "💧 patchy light rain" } "Patchy light rain with thunder" { return "💧 patchy light rain with thunder" } "Patchy light snow" { return "❄️ patchy light snow" } "Patchy moderate snow" { return "❄️ patchy moderate snow" } "Patchy rain possible" { return "💧 patchy rain possible" } "Patchy snow possible" { return "❄️ patchy snow possible" } "Sunny" { return "☀️ sunny" } "Thundery outbreaks possible" { return "⚡️thundery outbreaks possible" } default { return "$Text" } } } function GetWindDir { param([string]$Text) switch($Text) { "NW" { return "↘" } "NNW" { return "↓" } "N" { return "↓" } "NNE" { return "↓" } "NE" { return "↙" } "ENE" { return "←" } "E" { return "←" } "ESE" { return "←" } "SE" { return "↖" } "SSE" { return "↑" } "S" { return "↑" } "SSW" { return "↑" } "SW" { return "↗" } "WSW" { return "→" } "W" { return "→" } "WNW" { return "→" } default { return "$Text" } } } try { Write-Progress "⏳ Loading weather data from http://wttr.in ..." $Weather = (Invoke-WebRequest -URI http://wttr.in/${Location}?format=j1 -userAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content | ConvertFrom-Json Write-Progress -completed "." $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.toString()).PadLeft(3)) $Precip = $Hourly.precipMM $Humidity = $(($Hourly.humidity.toString()).PadLeft(3)) $Pressure = $Hourly.pressure $WindSpeed = $(($Hourly.windspeedKmph.toString()).PadLeft(2)) $WindDir = GetWindDir $Hourly.winddir16Point $UV = $Hourly.uvIndex $Clouds = $(($Hourly.cloudcover.toString()).PadLeft(3)) $Visib = $(($Hourly.visibility.toString()).PadLeft(2)) $Desc = GetDescription $Hourly.weatherDesc.value if ($Hour -eq 0) { if ($Day -eq 0) { Write-Host -foregroundColor green "TODAY 🌡°C ☂️mm 💧 💨km/h ☀️UV ☁️ 👁km at $Area ($Region, $Country)" } elseif ($Day -eq 1) { $Date = (Get-Date).AddDays(1) [string]$Weekday = $Date.DayOfWeek Write-Host -foregroundColor green "$($Weekday.toUpper())" } else { $Date = (Get-Date).AddDays(2) [string]$Weekday = $Date.DayOfWeek Write-Host -foregroundColor green "$($Weekday.toUpper())" } $Day++ } "$(($Hour.toString()).PadLeft(2))°° $Temp° $Precip $Humidity% $($WindDir)$WindSpeed $UV $Clouds% $Visib $Desc" } exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }