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Forecast.io weather API

https://developer.forecast.io/docs/v2

  • minutely - next 60 minutes
  • hourly - next 48 hours
  • daily - next 7 days

- for some reason, this produces info for wood count
https://api.forecast.io/forecast/cd50a948f24600c7cc2986548ee741f1/41.5924053,-83.808379

- let's try this
https://api.forecast.io/forecast/cd50a948f24600c7cc2986548ee741f1/41.665556,-83.575278

Toledo lat 41.5924053
Toledo long 83.808379

http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html

Get lat and long from Wikipedia:

  • central toledo: 41.665556 and -83.575278
  • sylvania: 41.711389 and -83.703333
  • maumee: 41.570556 and -83.6525
  • oregon: 41.649167 and 83.461389

http://www.windfinder.com/wind/windspeed.htm

wind speed meters per second converted to miles per hour
Multiply the rate of meters per second by 2.2369.

Example: 30 meters per second times 2.2369 equals 67.107, so 30 meters per second equals 67.107 miles per hour.

Check your work by dividing your result by 2.2369. If you arrive at your original rate of meters per second then you have properly done your work.

http://calculator-converter.com/converter_ms_to_mph_calculator.php

convert pressure millibars to inches
To convert inches of mercury to millibars, multiply the inches value by 33.8637526
To convert millibars to inches of mercury, multiply the millibar value by 0.0295301.

Methods

  • get_currently
  • get_minutely
  • get_hourly
  • get_daily

Dark Sky/Forecast.io links

http://forecast.io

http://forecast.io/lines/

https://twitter.com/DarkSkyApp

https://developer.forecast.io/

http://blog.forecast.io/

http://journal.darkskyapp.com/2011/how-dark-sky-works/

http://blog.forecast.io/its-not-a-web-app-its-an-app-you-install-from-the-web/

http://blog.forecast.io/announcing-forecast/

http://blog.forecast.io/skycons-unobtrustive-animated-weather-icons/

http://journal.darkskyapp.com/2012/open-source/

http://forecast.io/powered-by.html

http://blog.forecast.io/forecast-embeds/

http://blog.forecast.io/the-forecast-data-api/

Icons

http://adamwhitcroft.com/climacons/

http://darkskyapp.github.io/skycons/

https://github.com/darkskyapp/skycons/

etc.

http://poncho.is/register/

http://savvyapps.com/today-weather/

http://www.weathercasterapp.com/

#weather
#api

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