Get your weather with PowerShell

I run this function inside my PowerShell startup profile. It's quite helpful and accurate. Check it out!

Write-Host "Today's weather"  -ForegroundColor Green
# Weather Function to get today's weather and next week

# **** Param([string]$Location = "") # empty means determine automatically

function GetDescription { param([string]$text)
	switch ($text.trim()) {
	"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 freezing rain"{return "?? moderate or heavy freezing rain ??" }
	"Moderate or heavy sleet"	{ return "?? moderate or heavy sleet ??" }
	"Moderate or heavy rain shower" { return "?? moderate or heavy rain shower ??" }
	"Moderate or heavy snow showers"{ return "?? moderate or heavy snow showers ??" }
	"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 rain nearby"		{ return "?? patchy rain nearby" }
	"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 https://wttr.in ..."
	$Weather = (Invoke-WebRequest -URI https://wttr.in/${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
}

 

Import-Module Az.Tools.Predictor
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource HistoryAndPlugin