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Show live local weather on your board: the current temperature, what it feels like, wind, humidity and a five-day forecast, each refreshing on its own.

Weather is a live variable you mix into your own text, so the board stays useful even when you have nothing new to say. Set a location once and the board pulls the current observation and a five-day forecast from the weather service, then keeps them current without anyone touching the screen.

Every value has its own two-letter code. The first letter picks the day (A is right now, B is today, C is tomorrow, through to G for today +5) and the second picks the value (AA is the current temperature, BH today's maximum, CF tomorrow's daytime temperature). Put as many as you like on one board, mixed with your own lines. Live data is available on the Cockpit plan.

Syntax & shortcodes

Type these into a board's text and they flip in the live value. The #...# markers tell Split-Flap TV what to fetch.

Weather, general form

#WEA#{Code}#{Location}#[Arguments]#

WEA is the weather instruction. {Code} is a 2-letter code (tables below). {Location} is a city, or city,country / city,state,country, or latitude,longitude. [Arguments] depend on the code (e.g. C or F for temperatures). All codes except the location must be UPPERCASE.

Current temperature in Brussels (Celsius)

#WEA#AA#Brussels,BE#C#

Shows Brussels' current temperature in Celsius. Use F for Fahrenheit.

Pad a temperature to a fixed width

#WEA#AA#Brussels,BE#C2#

Add a number to the argument (here 2) to render the value in that many characters, so temperatures for several cities line up. A value of 6 then shows as ' 6' with a leading blank.

Reference

Location parameter

Parameter	Meaning	Example
Location	Location of where you want to the weather. This can be: city name city name, country code city name, state code, country code geographical coordinates e.g. for New York this would be 40.7128,-74.0060 You can call by city name or city name, state code and country code. Please note that searching by states is available only for the USA locations. City name, state code and country codes are divided by comma, Please, refer to ISO 3166 for the state codes or country codes. When in doubt then check out the real name of the location directly at the weather service API that we are using. Next to the name of the location, you can also use geographical coordinates with latitude and longitude.	Brussels,BE Paris,FR New York,US

Instruction code groups (A to G)

The instruction code is the 2nd block. It is always 2 characters and starts with A to G, choosing which day the value refers to.

Starts with ...	Group
A	Current observation of this location
B	Forecast of today
C	Forecast of tomorrow (today +1)
D	Forecast of day after tomorrow (today +2)
E	Forecast of today +3
F	Forecast of today +4
G	Forecast of today +5

Current observation codes (A group)

Parameter	Meaning	Arguments
AA	Current temperature	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
AB	Current feels like
AC	Current weather text	* Language code, EN (default)
AD	Current pressure
AE	Current humidity
AF	Current visibility
AG	Current wind speed
AH	Current wind direction
AI	Current cloudiness
AJ	Last updated timestamp
AK	City
AL	Country

Forecast today (B group)23 rows, tap to open

Parameter	Meaning	Arguments
BA	Today's date
BB	Today's abbreviated day
BC	Today's full day
BD	Sunrise
BE	Sunset
BF	Temperature day	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
BG	Temperature minimum	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
BH	Temperature maximum	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
BI	Temperature night	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
BJ	Temperature evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
BK	Temperature morning	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
BL	Feels like day	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
BM	Feels like night	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
BN	Feels like evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
BO	Feels like evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
BP	Today's pressure
BQ	Today's humidity
BR	Today's weather text	* Language code, EN (default)
BS	Today's wind speed
BT	Today's wind direction
BU	Today's cloudiness
BV	Today's precipitation volume
BW	Today's probability of precipitation

Forecast tomorrow, today +1 (C group)23 rows, tap to open

Parameter	Meaning	Arguments
CA	D+1 date
CB	D+1 abbreviated day
CC	D+1 full day
CD	Sunrise
CE	Sunset
CF	Temperature day	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
CG	Temperature minimum	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
CH	Temperature maximum	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
CI	Temperature night	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
CJ	Temperature evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
CK	Temperature morning	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
CL	Feels like day	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
CM	Feels like night	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
CN	Feels like evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
CO	Feels like evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
CP	D+1 pressure
CQ	D+1 humidity
CR	D+1 weather text	* Language code, EN (default)
CS	D+1 wind speed
CT	D+1 wind direction
CU	D+1 cloudiness
CV	D+1 precipitation volume
CW	D+1 probability of precipitation

Forecast today +2 (D group)23 rows, tap to open

Parameter	Meaning	Arguments
DA	D+2 date
DB	D+2 abbreviated day
DC	D+2 full day
DD	Sunrise
DE	Sunset
DF	Temperature day	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
DG	Temperature minimum	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
DH	Temperature maximum	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
DI	Temperature night	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
DJ	Temperature evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
DK	Temperature morning	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
DL	Feels like day	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
DM	Feels like night	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
DN	Feels like evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
DO	Feels like evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
DP	D+2 pressure
DQ	D+2 humidity
DR	D+2 weather text	* Language code, EN (default)
DS	D+2 wind speed
DT	D+2 wind direction
DU	D+2 cloudiness
DV	D+2 precipitation volume
DW	D+2 probability of precipitation

Forecast today +3 (E group)23 rows, tap to open

Parameter	Meaning	Arguments
EA	D+3 date
EB	D+3 abbreviated day
EC	D+3 full day
ED	Sunrise
EE	Sunset
EF	Temperature day	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
EG	Temperature minimum	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
EH	Temperature maximum	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
EI	Temperature night	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
EJ	Temperature evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
EK	Temperature morning	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
EL	Feels like day	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
EM	Feels like night	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
EN	Feels like evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
EO	Feels like evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
EP	D+3 pressure
EQ	D+3 humidity
ER	D+3 weather text	* Language code, EN (default)
ES	D+3 wind speed
ET	D+3 wind direction
EU	D+3 cloudiness
EV	D+3 precipitation volume
EW	D+3 probability of precipitation

Forecast today +4 (F group)23 rows, tap to open

Parameter	Meaning	Arguments
FA	D+4 date
FB	D+4 abbreviated day
FC	D+4 full day
FD	Sunrise
FE	Sunset
FF	Temperature day	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
FG	Temperature minimum	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
FH	Temperature maximum	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
FI	Temperature night	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
FJ	Temperature evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
FK	Temperature morning	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
FL	Feels like day	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
FM	Feels like night	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
FN	Feels like evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
FO	Feels like evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
FP	D+4 pressure
FQ	D+4 humidity
FR	D+4 weather text	* Language code, EN (default)
FS	D+4 wind speed
FT	D+4 wind direction
FU	D+4 cloudiness
FV	D+4 precipitation volume
FW	D+4 probability of precipitation

Forecast today +5 (G group)23 rows, tap to open

Parameter	Meaning	Arguments
GA	D+5 date
GB	D+5 abbreviated day
GC	D+5 full day
GD	Sunrise
GE	Sunset
GF	Temperature day	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
GG	Temperature minimum	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
GH	Temperature maximum	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
GI	Temperature night	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
GJ	Temperature evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
GK	Temperature morning	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
GL	Feels like day	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
GM	Feels like night	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
GN	Feels like evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
GO	Feels like evening	C for Celsius or F for Fahrenheit, and optionally the number of characters to use
GP	D+5 pressure
GQ	D+5 humidity
GR	D+5 weather text	* Language code, EN (default)
GS	D+5 wind speed
GT	D+5 wind direction
GU	D+5 cloudiness
GV	D+5 precipitation volume
GW	D+5 probability of precipitation

Language codes (for the weather-text argument)46 rows, tap to open

Code	Language
AF	Afrikaans
AL	Albanian
AR	Arabic
AZ	Azerbaijani
BG	Bulgarian
CA	Catalan
CZ	Czech
DA	Danish
DE	German
EL	Greek
EN	English
EU	Basque
FA	Persian (Farsi)
FI	Finnish
FR	French
GL	Galician
HE	Hebrew
HI	Hindi
HR	Croatian
HU	Hungarian
ID	Indonesian
IT	Italian
JA	Japanese
KR	Korean
LA	Latvian
LT	Lithuanian
MK	Macedonian
NO	Norwegian
NL	Dutch
PL	Polish
PT	Portuguese
PT_BR	Português Brasil
RO	Romanian
RU	Russian
SV	Swedish
SK	Slovak
SL	Slovenian
SP	Spanish
SR	Serbian
TH	Thai
TR	Turkish
UA	Ukrainian
VI	Vietnamese
ZH_CN	Chinese Simplified
ZH_TW	Chinese Traditional
ZU	Zulu

Step by step

01

Open your board

In the control panel, open the board you want the weather on.
02

Add a weather shortcode

Type the #WEA# shortcode with a code, a location and any arguments, for example #WEA#AA#Brussels,BE#C#.
03

Set your location

Use a city, city,country, city,state,country (US only) or latitude,longitude.
04

Mix it with your own lines

Combine weather with your own messages, and schedule them if you like.
05

Save

Save the board. The values refresh on their own from then on.

§ Good to know

·Weather is a great filler for reception areas and cafés, guests glance at it and stay a little longer.
·Everything except the location must be UPPERCASE, so #WEA#AA#Brussels,BE#C# works and #wea#aa#...# does not.
·Showing several cities? Pad the temperature to a fixed width (C2) so the numbers line up down the board.
·Not sure a place resolves? Use latitude,longitude instead of the name, e.g. 40.7128,-74.0060 for New York.

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