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Directions

  1. Copy the following text into Notepad

    fname=Weather conditions
    about=Weather conditions for multiple cities (www.bardill.net/tools/winbar/ for help)
    site=www.bardill.net
    url=http://www.bardill.net/tools/winbar/weather/?zip=xxxxx&station=aaaaa
    item=weather
    itemid=id
    display=$city$: $temperature$ $humidity$, $wind_speed$ $wind_direction$
    link=http://www.bardill.net/tools/winbar/weather/redir.php?type=$regiontype$&value=$regionvalue$
    http=1.1

    Available weather condition parameters (for "display=" line above):

    • $city$ : The city or county WeatherUnderground associates with the Zipcode or Station#. Displayed as "[city], [state]".
    • $conditions$: The sky conditions. Displayed as Overcast, Clear, Rainy, etc.
    • $humidity$ : Percent humidity. Displayed as "[humidity]%".
    • $dew_point$ : Dew Point temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. Displayed as "[temp] °F".
    • $dew_point_metric$ : Dew Point temperature in degreesCentigrade. Displayed as "[temp] °C".
    • $pressure$ : Atmospheric pressure in Inches Mercury. Displayed as "[pressure] in".
    • $temperature$ : Degrees Fahrenheit. Displayed as "[temp] °F".
    • $temperature_metric$ : Degrees Centigrade. Displayed as "[temp] °C"..
    • $updated$ : The locale's time that the weather data was updated.
    • $visibility$ : Miles of visibility from ground level. Displayed as "[visibility] miles".
    • $visibility_metric$ : Kilometers of visibility from ground level. Displayed as "[visibility] km".
    • $wind_speed$ : Wind speed in Miles/Hour. Displayed as "[speed] mph" or "Calm".
    • $wind_speed_metric$ : Wind speed in Kilometers/Hour. Displayed as "[speed] kph" or "Calm".
    • $wind_direction$ : Wind direction. Displayed as a compass direction, "Variable", or blank if wind speed is "Calm".
    • $regiontype$ : Either "zip" or "station".
    • $regionvalue$ : The Zipcode or Station number.

  2. In the url=http://www.bardill.net/tools/winbar/weather/?zip=xxxxx&station=aaaaa, Change the zip=xxxxx so that the 'xxxxx' is the 5 digit Zipcode for a city, or remove zip=xxxxx.
    Note: You may have as many zipcodes as you like, just seperate them by commas. For example zip=98101,90001,10001 will return the weather of Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York City respectively. Visit the Zipcode lookup page if you need to find the zipcode for a city.
  3. Change the station=aaaaa so that the 'aaaaa' is the Weather Underground station number, or remove station=aaaaa if you don't use stations numbers.
    Note: You may have as many station numbers as you like, just seperate them by commas. For example station=16239,07157,47671 will return the weather of Rome Italy, Paris France, and Tokyo Japan respectively. To find a station number, search for the city name on Weather Underground, click on the city, then look at the URL. For example, Venice Italy's weather page is http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/16105.html. The station number is 16105.
  4. For review, if you want the weather of New York City and Paris France, you'd create a url like this:
    http://www.bardill.net/tools/winbar/weather/?zip=10001&station=07157
  5. Save the file as \winbar\trackers\WeatherConditions.trk
    Note: Make sure that Save As Type is "All files *.*"
  6. Open Winbar. Click on the Trackers tab. Choose WeatherConditions from the dropdown menu.
  7. You will probably need to set the Module width to 300 pixels or more.
  8. Done!