BOMWeather

Weather from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)

To get the weather forecast, there are a few options:

1. Getting a location by name
   

   BOMWeather::Location.find({ :location => "NAME" })

2. Getting a location by BOM location id
   

   BOMWeather::Location.find({ :loc_id => "ID" })

3. Getting a whole state’s weather forecasts
   

   BOMWeather::Location.find({ :state => "STATE" })

   
   This takes state’s in abbreviated form (e.g. WA, NSW, VIC)

Provided this finds a location (or locations), you will get an array of Location objects.

You can then get access to the forecast information:

loc = BOMWeather::Location.find({ :location => "NAME" })
loc.first.outlook

This returns an array of Forecast objects, each of which have the following accessible methods

1. max_temp
2. min_temp
3. conditions
4. forecast_date (a Time object)
5. issue_time