Email Weather
Disclaimer and License
This experimental service is provided free to community, and the contributors to this project do not accept any legal responsibility for the quality of the forecasts that are provided, or the quality of service on offer.
Use this service/software at your own risk, and at your own expense, there may be unexpected innacuracies, bugs or service interruptions. Some satellite communication services charge per message, care has been taken to reduce the number and length of messages, and to prevent accidental overuse, however the contributors accept no responsibility for unexpected expenses resulting from the use of this service/software.
It is highly recommended to cross-check forecasts provided by this service with other sources of information to help make the most informed judgement about weather conditions in your area. Weather data is currently provided by Open-Meteo.com under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license. This software is open source (available on GitHub) and licensed under the MIT Software License.
What is Email Weather Service?
Email Weather Service is a plain-text weather forecasting service via email. Send an email to email.weather.service@gmail.com specifying your requested forecast location and parameters, and receive a reply containg the forecast.
For example, here is an email requesting the forecast for London:
You can then expect to receive a response similar to:
TzGMT FE33 TE34 04T03 C3 F7 W1@3 P0 04T09 C53 F6 W1@9 P0 04T15 C3 F17 W1@6 P0 04T21 C3 F18 W1@4 P0 05T03 C61 F19 W1@2 P0 ...
See the Short in the user manual for help understanding the short forecast format.
You can also request a more detailed and easier to read HTML version of forecast email:
| Time | Weather Code | Freezing Level | Wind | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-04 06:00:00 | slight rain | 640m | 11 km/h at 41=C2=B0 | 0.0mm |
| 2022-12-04 12:00:00 | overcast | 690m | 12 km/h at 83=C2=B0 | 1.0mm |
| 2022-12-04 18:00:00 | overcast | 1790m | 11 km/h at 48=C2=B0 | 0.0mm |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
See the Long in the user manual for help understanding the long html forecast format.
User Manual
See the User Manual for a detailed description of how to interact with this service via email.