Raspberry Pi Rain Radar & Weather Dashboard

The full project - https://core-electronics.com.au/projects/pi-weather-rain-display

[Update - Rain Radar Works with 'Buster' OS, check the full project, link above, to download, flash and utilise the right Raspberry Pi OS] - Today we are going to create the perfect device to keep track of the rain so you can stay dry.

Related Information

GitHub of Pi Weather Station - https://github.com/elewin/pi-weather-station

How to Use a LCD Screen/Display with Raspberry Pi - https://core-electronics.com.au/tutorials/how-to-use-a-screen-display-with-raspberry-pi.html

Heaps of Projects for Inspiration - https://core-electronics.com.au/projects

Windy - https://www.windy.com/?-32.934,151.731,5

Flight Radar 24 - https://www.flightradar24.com/-33.73,149.45/6

Today were going to make the perfect device to let you know if you can ride your bike to work or not. This project will inform you at a glance of the current and future weather and let you know if there is or was rain in your local area. Just a few lines into the raspberry pi terminal and a couple of free API keys will create a locally hosted webpage which gives you the coolest weather radar on the block. Also if you want an even easier solution I demonstrate windy.com and planeradar24.com. Talking of the Terminal Commands I use. APT Get is a good method of getting a managed package which are scrutinised by the Open Source Community. Curl Get is a method of getting data from a URL which happens to be a text script. It then goes into bash and gets Sudo Executed. It is worthwhile being a little considerate when using Curl Get in the terminal encase the webpage has been spoofed.

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0:00 Intro

0:14 Overview

1:12 What You Will Need

1:47 Construction

2:25 Terminal Commands

4:22 API Data and Keys

5:35 Prevent Screen Blanking

6:05 What To Do When Pi Restarts

6:39 Hide Mouse Option

6:54 Windy and Flight Radar 24

7:25 Outro