Weather forecast aggregator script

About

This Bash script will download weather forecast PDFs defined in FORECAST_PLACES array and will combine the forecasts into a single timestamped JPEG image.

This script is designed to work with weather forecast PDFs provided by yr.no service.

If you want to add a new place just go to the relevant yr.no page, copy Forecast as PDF URL and add it to the FORECAST_PLACES array in the Config section. Format of the entry should be as following:

      "PLACE_NAME|PLACE_FORECAST_PDF_URL"

where PLACE_NAME is the name of the place using only alphanumeric characters, underscore and dash (no spaces allowed).

In order to remove a place just comment out or completely delete relevant FORECAST_PLACES array entry.

Prerequisites

This script relies on ImageMagick package.

• Install imagemagick package.
• Edit /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml file (location might be distro and version dependant; this example is for Ubuntu) and add the following line (or change existing to match this one):

  <policy domain="coder" rights="read | write" pattern="PDF" />
  

Usage

Run the script from Bash (default Linux shell on most distros) without any parameters. It should work from WSL instance as well.