ASCII Art Weather
I much prefer weather via finger using graph.no:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11106354" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11106354</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;0p.no&#x2F;2014&#x2F;12&#x2F;13&#x2F;graph_no___weather_forecast_via_finger.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;0p.no&#x2F;2014&#x2F;12&#x2F;13&#x2F;graph_no___weather_forecast_via_fin...</a><p>And the command:<p><pre><code>    finger london@graph.no
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Which produces this:<p><pre><code>                  -= Meteogram for united_kingdom&#x2F;england&#x2F;london =-                
    &#x27;C                                                                   Rain (mm) 
    17                                                                   
    16      ^^^   ------^^^^^^                                           
    15   ^^^   ---            ^^^                                        
    14^^^                        ^^^                                     
    13                              ^^^                                  
    12                                 ^^^                               
    11                                    =========            ===   ^^^ 
    10                                             ============   ===    
     9                                            &#x27;  |                   2 mm 
     8                                      |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    1 mm 
      _11_12_13_14_15_16_17_18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06_07_08 Hour
    
       SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  E SE SE  S SW Wind dir.
        1  2  5  4  4  4  5  4  4  4  3  3  3  2  3  2  1  0  1  2  1  3 Wind(mps)
   
   Legend left axis:   - Sunny   ^ Scattered   = Clouded   =V= Thunder   # Fog
   Legend right axis:  | Rain    ! Sleet       * Snow

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So it&#x27;s 16&#x27;c with a light cloud cover until 1pm, clear until 4pm after which it gets a little cloudy again, some rain between 11pm and 7am, which is very light and heaviest around 2am.<p>That is the equivalent of this:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yr.no&#x2F;place&#x2F;United_Kingdom&#x2F;England&#x2F;London&#x2F;hour_by_hour_detailed.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yr.no&#x2F;place&#x2F;United_Kingdom&#x2F;England&#x2F;London&#x2F;hour_b...</a><p>Which has, for me, proven to be the most accurate and informative weather forecast.<p>And if you just want to use the latest meteogram image:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yr.no&#x2F;place&#x2F;United_Kingdom&#x2F;England&#x2F;London&#x2F;avansert_meteogram.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yr.no&#x2F;place&#x2F;United_Kingdom&#x2F;England&#x2F;London&#x2F;avanse...</a><p>Also: Weather available via HTTPS! I dislike how the vast majority of apps on mobile devices use location for reporting local weather but do so over HTTP and leak location data. BBC, I&#x27;m looking at you.<p>If you&#x27;re on Android there&#x27;s a great widget that makes using any other weather app pretty redundant for most cases:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;apps&#x2F;details?id=widget.weather.no.yr&amp;hl=en_GB" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;apps&#x2F;details?id=widget.weather...</a>