wmfrog(1)

👑 wmfrog — the dockapp that tells u the weather, bestie

okay so picture this: it's a manual page, section 1 (User Commands), and the star of the show is wmfrog — a lil dockapp that shows you the weather in a graphical way. no cap. let's get into it 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

wmfrog [options] -station <METAR station id>

that's it. that's the whole vibe. u give it a station, it gives u weather. 🦋

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -delay minutes — overrides how long it waits between updates (in minutes, obvi). default is 15.
• -m, -metric — shows the temp in metric units: Celsius. 🧊
• -o offset — the time offset of ur location from UTC. positive or negative integer in hours, like +1 or -7. ✨
• -s, -station — required, bestie, u literally cannot skip this one. it's the 4-character METAR Station ID. wanna know more? go look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/METAR 💅
• -w knots — sets the max wind in KNOTS for the percentage of max / scaling. default is 50 Knots. 🌬️
• -tmp directory — sets the temp directory where the METAR data files get downloaded. default is /tmp. 🍓
• -l label — sets the displayed text to a 4-character (max!!) label to replace the METAR station id. so cute, so customizable. 🎀

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

it's a dockapp for weather reports, and honestly? it ate. here's everything it's serving:

• clouds (clear, few, scattered, broken, overcast ...) ☁️
• precipitations (drizzle, rain, snow, ice crystals: light/moderate or heavy) 🌧️
• special weather (blowing wind / freezing / thunderstorm, funnel cloud...) ⛈️
• humidity percentage 💧
• wind speed (average & gust) 🌬️
• wind direction 🧭
• temperature (Celsius or Fahrenheit) 🌡️
• station name can be configured, and the weather report time is displayed ⏰

wanna find out more about the METAR/TAF system? the way that it's all documented here:

http://nws.noaa.gov/ops2/Surface/metar_taf.htm

and to find ur city's Metar code, go here:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/siteloc.php

iykyk 🫶

💾 FILES 💾

• /tmp/<station-id>/ — stored data files. this directory can be changed with the -tmp option, in case u wanna be different. 💅

👑 AUTHORS 👑

program was written by Thibaut Colar <tcolar@colar.net>. iconic behavior, fr fr.

this manual page is based on 0.1.6 version of the program. updated by Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> and Doug Torrance <dtorrance@monmouthcollege.edu>. released under license GNU GPL v2 or (at your option) any later version. for more info about the license, visit <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>.

bestie reminder: -station is required, so don't come crying to me when it doesn't work without it 😭

okay that's the whole page, we're done here. this was wmfrog, from 2015-01-01, living in section 1 of the manual, and it literally slayed. mwah 💋💖 periodt.