Weather overview
The weather module provides a WeatherService that you can copy into your station’s ServiceContainer. Providing that the station has Internet connectivity, or is on a NiagaraNetwork with a Supervisor using the WeatherService,
this can provide current weather conditions, as well as forecast conditions, for one or more locales. Other components to
calculate current solar and lunar data are also included.
The air quality properties and views are also provided, and additional weather advisory enhancements were made. See “What’s new in the weather module” for an overview.
NOTE: Typical usage is for U.S. locales, where weather information comes from the U.S. NWS (National Weather Service), a division
of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). However, international weather support is available. See “What’s
new in the weather module”.
The following image shows the Weather Manager view of the WeatherService which contains several different U.S. locales, or WeatherReports.
Figure 1. WeatherService example with several WeatherReports
In this example, the Nav side bar shows one of the WeatherReports expanded, showing child weather components listed. These components are typical to most WeatherReport locales.
NOTE: When a NWS WeatherReport (locale) has an active advisory, it appears in the Weather Manager view in alarm, with a red colored row.