Signal K Server plugin for integrating the Open-Meteo weather service with the Weather API.
This plugin communicates with the Open-Meteo API and acts as a provider for the Signal K Weather API to expose weather data under the path /signalk/v2/api/weather (see the Signal K Server documentation for details).
Requests from the Signal K server, via the Weather API, are passed to the plugin which then retrieves the forecast and observation data from the Open-Meteo service.
You can select the number of daily forecasts and hourly point forecasts as well as have the plugin poll Open-Meteo at regular intervals to retrieve weather data for the vessels current location.
Weather data is accessed by making requests to the Signal K Server REST API /signalk/v2/api/weather.
Additionally, weather data retrieved from polling using the vessels position is available via /signalk/v1/api/meteo/openmeteo.
Data retrieved fron the Open-Meteo service is cached to reduce the number of requests made over the Internet connection.
The cache data is refreshed when a request is received for a location within the cached area AND the age of the cached data >= poll interval.
From the Signal K server Admin console:
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Select Server -> Plugin Config
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From the list of plugins select
Open-Meteo (Weather Provider)to display the details screen. -
Select the number of Daily forecasts to retrieve
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Select the number of Hourly Point forecasts to retrieve from Open-Meteo.
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Select the polling interval. (Note: This is also used as the maximum age for cache data.)
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Check Poll periodically using vessel position to regularly fetch weather data for the vessel's current posiition.
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Optional: Enter an Open-Meteo API Key. This will, in future releases, enable "premium content" only available with a subscription to be accessed.
- Signal K Server that implements the
Weather API.