If you have a linux OS the bash shell script below will tell you most recent temp, windspeed, direction, and rainfall at Everton, Sandy, and Biggleswade from local weather stations using weatherunderground. I crontab it, piping the results to mail -s ‘Current weather’ sock@madeup.com
#!/bin/bash function checkComponent() { aurl='http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID='$1'&theprefset=WXSTNDEL&theprefvalue=0&format=1' name=$2 curl -s $aurl | tail -3 | tr '\n' ',' | awk -F, ' { print "NAME@ " (5/9)*($2-32) "C dp " (5/9)*($3-32) "C " $5 "@" $8 "mph " $92 "CurrentRain " $10 "in DailyRain " $13 "in\n" } ' | sed "s:NAME:${name}:" >> tempweather } checkComponent IENGLAND82 Everton checkComponent IBEDSBIG1 Biggles checkComponent I90580822 Sandy cat tempweather rm tempweather