Yr.no Weather

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name: yr-weather

description: Fetch weather forecasts from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET) using the yr.no API. Use when the user asks for weather information, forecasts, temperature, precipitation, wind conditions, or any weather-related queries for specific locations. Supports coordinates-based lookups and returns current conditions plus forecasts. REQUIRES latitude/longitude - no defaults. See common locations table.

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# Yr.no Weather

Get weather forecasts from MET Norway via yr.no API (free, no key).

Quick Start

# Current weather + forecast (requires lat/lon)
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/weather.py <lat> <lon> [altitude]

# Examples from common locations:
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/weather.py -33.9288 18.4174   # Cape Town
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/weather.py -33.8688 151.2093  # Sydney
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/weather.py 51.5074 -0.1278    # London

# Tomorrow's summary (requires lat/lon)
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/tomorrow.py <lat> <lon>

# Run tests
python3 -m unittest discover {baseDir}/tests

Tests

Common Locations

| City | Lat | Lon |

|---------------|-----------|-----------|

| Cape Town | -33.9288 | 18.4174 |

| Johannesburg | -26.2041 | 28.0473 |

| Durban | -29.8587 | 31.0218 |

| Sydney | -33.8688 | 151.2093 |

| London | 51.5074 | -0.1278 |

| New York | 40.7128 | -74.0060 |

| Tokyo | 35.6762 | 139.6503 |

Structure

scripts/
├── yr_service.py    # API calls (tested/mocked)
├── utils.py         # Emoji/symbol helpers
├── weather.py       # Current + forecast CLI
├── tomorrow.py      # Tomorrow summary CLI
└── tests/data/      # Sample JSON
tests/
├── test_weather.py
└── test_service.py

Standalone Repo

Install via pip: `pip install git+https://github.com/brandoncrabpi/yr-weather.git`

Usage Terms

Refactored for production: no defaults, tests, modular service.