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WeatherCal adds weather forecasts to iCal
WeatherCal is a nifty Preference Pane app from Bare Bones (of BBEdit and Yojimbo fame) that adds the ability to get weather forecasts in iCal by creating all-day events for each day with the relevant information (forecast plus high and low temperatures). You can add different cities, each of which gets its own iCal calendar and you get forecasts up to 4 days in advance. And since iCal events obviously sync to the iPhone, you can take the forecast with you.
WeatherCal is $10 from Bare Bones Software; a demo version is available for download.
[via Macworld]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Tony said 3:52PM on 3-18-2009
You can do this for free. I've been doing it for a while:
1. Go to Weather Underground: http://www.weatherunderground.com/
2. Enter your zip code or whatever to get your local weather.
3. Right-click on the ical badge (do not click the badge...), then select Copy Link.
4. In iCal, go to Calendar-->Subscribe, then paste the link.
5. Click the Subscribe button in iCal.
Works great, and syncs with iPhone.
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John said 4:15PM on 3-18-2009
Ooo. It syncs to my BlackBerry (via BusySync to Google Calendar to Google Sync, whew!) as well. Great tip, thanks!
samu said 4:18PM on 3-18-2009
Excellent. Thanks for that!
DrWho said 4:18PM on 3-18-2009
Awesome tip - thanks!
matthew said 4:26PM on 3-18-2009
Not quite as pretty (no icons), but it also apparently shows a day further out. And saving $10, though not much, doesn't hurt these days. Thanks for the tip!
Tony said 4:30PM on 3-18-2009
Upon further review, WeatherCal is using the same Weather Underground feed. All they've done is add a tiny icon to it and give you a GUI so you don't have to copy/paste the URL. Otherwise, it's identical...since the raw data is coming from the same source.
Brian W said 5:47PM on 3-18-2009
@Tony
Weather Underground, plus pretty icons
http://www.smashin.com/weather/
(Sorry, for the double post, meant to reply to your comment)
email said 5:09AM on 3-19-2009
how do u sync this with the iphone, this calendar appears in the subscription part which doesn't show on mobile me,
Jason said 1:44PM on 3-19-2009
Good stuff. Good tip. Thanks a whole lot. I can do without the icons because some icons just can't express the actual forecast.
Tony said 12:45AM on 3-20-2009
@Brian - excellent. Thanks. Even better! I can take or leave the icons, but it's nice they have a subscribe link so you don't have to copy/paste the URL.
clint Johnson said 6:12PM on 3-24-2009
hey great find
EMoShunz said 4:01PM on 3-18-2009
not 100% sure, i'll have to check, but i think using the weather option in gmail calendar will sync it via caldev to ical.
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samu said 4:20PM on 3-18-2009
This, along with Google Cal sync, is one of the features of the forthcoming BusyCal.
http://www.busymac.com/busycal.html
Tony's solution above works perfectly for me, but this looks as if it'll be a little prettier... ; )
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listservs said 4:38PM on 3-18-2009
Ten bucks? For this? Please.
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robert.odell said 4:52PM on 3-18-2009
seems a like a shameless plug for a feature you can obviously do on your own (thanks Tony). Wish I hadn't wasted my time reading this article and gone right to the comments.
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gib said 6:41PM on 3-18-2009
I guess that is a cleaver idea. I doubt I will keep this around for long... but, hey, I can get it for free.
Thanks again for pointing out the link. I think saving $10 will be worth the effort of a single copy-paste.
Dripps said 10:46PM on 3-18-2009
Brian W, THANKS. Your link was most helpful and works like a charm.
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mentalsticks said 4:06AM on 3-19-2009
And yet again tuaw just copied a press release. How much do you charge for a plug nowadays, guys?
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Erik said 8:28AM on 3-19-2009
How can I sing subscriptions to my iPhone iCal?
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Philster said 11:18AM on 3-19-2009
You need to manually sync your iCal through iTunes -- and NOT "over the air" through MobileMe.