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The forecast platform uses the [Forecast.io](https://forecast.io/) web service as a source for meteorological data for your location.
You need an API key which is free but requires a registration.
To add Forecast.io to your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
platform: forecast
api_key: YOUR_APP_KEY
monitored_conditions:
- summary
- precip_type
- precip_intensity
- temperature
- dew_point
- wind_speed
- wind_bearing
- cloud_cover
- humidity
- pressure
- visibility
- ozone
Configuration variables:
- api_key (Required): To retrieve this value log into your account at http://forecast.io/. You can make 1000 requests per day. This means that you could create approximately every 1.4 minute one.
- password (Optional): Password for your online wallet.
- currency (Optional): The currency to exchange to, eg. CHF, USD, EUR, etc. Default is USD.
- display_conditions array: Conditions to display in the frontend.
- summary: A human-readable text summary.
- precip_type: The type of precipitation occurring.
- precip_intensity: The average expected intensity of precipitation occurring.
- temperature: The current temperature.
- dew_point: The dew point.
- wind_speed: The wind speed.
- wind_bearing: Where the wind is coming from in degrees, with true north at 0° and progressing clockwise.
- cloud_cover: The percentage of sky occluded by clouds.
- humidity: The relative humidity.
- pressure: The sea-level air pressure in millibars.
- visibility: The average visibility.
- ozone: The columnar density of total atmospheric ozone in Dobson.
Details about the API are available in the Forecast.io documentation.