Customising the BOM Weather and lovelace - now in HACS

Configuration
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Ok but what is the icon property? The Text comes from the summary_0 but the icon could be saying something different. Mostly sunny is also the same in the BOM pdf file as partly cloudy…
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Confusing…

Also the detailed_summary can be different as well…
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Probably should add I changed the detailed_summary to just the summary in the current text… it’s a juggle. Also there are limited animated icons available. I found a few more but everything is a compromise and it’s possible you might prefer some of the other icons for various conditions… Open to ideas there.

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Ahh! That explains it:

 sensor.bom_hobart_icon_0 	fog

Thanks.

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See the paragraph I just added - I don’t know when you grabbed the package but I did change a few things so the latest is always on my github. Maybe I should do the HACS thing…

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If I wanted to alter the card to use the BoM icons (and I’m not 100% sure I do, I like the animated ones), is this the only bit I have to edit (after moving the BoM icons to /weather_icons?

bom-weather-card.js

// #####
// ##### weatherIcons: returns icon names based on current conditions text
// #####

  get weatherIcons() {
    return {
	  'sunny': 'day',
	  'clear': 'day',
	  'mostly-sunny': 'day',
	  'partly-cloudy': 'cloudy-day-3',
          'cloudy': 'cloudy',
	  'hazy': 'cloudy-day-1',
	  'hazey': 'cloudy-day-1',
	  'light-rain': 'rainy-1',
	  'windy': 'cloudy',
          'fog': 'cloudy',
	  'foggy': 'cloudy',
          'showers': 'rainy-3',
          'shower': 'rainy-3',
          'rain': 'rainy-5',
          'rainy': 'rainy-5',
          'dust': 'cloudy-day-1',
	  'dusty': 'cloudy-day-1',
          'snow': 'snowy-6',
          'snowy': 'snowy-6',
	  'storm': 'scattered-thunderstorms',
	  'stormy': 'scattered-thunderstorms',
	  'light-showers': 'rainy-5',
	  'light-shower': 'rainy-5',
	  'heavy-showers': 'rainy-7',
	  'heavy-shower': 'rainy-7',
	  'tropical-cyclone': 'tornado',
	  'clear-day': 'day',
          'clear-night': 'night',
          'sleet': 'rainy-6',
          'wind': 'cloudy',
          'partly-cloudy-day': 'cloudy-day-3',
          'partly-cloudy-night': 'cloudy-night-3',
          'hail': 'rainy-7',
          'lightning': 'thunder',
          'thunderstorm': 'thunder',
          'windy-variant': html`cloudy-${this.dayOrNight}-3`,
          'exceptional': '!!',
    }
  }

Is the fact that they are PNG files instead of SVG files going to be a problem?

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there’s an animated and static folder so copy to whichever you are using.

Just FYI I’ve added both these repos to HACS now… just tidying things up.

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OK Due to popular demand (and against my better judgement), I have added both the card and custom component to HACS now.

You need to add both repos to hacs.
Custom Component (Integration)


Weather Card

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I tried the BoM icons. Ick!
Reverting now.

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Ewe… lol. Yeah. It’s a bugger - I searched high and low for animated svg weather files but could barely expand on what was already there. It’s a pity there aren’t more available.

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@DavidFW1960 thanks for putting this together. was a bit tricky to set up but i think im all good now.

was hoping i could replace the chance of rain % in the forecast to the forecast amount of rain. so instead of saying 20%, would say 6-10mm.

do you know if this is possible?

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It is. It’s one of the sensors created possible_rainfall. I’ll see if I can add that to the card. Perhaps add this as an issue to the card on github.

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I don’t suppose it would be possible to squeeze both values in there?

At the moment I have an extra card to show the amount of rain predicted for the rest of the day and tomorrow.

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Probably not on the one line. Currently shows chance of rain and actual rain for today so it would be a new line with the predicted or possible rainfall for today. I could add one for tomorrow as well and you could configure it for a slot. Just remember there are a finite number of slots (4 each side)

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Using a slot to show the predicted amount today would be good.

For the forecast I was thinking more along the lines of:

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that looks good. might be getting a little crowded tho. id be happy to not have the % at all if its the only way to get it in. i just think the amount of rain is much more relevant than the percentage chance

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It was a pretty quick mock-up without adjusting the spacing to the summary.

I find both values useful but as I said, I have them displayed in another card so no big problem if it’s too much hassle to do.

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Well I’m struggling to work it out not being fluent in Java. It’s a f’king miracle I worked out the low actually…

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Ok I’ve got this… hang on…

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Ok so thanks to all you guys who wanted this in HACS… it caused me a LOT of grief because even doing a hard reload and clear cache the old code was like a zombie and it wouldn’t reload my changes hence nothing was loaded or working that I changed.

Anyway… Just uploaded new version with a rain forecast for today and tomorrow. Check the readme and lovelace example for the new code.
Addition 1

            entity_pop_intensity: sensor.bom_gosford_rain_today
            entity_possible_today: sensor.bom_gosford_possible_rainfall_0

Configure the slots:

            slot_l1: daytime_high           #daytime_high
            slot_l2: daytime_low            #wind
            slot_l3: wind                   #visibility but BOM has no visibility reported
            slot_l4: sun_next               #sun_next
            slot_r1: pop                    #pop
            slot_r2: humidity               #humidity
            slot_r3: possible_today         #pressure but BOM has no pressure reported
            slot_r4: sun_following          #sun_following

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NOTE: Only showing Today there but you can show tomorrow as well… personally I think that’s voodoo but that’s just me…

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When you are doing local changes delete the gz file in the same dir, if it exist hacs will serve that.

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Doh!!! and Thanks @ludeeus!!!