Darksky probability of rain

Configuration
1

Hi all.

I am making a sprinkler controller external to HA and want to pass the probability of rain to it. The only component I can find (in Australia) that seems to forecast this is Dark Sky.

So I set up its config like

  platform: darksky
     api_key: xxxxxxxxxxxx
     
     hourly_forecast:
       - 0
       - 3  
       - 6
       - 9
       - 12
       - 15
       - 18
       - 21
     monitored_conditions:
       - precip_probability

and I get a percentage listed for each hour and one listed without an hour. Its just listed as Darksky Precip Probability.

Is that one for the current period?

Peter

2

There is a BOM sensor and also a BOM custom component.

3

Thanks David. yes use that one but it didnt seem to show probability of rain but may have missed that option. Will have another look…

4

It definitely had probability of rain % and also predicted rainfall in mm. Possibly in the custom component.

5

Yes, that’s the forecast for now.