probably easy, but at the moment I have a blockage: I want to define a binary sensor as a helper (IS/IS NOT severe weather) with a series of AND/OR variables in the template (e.g. weather service warning code = xx OR official warning service reports ‘heavy rain’ AND sensor yy reports rain/h > 4mm, etc.).
Does anyone have a reference to a source of information or even a sample code for the template?
Thank you in advance.
Here’s a contrived example that should help:
template:
- binary_sensor:
- name: Severe Weather
state: >
{{ is_state('sensor.warning_code', '42') or
states('sensor.weather') in ['heavy rain', 'heavy snow'] and
states('sensor.rain_intensity')|float(0) >= 4 }}
icon: >
{% if is_state('binary_sensor.severe_weather', 'on') %}
mdi:cloud-alert-outline
{% else %}
mdi:weather-sunny
{% endif %}
wow - thanks for the quick and detailed response