# Developers

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## [Built my first Next.js app (a Tempest/OpenWeatherMap dashboard) - looking for feedback! Git project included](https://community.tempest.earth/t/built-my-first-next-js-app-a-tempest-openweathermap-dashboard-looking-for-feedback-git-project-included/26113)

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**Author:** [@taters](https://community.tempest.earth/u/taters)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/built-my-first-next-js-app-a-tempest-openweathermap-dashboard-looking-for-feedback-git-project-included/26113 "2025-01-17T02:32:08Z")

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Hey Everyone, I’ve been a weather geek for years and finally decided last week to make a Tempest dashboard with radar. I wanted something to throw up on my raspberry pi. It’s a very simple Vercel app that uses Next and …

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## [API Change 2025-01-12](https://community.tempest.earth/t/api-change-2025-01-12/26434)

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**Author:** [@chrisarnoldonline](https://community.tempest.earth/u/chrisarnoldonline)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/api-change-2025-01-12/26434 "2025-01-14T18:40:57Z")

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I have an app that collects observation data several times a day for my station and it stopped working as of 224-01-12. I was able to update my code to the currently documented API but I’m curious if there was an announ…

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## [Websocket Stops Sending Data - No errors](https://community.tempest.earth/t/websocket-stops-sending-data-no-errors/26375)

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**Author:** [@pickusj](https://community.tempest.earth/u/pickusj)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/websocket-stops-sending-data-no-errors/26375 "2025-01-10T22:45:04Z")

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When i open a websocket, data stops being sent after about 15 minutes. There is no errors being reported, that i can tell. Basically it just hangs. This happens everytime i start a websocket. Data does flow immediat…

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## [Adding radar to piconsole?](https://community.tempest.earth/t/adding-radar-to-piconsole/26263)

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**Author:** [@alexanderlabelle5219](https://community.tempest.earth/u/alexanderlabelle5219)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/adding-radar-to-piconsole/26263 "2024-12-31T23:57:43Z")

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tempest has added active radar to there app is there any plans to add radar to weatherflow piconsole

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## [API returning status\_code 2, DATA\_ERROR - null, when using time\_start and time\_end](https://community.tempest.earth/t/api-returning-status-code-2-data-error-null-when-using-time-start-and-time-end/26058)

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**Author:** [@iladyman](https://community.tempest.earth/u/iladyman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/api-returning-status-code-2-data-error-null-when-using-time-start-and-time-end/26058 "2024-12-19T00:54:53Z")

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Since 4th December 2024 I have had a problem with my code not working and today I began looking into why. I suspect that it is because the API has been returning: {“status”:{“status\_code”:2,“status\_message”:“DATA\_ERROR…

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## [I created a Homebridge Plugin so you didn't have to](https://community.tempest.earth/t/i-created-a-homebridge-plugin-so-you-didnt-have-to/18951)

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**Author:** [@chasenicholl](https://community.tempest.earth/u/chasenicholl)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/i-created-a-homebridge-plugin-so-you-didnt-have-to/18951 "2024-12-17T18:37:48Z")

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I noticed the lack of HomeKit support and was surprised to see no one had put together a Homebridge plugin yet. I took the liberty and put one together for everyone to use. Now you can make Apple Home automations based o…

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## [Weather forecast icons](https://community.tempest.earth/t/weather-forecast-icons/25847)

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**Author:** [@rudynickmann](https://community.tempest.earth/u/rudynickmann)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/weather-forecast-icons/25847 "2024-11-24T20:21:31Z")

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Is there a location from where I can download the weather forecast icons?

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## [NWS API - Pipe alerts into your e-ink weather display!](https://community.tempest.earth/t/nws-api-pipe-alerts-into-your-e-ink-weather-display/25429)

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**Author:** [@Anorine](https://community.tempest.earth/u/Anorine)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 6:55am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/nws-api-pipe-alerts-into-your-e-ink-weather-display/25429 "2024-11-18T06:55:16Z")

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With all this wild weather about recently, I decided to update my e-ink display to include watches and warnings. This is based on continuing development of my display Obligatory WeatherFlow e-ink Display shameless plug,…

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## [UDP API Documents Out of Date?](https://community.tempest.earth/t/udp-api-documents-out-of-date/25607)

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**Author:** [@sixbitproxywax](https://community.tempest.earth/u/sixbitproxywax)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/udp-api-documents-out-of-date/25607 "2024-10-22T21:21:37Z")

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Hello, I have been implementing some code to parse and process UDP packets from my Tempest, and the documentation mentions the following for the radio status in radio\_stats: Radio Status (0 = Radio Off, 1 = Radio On, 3…

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## [Sager Fcst "ERROR: Missing METAR information. Forecast will be regenerated in 60 minutes."](https://community.tempest.earth/t/sager-fcst-error-missing-metar-information-forecast-will-be-regenerated-in-60-minutes/22503)

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**Author:** [@storm\_tracker](https://community.tempest.earth/u/storm_tracker)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/sager-fcst-error-missing-metar-information-forecast-will-be-regenerated-in-60-minutes/22503 "2024-10-07T22:14:18Z")

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I’ve been seeing this for the past 3 days. Anyone else with a ‘wfpiconsole’ noticing this? It could be an issue at “CheckWx\`s” house . . . OR . . . it could be an issue with the nearest ASOS site from KOFF. I checked …

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## [Echo Show 15 - Not Available in UK?](https://community.tempest.earth/t/echo-show-15-not-available-in-uk/25362)

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**Author:** [@Islander](https://community.tempest.earth/u/Islander)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/echo-show-15-not-available-in-uk/25362 "2024-10-06T14:42:09Z")

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I’m in the UK, and recently bought a Tempest, and after an issue with a dead hub (and having received a new one from support), now up and running. Really want to have a display in the house showing current conditions an…

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## [WeatherflowUDPinstall issues](https://community.tempest.earth/t/weatherflowudpinstall-issues/21799)

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**Author:** [@riknicholson](https://community.tempest.earth/u/riknicholson)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/weatherflowudpinstall-issues/21799 "2024-10-01T21:44:59Z")

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Does anyone have an actual working weewx station on weatherflow? I not a linux newbie or an linux expert, I have followed the instructions posted by the letter, I have weewx configured, But cannot get the weatherflow ud…

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## [WeeWX extension to use the PiConsole versus non-WF stations](https://community.tempest.earth/t/weewx-extension-to-use-the-piconsole-versus-non-wf-stations/25375)

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**Author:** [@vinceskahan](https://community.tempest.earth/u/vinceskahan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/weewx-extension-to-use-the-piconsole-versus-non-wf-stations/25375 "2024-09-16T02:07:24Z")

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For those piconsole users who have other stations and would like to display ‘that’ station’s data, I cooked up a weewx extension that emits WF-UDP-API compliant JSON broadcasts. Intent is to be able to use the excellent…

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## [UDP packet content in the absence of sensor data](https://community.tempest.earth/t/udp-packet-content-in-the-absence-of-sensor-data/25328)

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**Author:** [@vinceskahan](https://community.tempest.earth/u/vinceskahan)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/udp-packet-content-in-the-absence-of-sensor-data/25328 "2024-09-10T17:02:35Z")

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I’m working on a new app and had some ‘what UDP does WF emit’ questions… Question: what UDP does WF emit for the various sensor values if that sensor is failed ? Example - if the wind sensor fails, what values does WF…

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## [Last Strike 19903 days ago](https://community.tempest.earth/t/last-strike-19903-days-ago/24964)

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**Author:** [@lenny](https://community.tempest.earth/u/lenny)\
**Replies:** 49\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/last-strike-19903-days-ago/24964 "2024-09-09T14:01:54Z")

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It is currently storming here. The Strike Count is incrementing as I am typing this. However, the Last Strike is stuck on 19903 days ago. Has anyone had this issue? Reboot did not resolve the issue…

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## [Bird Buddy Skeptic](https://community.tempest.earth/t/bird-buddy-skeptic/25260)

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**Author:** [@steve.palmieri](https://community.tempest.earth/u/steve.palmieri)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/bird-buddy-skeptic/25260 "2024-08-31T21:16:08Z")

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I wonder if there will be an integration with the weather station. My vision of a cool hobbyist product from a WEATHER 'centric company using the “AI” term would infer a simple integration. Bird Species Bird Freque…

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## [WeatherFlow Application for Homey](https://community.tempest.earth/t/weatherflow-application-for-homey/3196)

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**Author:** [@j.somhorst](https://community.tempest.earth/u/j.somhorst)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 8:50am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/weatherflow-application-for-homey/3196 "2024-09-01T08:50:49Z")

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Weatherflow for Athom’s homey The Dutch ‘startup’ Athom has released an Smarthome hub a couple of years ago that can connect to all sorts of technologies such as zwave, zigbee, 433mhz, bluetooth but also api’s that are a…

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## [Troubleshooting Suggestions](https://community.tempest.earth/t/troubleshooting-suggestions/25254)

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**Author:** [@Glbltvlr](https://community.tempest.earth/u/Glbltvlr)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/troubleshooting-suggestions/25254 "2024-08-30T23:30:39Z")

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Running latest wfpiconsole on a pi4. A few weeks ago I noticed that wind speed/direction are being displayed, but the temperature and baro sections are blank. The Tempest app shows all three. Tried updating both pi (with…

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## [Third Party User Counts](https://community.tempest.earth/t/third-party-user-counts/25249)

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**Author:** [@steve.palmieri](https://community.tempest.earth/u/steve.palmieri)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/third-party-user-counts/25249 "2024-08-30T20:59:02Z")

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I am curious Does any other third-party developers (hobbyists) have a mechanism to track the number of installations and activity for the applications, consoles, etc. that were developed, and are willing to share those …

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## [WeatherFlow Data on ROKU](https://community.tempest.earth/t/weatherflow-data-on-roku/16519)

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**Author:** [@steve.palmieri](https://community.tempest.earth/u/steve.palmieri)\
**Replies:** 47\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/weatherflow-data-on-roku/16519 "2024-08-29T22:29:30Z")

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NEW Station Data Viewer (v2) Based on popular demand a NEW version of the ‘Weather Station Data Viewer’ is being released. You can find it the same way; the ‘poster’ will say: “Weather Station Data v2”. The new versi…

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## [Observation Data missing from STATION endpoint, appears in DEVICE endpoint](https://community.tempest.earth/t/observation-data-missing-from-station-endpoint-appears-in-device-endpoint/25201)

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**Author:** [@brandonwolf](https://community.tempest.earth/u/brandonwolf)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/observation-data-missing-from-station-endpoint-appears-in-device-endpoint/25201 "2024-08-27T14:50:53Z")

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I’m using both endpoints: https://swd.weatherflow.com/swd/rest/observations/device/\[MYDEVICEID\]?token=\[MYPUT\] Which returns obs array data just fine However, when I use https://swd.weatherflow.com/swd/rest/observatio…

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## [Map creation using Tempest data](https://community.tempest.earth/t/map-creation-using-tempest-data/25113)

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**Author:** [@jimjudypartacz](https://community.tempest.earth/u/jimjudypartacz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/map-creation-using-tempest-data/25113 "2024-08-10T20:27:25Z")

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Would it be possible to use the entire data set to create maps? Isolines of pressure, temperature, etc.

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## [Piconsole showing higher rain totals?](https://community.tempest.earth/t/piconsole-showing-higher-rain-totals/25101)

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**Author:** [@jamie.stephens](https://community.tempest.earth/u/jamie.stephens)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/piconsole-showing-higher-rain-totals/25101 "2024-08-08T21:50:36Z")

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so noticed somethign odd today while Debby passes over me. my piconsole is showing 5.9" but tempest is showing 3.09". my CoCoRaHS is just over 3". if the piconsole is getting it’s data via the tempest why the large diffe…

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## [WebSocket API issue with obs\_st messages](https://community.tempest.earth/t/websocket-api-issue-with-obs-st-messages/21078)

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**Author:** [@tris](https://community.tempest.earth/u/tris)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/websocket-api-issue-with-obs-st-messages/21078 "2024-08-04T18:37:50Z")

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I’ve stumbled upon an interesting issue concerning the reception of obs\_st messages over the WebSocket API. If one opens a second concurrent connection and issues listen\_start for the same device ID, that connection wil…

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## [CWOP : sharing data](https://community.tempest.earth/t/cwop-sharing-data/6823)

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**Author:** [@eric](https://community.tempest.earth/u/eric)\
**Replies:** 62\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/cwop-sharing-data/6823 "2024-07-31T05:14:27Z")

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We all like to participate in several systems by sharing our data and that is perfectly fine. In this category you will find several options allowing you to do so. There is just one case NOT to do so since it is already…

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## [WeatherFlow UDP API listener/simulator tools and github repo](https://community.tempest.earth/t/weatherflow-udp-api-listener-simulator-tools-and-github-repo/19947)

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**Author:** [@vinceskahan](https://community.tempest.earth/u/vinceskahan)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/weatherflow-udp-api-listener-simulator-tools-and-github-repo/19947 "2024-07-27T19:24:25Z")

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Since Sept-2018 (wow) I’ve made a python-based UDP listener/publisher utility available to the WF community. In Feb-2021, I later added a minimal Hub simulator too. Time to integrate them and catch them up a bit. ANNO…

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## [PiConsole stuck in screen larger than display](https://community.tempest.earth/t/piconsole-stuck-in-screen-larger-than-display/25007)

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**Author:** [@efwise](https://community.tempest.earth/u/efwise)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/piconsole-stuck-in-screen-larger-than-display/25007 "2024-07-24T16:09:09Z")

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After a power fail the PiConsole rebooted and the screen resolution is larger than the display can handle. I can not ckick Exit or get rid of the Upgrade box. How can I boot the the command line and resolve this issue? …

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## [Recommended RAM? WeatherFlow PiConsole on RPi4](https://community.tempest.earth/t/recommended-ram-weatherflow-piconsole-on-rpi4/24853)

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**Author:** [@Cloud2000](https://community.tempest.earth/u/Cloud2000)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/recommended-ram-weatherflow-piconsole-on-rpi4/24853 "2024-07-17T18:54:31Z")

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Would a 4GB RaspberryPi4 model be sufficient for running the console? I know the official requirements don’t specifically mention RAM minimums, so wondering what others have been running.

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## [btstWx ~ WeatherBox](https://community.tempest.earth/t/btstwx-weatherbox/737)

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**Author:** [@btst.online](https://community.tempest.earth/u/btst.online)\
**Replies:** 540\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/btstwx-weatherbox/737 "2024-07-11T15:40:07Z")

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Both apps (btstWx and btstWx PRO) are available in Google Play and the App Store. Runs on OSX, Android, iOS, Windows. Grabs UDP data from the WF SWS and uploads to WF, WU and my Wx Server. –used for connecting to Dav…

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## [Graphical 10 Day Forecast](https://community.tempest.earth/t/graphical-10-day-forecast/24833)

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**Author:** [@mabeatty1978](https://community.tempest.earth/u/mabeatty1978)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/graphical-10-day-forecast/24833 "2024-07-09T17:18:43Z")

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This is probably my favorite project I’ve done with the API, I’m really happy with how it turned out. 10 day graphical forecast I have running on a raspberry Pi

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