Add Tempest to Alexa as a Device

Tempest Owners Feature Requests
1

It would be nice to add the Tempest as a device in the Alexa app. That way you could create routines to interact with other smart devices. I’m thinking something similar to IFTTT however it wouldn’t require another platform. A routine to turn off the pool pump when lightning is detected would be awesome!

2

This is exactly what I’m look for. This way it can automatically announce “lightning in the area” to people in the pool. A great safety device.

3

Indeed! I tried to do it using ifttt but I cold not do it yet.

4

In Alexa enable WeatherFlow Smart Weather

  1. Choose or find Applet “If your WeatherFlow Tempest Station detects a lightning strike, then trigger the VirtualButton”. The text has been modified “If your WeatherFlow Tempest Station detects a lightning strike, then check distance to send a Notification to my Alexa. The Station will be “Alexa device Name” and the Distance unit is “mi”.Explore Applets and find “Push a Virtual Button”

The Virtual Buttons will be your account name and the Virtual Button is“Virtual Button01”
Click the “+” to create a Filter Code.
The filter code is Java Script as follows:// This causes Tempest Lightning to skip reporting if distance > belowThreshold number.let belowThreshold = 15;
let LSD = Number(Weatherflow.lightningStrike.LightningStrikeDistance)// This allows reporting only if the remainder ofStrikedivisor is 0.let strikedivisor=2;let ts = Number(Weatherflow.lightningStrike.TimestampEpoch);if ((LSD > belowThreshold) || (ts % strikedivisor==0)) {Virtualbuttons.pushButton.skip();}// This will reduce the number of reports.
Go Back to AlexaInAll Devices add “Virtual Button 01” which is a doorbell.In Routines
create a routine “+” called “clubhouse lightning”
When“Virtual Button 01 is pressed”Every day from 8:00 AM–10:00 PMAlexa will Announce “Lightning, detected, in, the, area, if, you, hear, thunder, please, exit, the, pool Hit next and choose “clubhouse dot”
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