Wrapper for the 7Timer and MET Norway Weather REST API. Designed to work with Home Assistant and the custom AstroWeather integration.
This module communicates with the API endpoint of 7Timer (documentation) and MET Norway Weather (documentation). It retrieves current weather data for astronomical observations:
In addition to the weather data, some calculations for the astronomical twilight and Moon setting, rising and phase are implemented. They indicate the darkness you can expect the upcoming night.
The module exposes the following function:
This will return a handle to the AstroWeather class and open the connection.
latitude
(float)(Required) The geographic coordinate that specifies the norh-south position of the location of interest in angle.
longitude
(float)(Required) The geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of the location of interest in angle.
elevation
(int)(Required) The elevation above Earth's sea level of the geographic location in m.
cloudcover_weight
(int)(Optional) Cloud coverage weight for condition calculation, default=3
seeing_weight
(int)(Optional) Seeing weight for condition calculation, default=2
transparency_weight
(int)(Optional) Seeing weight for condition calculation, default=1
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