xbar NWS Weather and Alerts

xbar plug to get Weather and Severe Weather Alerts in your macOS menu bar. Weather Data powered by The National Weather Service API.

Getting Started

In order to run this app both xbar and Deno must be installed

xbar

xbar (the BitBar reboot) lets you put the output from any script/program in your macOS menu bar.

To install Download the latest release of xbar.

Deno

Deno is a simple, modern and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that uses V8 and is built in Rust.

Shell (Mac, Linux):

curl -fsSL https://deno.land/x/install/install.sh | sh

Homebrew (Mac):

brew install deno

See deno_install and releases for other options.

Install this plugin

To install this plugin copy the contents of weatherAlerts.1min.ts into your xbar plugin directory. The plugin directory is folder on your Mac where the plugins live, located at ~/Library/Application Support/xbar/plugins.

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theogainey/xbar-weatheralerts/main/weatherAlerts.1min.ts -o weatherAlerts.1min.ts

Ensure that the file is executable by using the command chmod +x weatherAlerts.1min.ts. Read more.