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Weather forecast

Weather forecast brings the forecast for up to 16 days, from national weather services: temperature, rain, wind and UV. For each place that reaches it, it adds a short forecast (rain expected, how much, the next rainy day, the hottest it will get, a one-line summary). For cities, a point or the Area of interest, it lists the forecast day by day or hour by hour, one row each, ready for a Filter, an email or a sheet.

In the editor: The weather forecast (Open-Meteo, from national weather services) for up to 16 days: temperature, rain, wind and UV. For each incoming place it adds a short forecast and fields such as rain_expected; for cities, a point or the Area of interest it lists the forecast day by day (or hour by hour).

Settings

Where

Pick one

Uses the places that reach this block when they have a location, otherwise the Area of interest before it. Pick Cities or A point to choose instead.

  • Automatic
  • Each incoming place
  • Area of interest
  • Cities
  • A point One position you type below.

Cities

A list you type

Any city name; {{city}} takes it from the item that reaches this block (a webhook, for example).

Pick from 51 choices.

Point (latitude, longitude)

Text

The point to forecast, as latitude, longitude.

Days ahead

A number

Today counts as the first day: 1 is today only, 2 is today and tomorrow (up to 16).

Needed before the flow can run.

Detail

Pick one

One row per day. Only for a city, a point or an area: when places with a location come in, each place gets its days in forecast instead.

  • Day by day
  • Hour by hour

Include

Pick one or more

What to include in the forecast. Leave out what you do not need, to keep the rows short.

Wind gives the strongest average wind (wind_max_kmh) and the strongest gusts (gust_max_kmh), in km/h.

  • Temperature
  • Rain
  • Wind
  • UV

What comes out

Each item that leaves the block carries these fields, to use in the blocks after it as {{field}}.

For each incoming place

Where is Each incoming place, or Automatic with places that have a position. The place keeps its own fields and gets these.

  • weather_today: Today’s weather and range.
  • temp_max, temp_min: The highest and lowest temperature over the days asked for, in °C (with Temperature).
  • rain_expected: Yes when at least one day has 0.5 mm of rain or more (with Rain).
  • rain_total_mm, rain_days: All the rain expected, in mm, and how many rain days.
  • next_rain: The first rain day.
  • wind_max_kmh: The strongest wind, in km/h (with Wind).
  • uv_max: The highest UV index (with UV).
  • weather_summary: One line for an email or a message.
  • forecast: Every day in short.

Day by day, for cities, a point or the area

One row per place and day.

  • name, city: The city or area (a drawn area is Drawn area 1, 2...).
  • date, day: The date, and the day as words.
  • weather: Clear, Partly cloudy, Cloudy, Fog, Drizzle, Rain, Snow, Showers or Thunderstorm.
  • temp_max, temp_min: The day’s highest and lowest, in °C.
  • rain_mm, rain_chance: Rain in mm, and its chance in %.
  • rain_expected: Yes when the day has 0.5 mm or more.
  • wind_max_kmh, uv_max: The strongest wind and the highest UV of the day.
  • lat, lng: Where the forecast is for.

Hour by hour

Detail is Hour by hour. One row per place and hour, up to 2,000 rows a run.

  • time, day: The hour and its day.
  • weather, temp: The weather and temperature at that hour.
  • rain_mm, rain_chance: Rain that hour and its chance.
  • wind_kmh, uv: Wind and UV at that hour.

How to use it

Hospitality and events

Rain alert for my city

The Area of interest gives the city, Weather forecast lists 5 days, and Filter on rain_expected keeps only the rainy days, so the email comes only when it matters.

Delivery apps

Warn the riders before a storm

A food delivery app wants riders in each zone told the evening before strong wind or heavy rain.

Before: Riders were caught out and orders came late.

With the flow: Zone leads know the evening before and plan more riders, or fewer.

Construction

Pour concrete in the cool hours

A builder pours concrete on sites in London and Manchester and wants the hours under 32 degrees in each city, every morning.

Hour by hour gives one row per hour and city from the current hour on, and Filter reads each hour’s temperature, so the managers see the cool hours at a glance. (Hour by hour works for cities, an area or a point; for each incoming place the forecast is day by day.)

Events

The forecast at each venue, a week before

With a place coming in, Weather forecast adds weather_summary to it, ready to drop into the email.

Retail

Rain gear to the right stores

An apparel chain moves umbrellas and rain jackets to the stores where rain is coming.

Each store gets rain_expected, rain_total_mm and next_rain, so the sheet says where, how much and when.

Energy

A heat warning for field crews

Each drawn area gets its own forecast, so the safety team knows which crews to move to the morning.

Agriculture and landscaping

Skip the watering when rain is due

Branch sends the places with rain coming one way and the dry ones the other, so the crews water only where it is needed.

Good to know

  • The forecast comes from Open-Meteo, which combines national weather services. A rain day is one with 0.5 mm or more.
  • Each incoming place: up to 500 places a run. Places within about 2 km of each other share one forecast. Places without a position pass through unchanged.
  • Area of interest: one forecast for the centre of each city or shape, up to 20. Cities: any city name, also {{city}} from a webhook.
  • Hour by hour gives up to 2,000 rows a run, in each place’s own time zone; it is for cities, a point or the area, not for each incoming place.
  • Temperatures are in °C, rain in mm, wind in km/h.
  • Filter has Rain (mm) and Max temperature ready to use, or any field by name, such as rain_expected.

Works well with

  • Area of interest: Sets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
  • Filter: Keeps only the items that match a rule.
  • My data: Brings in a table you uploaded or a list you saved on the My data page: your stores, customers, target accounts or sites.
  • Email: Sends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
  • Slack: Channel-based messaging platform
  • WhatsApp Business: Send text, media and template messages from your WhatsApp Business number.
  • Branch: Splits items in two.
  • Map business scan: Finds businesses on online maps live: name, category, rating, address, phone, website and whether it is open.

Templates that use it

And 112 more in the template gallery.

Stories with it

Help articles

Guides and terms

Industries that use it

Retail & franchise · Restaurants & cafes · Real estate · FMCG & distribution · Marketing & agencies · Logistics & delivery · Government & cities · Investors & consultants · Healthcare & pharma · Hotels & tourism · Banking & lending · Energy & EV · Construction & facilities · Telecom · Automotive & mobility · Education & training · Agriculture & food supply · Fitness, beauty & wellness · Media & publishing · Events & venues · Non-profits & humanitarian · Security & emergency services · Environment & climate · Ports & shipping · E-commerce & D2C · Manufacturing & industrial · Software & tech · Sports clubs & leagues · Pet care & veterinary · Home services & trades · Food delivery & quick commerce · Airports & aviation · Mining, oil & gas · Public transport · Water & waste utilities · Insurance · Fishing & aquaculture

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