Deliver accurate, timely, & localized weather forecast information to your audience with the Weather Gadget. Browse the gadget library to choose from a variety of weather gadget styles and layouts such as:
- Weather
- Weather (Vertical)
- Weather (Horizontal)
- Weather Map
- Mini Weather
- Jumbo Weather
- Extended Weather
- Multiple Location Weather
Gadget Setup
These Weather Gadgets all share a common set of configurable fields, with slight variations depending on their unique features and style/layout type.
Temperature Units - Set the temperature unit to match the locally used system, to ensure values and units are shown correctly. Set to US or Metric to display readings in Fahrenheit or Celsius respectively.
Location - Ensure that the location field is set correctly as the gadget will only retrieve weather forecast information for the specified location.
For basic setups, manually input City, State, and Country details, ensuring accurate entry of all names and abbreviations. For example:
Fargo, ND, USA
When manual entry is not feasible, as is the case when deploying at scale, merge tags can be utilized to dynamically populate the location field. First, ensure that your target devices all have complete & accurate address information. Next, add the appropriate merge tags to the location field to reference the device location fields as needed. Comma-separated City, State, & other details can be set this way; for example:
*|DEVICE.LOCATION.CITY|*, *|DEVICE.LOCATION.STATE|*
Font Style - All weather gadgets other than the Weather Map support custom text and Font options to fit the overall theme of your content.
Transition Duration - The Weather and Multiple Location Weather Gadgets cycle through different views at regular intervals, updating to show current, future, and extended forecast data. The transition duration specifies the length of time between transitions in seconds.
Show Location - The Weather Gadget includes a toggle to show/hide configured location information.
Layout - Weather Gadget and Jumbo Weather Gadget layout can be either Vertical or Horizontal.
Tile, Body, Title Color - Set the text and tile colors for the Weather (Vertical or Horizontal) Gadgets
Map Type & Zoom Level - The Weather Map Gadget can be configured to show animated weather patterns such as snow, air quality, wind, and more, which are listed under Map Type. Mix and match different layers to customize a map to your specifications. Adjust the Zoom Level to control the visible map area and detail shown.
Forecast Days & Icon Color - The Extended Weather Gadget can be configured to display a multi-day forecast. The Forecast Days field can be set to specify the number of days (0-7) to be displayed beyond the current weather conditions snapshot. Icon color can also be customized by setting the Icon Color option.
Gadget Features
Please see below a list of Weather Gadget names, descriptions, and screenshots
Weather
Transitions between current conditions, daily, and extended forecasts. Horizontal and vertical layout options.
Weather (Vertical)
Two day weather panel in a vertical orientation
Weather (Horizontal)
Two day weather panel in a horizontal orientation
Weather Map
Animated weather maps including precipitation, cloud cover, and temperature
Mini Weather
Compact weather with high/low temperature and current condition icon
Jumbo Weather
Large format weather app with location and extended forecast
Extended Weather
Local weather details with forecast
Multiple Location Weather
Animated weather supporting multiple locations
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