* get 7 day forcast text file from the BOM at location below

 * ftp2.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/IDA00004.dat

 * text data foelowontains multiple lines, where data on each line separated by a # 

 * structure is below 

 *

 *   loc_id#location#state#forecast_date#issue_date#issue_time#

 *   min_0#max_0#min_1#max_1#min_2#max_2#min_3#max_3#min_4#max_4#min_5#max_5#min_6#max_6#min_7#max_7#

 *   forecast_0#forecast_1#forecast_2#forecast_3#forecast_4#forecast_5#forecast_6#forecast_7#

 *

 */

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let lines = [];

let data = [];

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let tomorrow;

let f;

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function preload() {

  f = loadFont("data/IBMPlexSerif-Regular.ttf");

  // load full text file into an array which is broken up by lines

  // weather forcast has 1 line per location

  // Downloaded from: ftp://ftp2.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/IDA00100.dat

  lines = loadStrings("data/IDA00100.txt");

}

​

function setup() {

  createCanvas(500, 250);

  background(0);

  textFont(f);

  textSize(24);

  colorMode(HSB, 255);

}

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function draw() {

  background(0);

  fill(255);  

  // use split() function with the #

  // note lines[n] is the specifier for the station - line 3 = brisbane

  data = split(lines[3], '#');

​

  text(data[0], 10, 95);

  let temp = int(data[6]); // make it an integer

  // use max temp to change hue (this is a v quick mapping and may not be intelligible re actual values

  fill(temp, 255, 255); 

  text(temp + ": " + data[7], 10, 130);

}

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