A Weather Widget for RC Flying Fields
So here’s a thing that started as “I’ll just grab some weather data and display it” and turned into a proper little project with caching, containerisation, and a surprisingly interesting detour into numerical weather models. The result is a small embeddable weather widget that you can see on the Modellfluggruppe Haueneberstein website. It shows the next three days of weather for a flying field, with time slots from 08:00 to 20:00, updated once per hour. Wind speed, wind gusts, temperature, and a weather icon for a quick visual read. With mouse-over, you’ll see additional data such as CAPE and Strength to indicate the intensity. ...