ashutosh2203/wxgen

A very simple weather generator that serves as a demo repository

Python Weather Generator

Author: Brian Vanderwende
Version: 1.0

This weather generator creates a sample forecast for multiple cities. Currently, forecasts are produced for:

• Boulder, CO
• Philadelphia, PA

Daily values are produced for high temperature, low temperature, and accumulated precipitation.

Requirements

Python 2.6+ or 3.x

Details

The weather generator features the following tunable parameters:

• Number of days to forecast
• Mean and standard deviation values for Gaussian distributions
• Chance of precipitation on any particular day

These parameters are set for each city in JSON format in the "cities" directory.

How to Run

Simply execute the script:

./wxgen.py

The forecasts will be written to files in the "forecasts" directory:

Forecast for Boulder, CO
Generated at 2134Z - 13 Apr 2018

Day 1
  High:      12.33 deg C
  Low:        9.56 deg C
  Precip:     0.00 mm

Day 2
...