MeteoAlarm
The MeteoAlarm
platform allows one to watch for weather alerts in Europe from MeteoAlarm
The binary sensor state shows the warning message if applicable. The details are available as attribute.
Configuration
To enable this binary sensor, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml
The configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more]:
binary_sensor:
- platform: meteoalarm
country: "netherlands"
province: "Groningen"
Example output
You will find an example below when the state is “on”.
attribution: Information provided by MeteoAlarm
language: en-GB
category: Met
event: Severe forest-fire warning
responseType: Monitor
urgency: Immediate
severity: Severe
certainty: Likely
effective: 2019-05-02T22:00:00+00:00
onset: 2019-05-02T22:00:00+00:00
expires: 2019-05-03T21:59:00+00:00
senderName: Stig Carlsson
headline: Orange forest-fire for Hedmark, Oppland
description: High grass and heather fire hazard in areas without snow until significant amount of precipitation.
Consequences: Vegetation is very easily ignited and very large areas may be affected.
instruction: Be very careful with open fire. Follow the instructions from the local authorities. Emergency services should assess a necessary level of alertness.
awareness_level: 3; orange; Severe
awareness_type: 8; forest-fire
unit_of_measurement:
friendly_name: meteoalarm
icon: mdi:alert
There are a few awareness levels:
- 2; yellow; Moderate
- 3; orange; Severe
- 4; red; High
Example automation
automation:
- alias: "Alert me about weather warnings"
triggers:
- trigger: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.meteoalarm
from: "off"
actions:
- action: notify.notify
data:
title: "{{state_attr('binary_sensor.meteoalarm', 'headline')}}"
message: "{{state_attr('binary_sensor.meteoalarm', 'description')}} is effective on {{state_attr('binary_sensor.meteoalarm', 'effective')}}"
This integration is not affiliated with MeteoAlarm and retrieves data from the website by using the XML feeds. Use it at your own risk.