Purpose:
This Tasker profile is designed to set an alarm clock to wake you early on days that have inclement weather. It features a fully-capable alarm clock that possesses snooze functionality as well as a verbal notification of the kind of weather, outside temperature, and time.
The profile combines elements of the Weather-Dependent Background Image, the Talking Clock and the Alarms with Snooze and Vibrate.
NOTE:
This profile is not 100% plug and play!
In order for snooze functionality to work, the Weather Alarm profile calls upon an Alarm task, a Snooze task, and a Dismiss task. These tasks will also need to be imported for the alarm clock to work correctly. In addition, you will need to input your zip code, pick an audio file for the alarm to play, pick a time for the alarm to run, and make several other optional changes.
See details below the download links.
DISCLAIMER:
Please do not make this your only alarm, or depend upon it to wake you for any formal responsibilities. It is for purposes of convenience only. The accuracy of the weather report aside, there are many things that can occur to render this task unreliable. I will not be held responsible if you get fired for being late to work (for example) because the task fails to work as expected.
However, it is my hope that, when used in conjunction with a dedicated alarm clock, this task can grant you a head start on those days where Mother Nature seems to be working against you.
DOWNLOAD:
Weather Alarm Task
Alarm Task
Snooze Task
Dismiss Task
SET UP ALARM CLOCK TASKS:
In order to set up this profile to suit your own needs, please follow the steps below after downloading the tasks to your phone and importing them to Tasker.
Start by clicking on Tasks at the main Tasker screen and selecting Alarm. Now you'll need to select a valid audio file for the alarm to play (as I doubt you'll have the same file I do!) The audio file played here will actually just be the second alarm that will play, after the alarm has been snoozed once. I'll explain why in a bit.Now just check to make sure you have the "Dismiss" task imported. (Trust me, you don't want to find out that when your alarm won't shut off!)
CREATE AND CONFIGURE YOUR WEATHER ALARM PROFILE:
It's time to create your Weather Alarm profile that does the grunt work. Assuming you've imported the Weather Alarm task, create a new profile and set up the trigger time to be the earliest you would want to be woken (I use a range of time of about 10 minutes to be on the safe side) and the days of the week you want it to run (such as Mon-Fri).Step 11 converts Accuweather's Celcius temperatures into Farenheit. Remove this step if you want Celcius, and replace %DEGF in step 26 with %HTTPD221.
Step 13 is your initial alarm volume. Adjust if needed.
Step 14 is the initial alarm audio file that you want to go off. The reason this isn't just a "Perform Task 'Alarm'" is because I wanted to take advantage of the talking clock code to put a time on my Alarm window. Another advantage is that you can place a different initial alarm here in step 14 than you do in the Alarm task (which will run after the Snooze wait). Either way, make sure you put a working media file in to this step or the alarm will not sound!Step 25 is how long after the alarm is silenced that the phone waits to start speaking.
Step 26 is what the phone actually says, the speed at which it says it, and the accent it uses.
The default format should give you something like "Good morning. You have been woken early today because it is currently snowing and 16 degrees. The time is five 'o clock AM."
Hope you enjoy!
Page Contribution
This page was contributed by Electrofreak.