Weather Shortcut Only Returns Today’s Conditions — How to Get Tomorrow’s Forecast?

Here is an example that returns tomorrow's temperatures and precipitation chance: Tomorrow's Weather Forecast.

You can use it as a template to add more information about the forecast. (Note that not all data is available for the forecast, the atmospheric pressure for instance.)

6x6 wrote: "...You can use it as a template to add more information about the forecast..."

6x6 ~ Thanks! ...Based on your template I've made this shortcut:

Tomorrow

...which produces this summary:

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George ~ Yes, those Weather actions do appear to be limited.

...So, in your Shortcut automation, consider using macOS Tahoe's new "Use Model” shortcut action — which allows you to tap directly into Apple Intelligence models or ChatGPT. For example, into the "Use Model” action you could pass this prompt:

Provide a very brief weather forecast for tomorrow in Cupertino, California. Temperatures should be in ℃ only.

Which should return something like:

Mostly sunny, high around 22°C; low about 10°C. Light northwest winds, 0–10% chance of rain.

Use Apple Intelligence in Shortcuts on Mac - Apple Support

Note: I'm still running macOS Sequoia — so I cannot test & confirm my above example.

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George ~ I can't find info regarding which model (if any) in Shortcuts can access real‑time weather forecast info. So I can only suggest that you try the most likely candidate: ChatGPT — and see if it works.

Since macOS Sequoia that I'm on doesn't have that Use Model action, I entered my previous example prompt into ChatGPT via this private AI:

https://duck.ai/

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Alancito ~

That’s a great example. Thanks!

I’m partial to the Show Notification action since it’s been available, instead of using the Show Alert action (like I used to do.) The displayed text is a bit smaller but I like that I can simply flick it to dismiss it.

Hi Alancito,

I got your message and I replied to the thread.

If you want to notify contributors that could help in a discussion, you could use the Water Cooler in the Lounge community and post a question prefaced by “Bat Call”. Here are a few examples: Bat Calls.

6x6 ~ Thanks for replying to that thread.

I don't usually Bat Call in the Water Cooler unless I know the potential contributor monitors that community. But in future I'll Bat Call you there for your Shortcuts expertise!

I enhanced your Bat Call search to include my username and filter by "Last month." ...I'll run it daily to see if I have a recent Call.

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One can get the multi-day forecast without a Shortcut. By using the Apple weather widget, one can single-click on it to get an extended (8-day) forecast panel. All provided that you trust Apple's Weather data accuracy to your location… 🧐

VikingOSX wrote: "One can get the multi-day forecast without a Shortcut..."

True, but the OP particularly wanted an "automation that announces the weather forecast for tomorrow every night". A shortcut can automatically construct and announce a nightly, custom forecast — something the Weather widget cannot do.

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—George ~

That’s an excellent explanation of how the data is extracted. Thanks for having provided screenshots that illustrate the data, shortcut actions and the values extracted.

6x6 ~ Please can you take a look at the issue with a Get File action HERE? —Thanks!

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