Weather Forecast¶

Dexter can fetch weather forecasts from AccuWeather and alert users when weather changes will affect their tracked Pokemon.

Weather Change Alerts¶

Basic weather change alerts (no API needed) notify users when in-game weather changes affect Pokemon they're tracking:

{
  "general": {
    "weatherChangeAlert": true,
    "showAlteredPokemon": true,
    "showAlteredPokemonStaticMap": false,
    "showAlteredPokemonMaxCount": 10
  }
}

Option	Default	Description
`weatherChangeAlert`	`false`	Send alerts when weather changes affect tracked Pokemon
`showAlteredPokemon`	`false`	Include list of affected Pokemon in the alert
`showAlteredPokemonStaticMap`	`false`	Show a multi-static map with affected Pokemon
`showAlteredPokemonMaxCount`	`10`	Maximum number of affected Pokemon to show

AccuWeather Forecast¶

For predictive weather alerts, configure AccuWeather API access:

{
  "weather": {
    "enableWeatherForecast": true,
    "apiKeyAccuWeather": ["YOUR_API_KEY"],
    "apiKeyDayQuota": 50,
    "smartForecast": false,
    "localFirstFetchHOD": 3,
    "forecastRefreshInterval": 8
  }
}

Option	Default	Description
`enableWeatherForecast`	`false`	Enable weather forecasting
`apiKeyAccuWeather`	`[]`	Array of AccuWeather API keys (rotated to stay within quotas)
`apiKeyDayQuota`	`50`	Daily API call quota per key
`smartForecast`	`false`	Use smart forecasting to reduce API calls
`localFirstFetchHOD`	`3`	Hour of day (0–23) for the first daily API fetch
`forecastRefreshInterval`	`8`	Hours between forecast refreshes

Multiple API Keys¶

AccuWeather's free tier has a daily call limit. To work around this, you can provide multiple API keys that are rotated automatically:

{
  "weather": {
    "apiKeyAccuWeather": ["key1", "key2", "key3"],
    "apiKeyDayQuota": 50
  }
}

Smart Forecast¶

When smartForecast is enabled, Dexter reduces API calls by only fetching forecasts for areas where users are actively tracking weather-dependent Pokemon.

User Commands¶

Users track weather with:

/weather condition:Clear
/weather condition:Rainy location:Downtown

See the /weather command reference for details.