PyWeatherAlert - Weather Alert Monitor

PyWeatherAlertGui is a Python desktop application built with PySide6 that monitors weather alerts from the National Weather Service (NWS) for a specified location (US zip code). It provides visual and (optional) audio notifications for new alerts, displays current alerts, shows station forecasts, and allows users to view web-based weather radar or other web sources. There is a graphical user interface, and a simple python script that allows you to put your HAM or GMRS Call sign in and nearest NWS location ID (zip) and it will trigger the alert system inside the app.

More info on PyWeatherAlertGUI:

Features

• NWS Alert Monitoring: Periodically checks for new weather alerts (warnings, watches, advisories) for a user-defined location (US zip code or airport ID). Alerts are filtered by severity, certainty, and urgency.
• Audio Announcements:
  • Optionally announces new weather alerts using text-to-speech (TTS).
  • Optionally announces a custom repeater message after each check cycle.
• Visual Information:
  • Displays current active alerts.
  • Shows 8-hour and 5-day station forecasts for the specified location.
  • Embedded web view to display weather radar or other user-defined web sources (supports HTML and opens PDFs externally).
  • Top status bar displaying current Repeater, Location ID, Check Interval, a countdown to the next check, and the Current Time.
• Customizable Web Sources:
  • Pre-configured with N.W.S. Radar and Windy.com.
  • Users can add, edit, delete, reorder, and quickly save the currently viewed URL in the web view as a new source.
  • Option to open the current web view in an external browser.
• Configurable Settings via Preferences Dialog:
  • A comprehensive dialog allows configuration of all key application settings:
    • Set Repeater Announcement text.
    • Define the Location ID (US Zip Code or Airport ID) for weather data.
    • Choose the check interval for new alerts and content refresh (e.g., 1 minute, 15 minutes, 1 hour).
    • Toggle "Announce Alerts & Start Timer".
    • Toggle "Auto-Refresh Web Content".
    • Toggle "Enable Dark Mode".
    • Toggle visibility of Log Panel, Alerts Area, and Forecasts Area.
• Menu-Driven Interface:
  • File Menu: Access Preferences, Backup/Restore Settings, and Exit.
  • View Menu:
    • Web Sources Submenu: Select from configured web sources, open the current web view in an external browser, add the current web view as a new source, add new sources, and manage (add, edit, delete, reorder) existing sources.
    • Toggle visibility of Log Panel, Alerts Area, Forecasts Area.
    • Enable/disable Dark Mode.
  • Actions Menu: Toggle "Announce Alerts & Start Timer," "Auto-Refresh Content," and manually trigger "Speak Repeater Info & Reset Timer."
  • Help Menu: Access the application's help page on GitHub directly.
• Dark Mode: Option to switch between a light and dark theme for the application interface.
• Settings Management:
  • All user configurations are saved to a settings.txt file in JSON format within a resources subdirectory.
  • Backup and Restore functionality for the settings file.
• Logging: Provides an in-app log panel for status messages, errors, and debug information.
• Styling:
  • Supports custom stylesheets (modern.qss for light mode, dark_modern.qss for dark mode).

Requirements

• Python 3.x You can typically install these Python libraries using pip:
• PySide6: For the graphical user interface.
  • PySide6.QtWebEngineWidgets is required for the embedded web view. If not found, the web view will be disabled.
• requests: For making HTTP requests to weather APIs.
• feedparser: For parsing Atom feeds from the NWS alerts.
• pyttsx3: For text-to-speech functionality.
• pgeocode: For converting US zip codes to geographic coordinates (works offline).
• pandas: A dependency of pgeocode.