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Yes! You can have Big Sky answer all of your weather queuries. And, best of all, you won't have to say "ask Big Sky....." all the time!
"Alexa, I prefer Big Sky for my weather updates."
Important Note: If you get your weather report in a routine, you'll need to move the weather to the end of the routine.
To get current weather information for your default location, just say "Alexa, open Big Sky."
Or, "Alexa...
You can get the following hourly information for up to 48 hours out. You can specify the hour ("10:00 am"), duration ("in three hours"), day and hour ("tomorrow at noon") for the following values
You can get the following daily weather info for one week out.
Routines are helpful if you want to change the wording of some requests. For example, you can ask "Will it rain on my drive home" instead of "Will it rain in Fairview between 4 and 6 pm?"
Just ask Alexa, "How do I set up a routine?"
Occasionally, Amazon will offer to set up a routine for you. If you'd like to turn these off:
Big Sky is powered by Apple Weather.
Tired of the endless stream of hints, suggestions, and ads scrolling across Alexa's home screen? Big Sky screensaver replaces all that with the Big Sky weather forecast.
There are two different ways to start Big Sky screensaver:
A red progress bar at the edge of the screen will display elapsed time since the last weather update. Weather is updated every 15 minutes.
The screen saver is part of Big Sky Premium Edition.
Premium adds additional capabilities to Big Sky, turning it into a truly personalized weather service.
To get weather for your additional address, you just use the label you assigned to the address, e.g.
To set up a Custom Weather Alert, just say, "Alexa, tell big sky to add a custom weather alert." You'll be walked through the steps for choosing the alert type and time.
To get radar for your default location, just say "Alexa, show me the radar." For radar at other locations: "Alexa, show me the radar over Detroit," or "Show me the radar at the beach."
Currently, Big Sky Premium Edit is 1.60 cents a month for Amazon Prime members. (1.99 cents a month for non-prime members.) Premium Edition starts with a free 1 week trial and you can cancel at any time.
Just say, "Alexa, ask big sky about Premium Edition."
"Alexa, tell Big Sky I want to cancel Premium Edition."
The content of a basic report changes based on conditions, but usually includes: weather for the next hour, and then the day's forecast. If precipitation is possible, it will include precipitation probabiliities. If there's a weather alert, it will give you a very brief summary.
You can choose to be prompted for more details after the basic forecast.
Premium users can configure the additional details they'll hear.
Just what it sounds like! A detailed report will give you everything the basic report does plus:
Premium users have access to many configuration options, including air quality, precipitation reports, daylight reports, and more.
Big Sky will follow the temperature unit preferences set for your Alexa device.
Exit Big Sky, and say, "Alexa, set my temperature units to Fahrenheit (Celsius)."
You can also change these options in the Alexa app under 'device preferences.'
"Alexa, tell Big Sky I want to update my options."
This will send a card to the Alexa app. Click on the link in the card, and you can update your options including adding labeled locations, change the detail level of your weather report, change wind units, and more.
You can schedule a notification when the weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be:
To schedule a custom weather alert, just say "Alexa, tell big sky to add a custom weather alert."
Custom weather alerts can be scheduled on the hour.
You can schedule when you recieve Alexa notifications (not just for Big Sky) by setting "do not disturb hours." These are set on a per device basis. Check out the Amazon info here.
There are several ways to turn off Big Sky notifications.
Please grant Big Sky location permissions in the Alexa app. Go to the homescreen => Skill & Games. Search for Big Sky. Then Settings => Manage Permissions => Device Location
You've set up (or authorized) a routine that includes a Big Sky weather report. To disable the routine, see the instruction above, under "Weather Info."
Occasionally, of course, weather reports are wrong. But if your report is consistently bad, very likely you're getting the forecast for the wrong location. Maybe there was a typo in the address you entered. Or maybe the address you entered is being misinterpreted. Here's how to fix it.
Big Sky uses Google location services to map the address you enter to a longitude and latitude. Check the address you gave Big Sky in Google maps. Make sure that your location is accurate on the map. Then, tell Big Sky sky to "update my options", and re-enter that address, making sure you're entering it without error. This should fix the problem.
You've linked the skill, but every time you launch it you're told you need to link your account. This usually happens when you have more than one profile associated with your Alexa device, or you have more than one Amazon account.
Account linking works with the Alexa profile that is logged in. If you have multiple profiles in your household, say “Alexa, switch profiles” to switch profiles on your device.
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