better weather for Alexa


Big Sky uses the famous Dark Sky API to bring hyper-local, up-to-the-minute forecasts on your Alexa device
CNET called Big Sky "One of the 7 Essential Alexa Skills." It's been recognized by PCMag, Wired, and others as the best weather source on Alexa.
Big Sky's graphics are as informative as they are beautiful, with animated layouts for hourly temperature, wind, and precipitation data.
You can add up to four additional addresses and assign them any labels you like. "Alexa, ask big sky for the wind speed at the boat."
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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.
Yes! Just set up a routine. Use "what's the weather?" as the trigger. Or choose whatever phrase you want.
Click here to create a Big Sky routine
In short, no. Big Sky will continue to operate without interruption to any of its services.
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, BigSky Premium is 99 cents a month. Amazon Prime users pay 80 cents a month.
Just say, "Alexa, tell Big Sky I want to try Premium."
There is a free 1 week trial, and you can cancel your subscription at any time. "Alexa, tell Big Sky I want to cancel Premium."
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.
Basic forecasts will always prompt you if you want more details.
If you ask to hear more details, you'll hear sunset and sunrise times, times for the high and low temperatures for the day, and current wind speed and humidity details.
Just what it sounds like! A detailed report will give you everything the basic report does plus:
"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 and edit your addresses (and custom labels.)
Big Sky will send you a notification whenever the National Weather Service issues a moderate or severe weather alert for your area.
Notifications will only be sent during waking hours, with the exception of warnings for imminently dangerous events (e.g, hurricanes, flash floods, evacuations orders, etc.)
Please Note: Big Sky Notifications should not be depended on to give timely alerts for weather events. They are not sent in real time, but are sent several times an hour. In addition,
settings on your Alexa device or in the Alexa app can prevent you from receiving alerts!
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.
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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