Should I ride the motorcycle today?

Problem

Should I ride today? Or will I get stuck in bad weather?

Solution

an immediate yes or no decision to ride with weather details

Rider questions

• Should I ride or drive?
• Will it rain?
• Be too windy?
• Too hot or cold?
• Is it safe?
• Am I confident in the weather, given my skills?
• Will I be OK at the beginning and end of the day?
• Start and end of the route?

Rider wants

• I want an immediate yes or no
• I want to see some basic info too
• I want to dig into more details if needed

User Story

As a new motorcycle rider, I want a quick yes or no if I should ride, so I can stay safe in the current weather, given my skill level, and not get caught in the rain.

Default ride if algorithm

• precip < 25%
• current precip = no
• temp < 100
• temp > 40
• wind < 12
• gust < 20
• night = no

Weather Underground examples

http://api.wunderground.com/api/WUNDERGROUNDAPIKEY/geolookup/conditions/q/ZIPCODE.json
http://api.wunderground.com/api/WUNDERGROUNDAPIKEY/geolookup/forecast/q/ZIPCODE.json
http://api.wunderground.com/api/WUNDERGROUNDAPIKEY/geolookup/forecast10day/q/ZIPCODE.json
http://api.wunderground.com/api/WUNDERGROUNDAPIKEY/geolookup/hourly/q/ZIPCODE.json
http://api.wunderground.com/api/WUNDERGROUNDAPIKEY/geolookup/astronomy/q/ZIPCODE.json

Get a Weather Underground API Key here

http://api.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/pricing.html