Snow, frost and very cold. This is the panorama we have right now in Spain. A panorama that requires us to be attentive to how weather conditions evolve to be able to be prepared and avoid unforeseen events. Fortunately, our iPhones can take care of just that.

There are many ways to keep an eye on the situation. From the iPhone there are different applications, including the Weather app, which notify us of adverse conditions. Let’s see, but, a way to customize these notices to suit our schedules and needs. And all thanks to the Shortcuts app.

A fully customizable notice thanks to the Shortcuts app

When it comes to customization and versatility on the iPhone, the Shortcuts app needs to be part of the conversation. It is thanks to Shortcuts that we can schedule a check of the temperature conditions in the region we are in or decide to and issue a personalized notice depending on what the minimums will be. The steps are somewhat long to explain, but if we follow them with the iPhone in front of us, even if we are creating our first shortcut, they are more than logical and simple. Let’s go with them:

1. We open the app shortcuts on our iPhone or iPad.
2. We touch the “+” to create a new one.
3. In Shortcut Name we write something like “Temperature Advisories”.
4. In the search engine on the right we write “Time” and touch Get the weather forecast.
5. We keep the option of Daily and also that of Current locationunless we want to define that of another city.
6. In the search engine on the right side we write “Time” again and touch Get weather details.
7. we play in Date and we choose minimum.
8. In the search engine on the right we write “Yes” and touch Yes.
9. we play in Condition and we choose is less than or equal to.
10. we play in Number and we write the temperature from which we want to be notified.
11. In the search engine on the right side we write “Notification” and touch show notification.
12. We touch the small “x” to the right of But.
13. we drag show notification so that it remains between Yes and the end if.
14. We touch the small arrow next to show notification.
15. In Title we write something like “Low temperature warning”.
16. In the search engine on the right we write “Text” and touch Text.
17. Drag the text action on the left to just above show notification.
18. In the text section we write something like “Today we will reach the”, a space, click on the variable suggestion minimum from the bottom and then end the sentence with another space and “degrees”.
19. We touch on “Hello, world”, we delete the notice and click on the variable suggestion Text from the bottom.
20. In Attached file we eliminate any variable.

Ok, we’ve already created the shortcut. Visually, you have to remain just like the one we see above these lines. If we wish, we can download the shortcut already made in this link. From here we can program the automation, we will do it like this:

1. We open the app shortcuts on our iPhone or iPad.
2. We enter the tab Automation.
3. we play in Create personal automationif we do not see it, click on the “+” first.
4. we choose time of day.
5. We write the time in which we want to receive the notice.
6. we press Next.
7. we play in add actionwe write “execute” and click on run shortcut.
8. we play in Shortcut right next to “Run” and choose the shortcut we just created.
9. we press Next.
10. We deactivate request confirmation.
11. Click on do not request.
12. we play okay.

Nothing more. As we have already said, the steps are many, but very simple. In the end, we will achieve that, from a certain temperature threshold, our iPhone promptly notifies us of this. A threshold that we can customize both in value and in the location in which it is measured to take the actions we consider appropriate.

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