# Forecast

URL: https://pro-weather.com/docs/features/forecast

> A 7-day and hourly forecast tab for your station's location, powered by Open-Meteo.

Alongside your station's live readings, your site can show what's coming: a
**Forecast** tab with the next 24 hours and the next 7 days for your station's
exact location.

## What visitors see

- **Next 24 hours**: hour-by-hour temperature with a weather icon and, when
  it's 10% or more, the chance of precipitation. The first entry is "now".
- **7-day forecast**: today plus the next six days, each with an icon, the
  chance of precipitation, and a low-to-high temperature bar that shows each
  day's range at a glance.
- The **Overview** tab's headline also uses the forecast's current condition
  for its icon - "Partly cloudy", "Light rain" and so on - next to your
  station's measured temperature.

Temperatures and rain amounts follow your site's
[unit system](https://pro-weather.com/docs/customizing/units-language), and all labels follow your
site's language.

## Where the forecast comes from

Forecast data is provided by **[Open-Meteo](https://open-meteo.com)**, a free,
open weather API, using your station's coordinates. A small "Forecast data by
Open-Meteo" note appears under the forecast. The forecast refreshes roughly
every **30 minutes**.

> **Measured vs. predicted**
>
  Everything else on your site is what your station actually measured. The
  forecast is a model prediction for your coordinates, so it can differ from
  what your station ends up recording - that's normal.

## Turning it on or off

The forecast is **on by default**. Toggle it under **Settings → Weather
features → Forecast (7-day & hourly)** in your dashboard.

It needs your **station's coordinates**, which come from WeatherLink when you
connect. If the toggle is greyed out or the tab never appears, your station has
no location yet - open **Connection** and choose **Reconnect & rediscover**
after setting the location in WeatherLink.

## Next steps

- [Tabs & panels](https://pro-weather.com/docs/customizing/panels): reorder tabs or change the default
- [Alerts & warnings](https://pro-weather.com/docs/alerts): official severe-weather warnings for your area
- [Troubleshooting](https://pro-weather.com/docs/troubleshooting): if the tab doesn't appear