diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3069eca..09a1bae 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ *wttr.in — the right way to check the weather.* wttr.in is a console oriented weather forecast service, that supports various information representation methods -like terminal oriented ANSI-sequences for console HTTP clients such as curl, httpie or wget; -HTML for web browsers; or PNG for graphical viewers. +like terminal oriented ANSI-sequences for console HTTP clients (curl, httpie, or wget), +HTML for web browsers, or PNG for graphical viewers. wttr.in uses [wego](http://github.com/schachmat/wego) for visualization and various data sources for weather forecast information. @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ That is how the actual weather report for your location looks like (it is live!) ![Weather Report](http://wttr.in/MyLocation.png?) -(it's not your location actually, because GitHub's CDN hides your real IP address with its own IP address, +(it's not your location actually. GitHub's CDN hides your real IP address with its own IP address, but it is still a live weather report in your language). You can specify the location that you want to get the weather information for. @@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ based on your IP address. $ curl wttr.in/London $ curl wttr.in/Moscow -You can use 3-letters airport codes if you want to get the weather information -about some airports: +Use 3-letters airport codes in order to get the weather information +at a certain airport: $ curl wttr.in/muc # Weather for IATA: muc, Munich International Airport, Germany $ curl wttr.in/ham # Weather for IATA: ham, Hamburg Airport, Germany -If you want to specify a location that is not a city/town's name, but a name of some geographical location -(e.g. it can be a site in a city, a mountain name, a special location etc.) you should place `~` before its name. +If you want to use some geographical location (not just a town or a city) +(e.g. it can be a site in a city, a mountain name, a special location, etc.) you should place `~` before its name. That means the location name should be looked up before: $ curl wttr.in/~Vostok+Station @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ to separate them with `_` instead of `?` and `&`: $ wget wttr.in/Paris_0tqp_lang=fr.png -Special useful options for the PNG format: +Useful options for the PNG format: * `t` for transparency (`transparency=150`); * transparency=0..255 for a custom transparency level. @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Here: ## Special pages -wttr.in can be used not only to check the weather, but also for some other purposes: +wttr.in can be used not only to check the weather: $ curl wttr.in/Moon