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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="topic"
      id="clock-weather">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#clock"/>
   <link type="seealso" xref="clock-timezone"/>
   <link type="seealso" xref="clock-style"/>
    <desc>How to display a weather forecast for your location.</desc>
    <revision pkgversion="0.1" version="0.1" date="2010-10-31" status="draft"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </info>

  <title>Show a weather forecast next to the clock</title>
<section>
 <title>Check first.</title>
<p> To have a weather forecast, first of all, you have to make sure you have selected the <app>Weather</app> and <app>Temperature</app> options to be shown next to the <app>Clock</app>. If you have not, you can follow this simple steps:</p>
 
<steps>
  <item><p>Right-click on the Clock Panel.</p></item>
  <item><p>Choose <gui>Preferences</gui> and select the <gui>General</gui> tab.</p></item>
  <item><p>Select the <gui>Show weather</gui> and the <gui>Show temperature</gui> options from the <gui>Panel Display</gui> section.</p></item>
  <item><p>And press <gui>Close</gui> to finish.</p></item>
</steps>
<p>The next thing to check is if you have added your current location, if you have not follow the instructions from <gui>Change your Timezone</gui> linked below.</p>     
</section>

<section>
 <title>Weather Display Preferences</title>
<p>The weather forecast will depend of the location selected at the moment and it will be shown as an icon for sunny, cloudy, rainy or more. You can configure the unit of the temperature and wind speed by:</p>
<steps>
  <item><p>Right-click on the Clock Panel.</p></item>
  <item><p>Choose <gui>Preferences</gui> and select the <gui>Weather</gui> tab.</p></item>
  <item><p>Now that you are on the <gui>Weather</gui> tab, you can select from the drop down boxs:</p>
		<terms>
		  <item>
		    <title>Temperature unit</title>
		    <p>You can choose between:</p><list>
			  <item><p>K (Kelvin).</p></item>
			  <item><p>C (Celsius).</p></item>
			  <item><p>F (Fahrenheit).</p></item>
			  <item><p>Default (The default display for your region).</p></item>	
			</list>
		  </item>
		  <item>
		    <title>Wind speed unit</title>
		    <p>You can choose between:</p><list>
			  <item><p>Default (The default display for your region).</p></item>			  
			  <item><p>m/s (meters per second).</p></item>
			  <item><p>km/h (kilometers per hour).</p></item>
			  <item><p>mph (miles per hour).</p></item>
			  <item><p>knots.</p></item>
			  <item><p>Beaufort scale.</p></item> 
			</list>
		  </item>
		</terms>
	</item>
</steps>
</section>

  <comment>
   <cite date="2010-06-29" href="mailto:gnome-doc-list@gnome.org">GNOME Documentation Project</cite>
   <p>Explain how to turn-on weather forecasts next to the clock etc.</p>
  </comment>
	
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