diff --git a/scripts/xmobar-status-weather b/scripts/xmobar-status-weather
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# simple script to read weather from airport code and return it for display in xmobar
+
+weather=$(weather-report $1 -m --no-cache -n | \
+				grep 	-e '\[' \
+						-e 'Temp' | \
+				sed 	-e 's/\[using result //' \
+						-e 's/,.*\]//' \
+						-e 's/Temp.*: //' \
+						-e 's/ C//' \
+						-e 's/   //')
+
+readarray -t y <<< "$weather"
+
+loc=${y[0]}
+temp=${y[1]}
+
+echo -e "<fc=#ff79c6>$loc <fc=#FFFFFF>$temp</fc><fn=1>\u00b0</fn>C</fc>"