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+Genmon Weather App!
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+For use in XFCE for monitoring weather from a given station using the National Weather Service API. 
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+Instructions: 
+- Download files
+- Run weather.py from XFCE GenMon as path/to/script/weather.py -station STATIONNAME
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+Without a station name, the script will report the weather at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, GA.