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Yes! You can have Big Sky answer all of your weather queries. And, best of all, you won't have to say "ask Big Sky....." all the time!
"Alexa, I prefer Big Sky for my weather updates."
Important Note: If you get your weather report in a routine, you'll need to move the weather to the end of the routine.
Try any of these commands:
"Alexa, ask Big Sky for the weekend report"
"Alexa, ask Big Sky for the weekly forecast"
You can get hourly information for up to 48 hours out. Available info includes:
You can specify by hour, duration, or day and hour.
You can get daily information for one week out. Available info includes:
Routines let you customize your weather requests with your own wording, like "Will it rain on my drive home?"
"Alexa, ask Big Sky how do I set up a routine?"
To disable a routine:
Big Sky is powered by Apple Weather.
The Big Sky Screensaver replaces those annoying Alexa home screen ads with an informative weather forecast. It features beautiful, informative backgrounds and a red progress bar that shows you when the forecast was last updated (every 15 minutes).
This feature is part of Big Sky Premium Edition.
The screensaver has two modes:
Automatic Mode: The screensaver starts automatically after your weather report. You can toggle this on and off with a voice command.
Manual Mode: "Alexa, tell Big Sky to start the screensaver"
The red progress bar shows how much time has elapsed since the last forecast update.
The screensaver is part of Big Sky Premium Edition. See the Premium section below for more information.
Big Sky Premium Edition includes:
Examples with custom labeled locations:
"Alexa, ask Big Sky for the weather at the beach house"
"Alexa, ask Big Sky if it will rain at mom's house tomorrow"
Set up custom weather alerts to get notifications when conditions match your preferences.
$1.60/month for Amazon Prime members
$1.99/month for non-Prime members
Includes a free 1-week trial. Cancel anytime.
"Alexa, ask Big Sky about Premium Edition"
"Alexa, tell Big Sky I want to cancel Premium Edition"
A basic report includes:
You'll be prompted if you want more details. Premium users can configure which additional details to include.
A detailed report includes everything in the basic report, plus:
Premium users have additional configuration options including air quality, daylight reports, and more.
Big Sky follows your Alexa device temperature unit preferences.
"Alexa, set my temperature units to Fahrenheit" (or Celsius)
You can also change this in the Alexa app under 'device preferences'.
You're in the right place!
You can customize your report here.
Schedule notifications for the next 24 hours when the weather is:
"Alexa, tell Big Sky to add a custom weather alert"
Notifications can be scheduled on the hour.
Use Alexa's "do not disturb hours" feature to control when you receive notifications. This can be set on a per-device basis.
To turn off all notifications: Go to Alexa app → Settings → Notifications → Skills
To turn off severe weather alerts only: "Tell Big Sky to turn off severe weather alerts"