Latest 24 hour precip for station

wx-precip.sh

#!/bin/bash
# grab total -24hour precip for a station

# ex: start=202512081428 end=202512091428 
# ./wx-precip.sh KPDX
#     Total precip at KPDX (24Hr): 2.271 inches
#     Total precip at KSEA (24Hr): 1.163 inches

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    station=KSEA # KSEA KPDX C5053
  else
    station=$1
fi

hours=24 # 24 48 72 or custom
start=$(date -u '+%Y%m%d%H%M' -d "-$hours hour")
end=$(date -u '+%Y%m%d%H%M')

curl -s "https://api.synopticlabs.org/v2/stations/precipitation?token=04f9ba4a7550477a9533d12a10b544ae&units=english&start=${start}&end=${end}&STID=${station}&_=$EPOCHSECONDS" \
  -H 'Origin: https://www.weather.gov' | 
  jq -r --arg id "${station}" --arg hr "${hours}" '.STATION[0].OBSERVATIONS | "Total precip at \($id) (\($hr)Hr): \(.total_precip_value_1) inches"'