From 94fa7db000d7824811c466a365fbd12cdc87a3dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James <james@jongsma.me>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 03:51:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Weather: forecast daily, current temp from HA on each
 request, sensor poll stays 5s for testing

---
 index.html |  2 +-
 server.js  | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 62b7218..50cae11 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ async function updateWeather() {
   } catch(e) {}
 }
 updateWeather();
-setInterval(updateWeather, 1800000);
+setInterval(updateWeather, 86400000); // once per day
 
 // === ROOM SENSORS (7pm - 8am only) ===
 const sensorEl = document.getElementById('room-sensors');
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 4e02660..866f714 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -101,7 +101,24 @@ let weatherCache = { data: null, ts: 0 };
 const SEVERE_EVENTS = ['hurricane', 'tropical storm', 'tornado', 'severe thunderstorm', 'flash flood', 'storm surge', 'tsunami', 'extreme wind'];
 
 app.get('/api/weather', async (req, res) => {
-  if (weatherCache.data && Date.now() - weatherCache.ts < 1800000) {
+  // Refresh current temp from HA every request (cheap, local), forecast/NHC daily
+  const forecastFresh = weatherCache.data && Date.now() - weatherCache.ts < 86400000;
+  if (forecastFresh) {
+    // Just update current temp from HA
+    try {
+      const haData = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const r = http.get(`${HA_URL}/api/states/sensor.air_temp`, {
+          headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${HA_TOKEN}` }
+        }, (resp) => {
+          let body = '';
+          resp.on('data', c => body += c);
+          resp.on('end', () => { try { resolve(JSON.parse(body)); } catch(e) { reject(e); } });
+        });
+        r.on('error', reject);
+        r.setTimeout(3000, () => { r.destroy(); reject(new Error('timeout')); });
+      });
+      weatherCache.data.current = parseInt(haData.state);
+    } catch(e) {}
     return res.json(weatherCache.data);
   }
   try {