Route Weather for Siri
"Hey Siri, Route Weather"
Get a spoken weather briefing for your drive. Siri checks conditions at five points along your route and reads you a summary — precipitation, temperature changes, alerts, and wind.
One-Tap Install
Tap the button below on your iPhone to install the shortcut instantly.
Get Shortcut
Opens in the Shortcuts app. Tap Add Shortcut to confirm.
Manual Setup (5 minutes)
Or build it yourself. Open the Shortcuts app on your iPhone (it's pre-installed — search for it if needed). Then follow these steps exactly.
1 Create a new shortcut
Tap the + button in the top right corner.
2 Add "Ask for Input"
Tap Add Action. Search for Ask for Input and tap it.
Set the Prompt to: Where are you headed?
Set Type to: Text
3 Add "Get Current Location"
Tap the search bar at the bottom of the screen (this is how you add every action after the first one). Search for Get Current Location and tap it.
4 Add "Get Contents of URL"
Tap the bottom search bar again. Search for Get Contents of URL and tap it.
Now build the URL by tapping the URL field and typing each piece in order:
Type: https://www.radweather.net/route?from_lat=
Then tap variable: Current Location → select property Latitude
Type: &from_lon=
Then tap variable: Current Location → select property Longitude
Type: &to=
Then tap variable: Ask for Input
Variables appear as colored pills above the keyboard while your cursor is in the URL field. Swipe left if you don't see the one you need.
5 Add "Speak Text"
Tap the bottom search bar again. Search for Speak Text and tap it. It should automatically use Contents of URL as the input. If not, tap the input field and select it.
6 Name it and save
Tap the name at the top of the screen (it probably says something like "Get Contents of URL") and rename it to Route Weather. Tap the back arrow to save — it auto-saves.
Use It
Hold the side button (power button) to activate Siri, then say:
"Route Weather"
Siri asks where you're headed, gets your GPS, checks weather at five points along your route, and reads the forecast aloud — alerts first, then temperature, precipitation, and wind.
See It on a Map
Want to see the route weather visually? Add &format=map to the URL:
https://www.radweather.net/route?from_lat=32.78&from_lon=-96.80&to=amarillo,tx&format=map
Shows your route with weather at each waypoint, radar overlay, and NWS alerts — all on a dark map.
API
GET /route?from_lat=LAT&from_lon=LON&to=DESTINATION
Default: spoken plain text. Add &format=json for structured data. Add &format=map for the visual map.