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@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ Copyright (c) 2006 Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>, all rights reserved.
 Licensed per terms in the LICENSE file distributed with this software.
 
 
 Licensed per terms in the LICENSE file distributed with this software.
 
 

+Table of Contents:
+
+1. Can I help?
+2. How do I figure out my local METAR station ID?
+3. How do I figure out my local city name and state abbreviation?
+4. I live outside the USA--can this be made to work for me
+   anyway?
+5. Why do I get the wrong forecast when specifying -i or --id?
+
+

 1. Can I help?
  
 Sure! Bug reports and feature suggestions are always welcome, but
 1. Can I help?
  
 Sure! Bug reports and feature suggestions are always welcome, but


@@ -42,3 +52,17 @@ likely to be published in a non-English language, requiring some
 additional input from speakers of that language for how to handle
 filtering and formatting of the text.
 
 additional input from speakers of that language for how to handle
 filtering and formatting of the text.
 

+
+5. Why do I get the wrong forecast when specifying -i or --id?
+
+The -i or --id switch (or the id parameter in an alias definition),
+only tells weather(1) what current conditions to retrieve. If you
+specify -f or --forecast on the command line (or forecast=True in
+an alias) without providing a city name and state abbreviation
+(-c/--city and -s/--st, or city and st in an alias), you will
+instead see the forecast for the built-in default location (or the
+city and st defined in the default alias, if you have one). See
+question 3 above for information on figuring out what city name and
+state abbreviation to use, and the manual for weatherrc(5) for
+information on defining aliases.
+