Ask about the weather
Text or ask BandBrain like you'd ask a person:
- "will it rain at load-out?"
- "how cold is it going to be after the show tonight?"
- "weather in Denver Saturday?"
- "what's it like where I am?" (after you've shared your location)
It uses today's venue or hotel from your day sheet unless you name a place, and gives the forecast hour by hour (up to 10 days out) in that place's local time. Any official weather alert there comes first.
Weather on the drive
Ask "anything bad on the drive to Denver tomorrow?" BandBrain takes tonight's venue or hotel and tomorrow's city from the day sheet, uses your bus, van or lobby call as the departure time, and checks the forecast at points along the route for when you'd pass each one. It flags snow, ice, freezing rain, thunderstorms, strong wind gusts, low visibility, and official alerts, with where and when.
Automatic severe weather texts
Every hour, BandBrain checks for official severe weather alerts (in the US, National Weather Service watches and warnings) at:
- the venues for today's and tomorrow's shows
- the route of any drive between cities in the next two days
When a new one affects you, the band gets one text, for example:
Weather alert (National Weather Service): Winter Storm Warning: Fri 10/30 drive Denver → Salt Lake City. Thu 6:00 PM MDT to Fri 12:00 PM MDT. Area: Albany; Carbon. Text me for the forecast or the drive weather.
Good to know:
- Only watches and warnings are texted — not advisories or BandBrain's own reading of a forecast — so a text means something official.
- Each alert is texted once.
- It goes to the same people as tour change alerts: admins, band and crew. External contacts never get it.
- No texts 2–6 AM local unless the alert starts within 3 hours; the rest go out after 6 AM.
- Replying STOP stops all BandBrain texts, including these.