# eInk / ePaper Weather Station ## Overview > So happy together > How is the weather? > > _The Turtles, "Happy Together"_ In this project, the Adafruit Metro M4 Express Airlift and the Tri-Color ePaper Shield work happily together to create a weather station with the current weather conditions and forecast for your area. A wonderful thing happened when the Metro M4 Express AirLift was released. It opened Arduino sketches to the Internet, freeing them from the confines of their closed environment. It is now officially a "thing" in a world of the Internet of Things (IoT). In this project, the Metro M4 Express AirLift will grab weather data for your local area from the internet and display it on an easy to read ePaper display The Adafruit Tri-Color ePaper Shield used with this project is a 2.7" ePaper shield that displays black, white and red pixels. It easily connects to the Metro with no soldering needed since the headers are already assembled on both the Metro and the ePaper shield.  ## Features This DIY weather station displays weather information for your local area in either Celsius or Fahrenheit units on an ePaper display. The displayed information includes: - Current date - Current temperature - Current weather conditions - Forecast data for the next 12 hours in 6 hour increments - Weather icons for weather conditions and forecasts - City name - Display current and forecasted hot temperatures in red - Sunrise and sunset times - Description and icon of current moon phase ## Parts Building this project requires no soldering and uses just two parts: the Adafruit Metro M4 Express AirLift Lite and the Adafruit 2.7" Tri-Color eInk / ePaper Shield with SRAM.  To make this project portable, you could add [a USB battery pack](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1959) or the [Adafruit PowerBoost 500 Shield](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2078) and a Li-Po battery and insert it between the Metro and the ePaper shield. If you are interested in ePaper displays for other projects, check out the entire line of [Adafruit's ePaper displays](https://www.adafruit.com/category/150). ### Adafruit Metro M4 Express AirLift (WiFi) - Lite [Adafruit Metro M4 Express AirLift (WiFi) - Lite](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4000) Give your next project a lift with _AirLift_ - our witty name for the ESP32 co-processor that graces this Metro M4. You already know about the  **Adafruit Metro M4**  featuring the  **Microchip ATSAMD51** , with it's 120MHz Cortex M4 with... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4000) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4000/guides) ![Adafruit Metro M4 Airlift Lite dev board with SAMD51 an ESP32 Wifi Co-processor.](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/4000-08.jpg) ### Adafruit 2.7" Tri-Color eInk / ePaper Shield with SRAM [Adafruit 2.7" Tri-Color eInk / ePaper Shield with SRAM](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4229) Easy e-paper finally comes to microcontrollers, with this breakout that's designed to make it a breeze to add a tri-color eInk display. Chances are you've seen one of those new-fangled 'e-readers' like the Kindle or Nook. They have gigantic electronic paper 'static'... Out of Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4229) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4229/guides) ![Top down view of a Adafruit 2.7" Tri-Color eInk / ePaper Shield with SRAM - Red Black White. ](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/4229-05.jpg) ### USB cable - USB A to Micro-B [USB cable - USB A to Micro-B](https://www.adafruit.com/product/592) This here is your standard A to micro-B USB cable, for USB 1.1 or 2.0. Perfect for connecting a PC to your Metro, Feather, Raspberry Pi or other dev-board or microcontroller Approximately 3 feet / 1 meter long In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/592) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/592/guides) ![USB cable - USB A to Micro-B - 3 foot long](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/592-01.jpg) - [Next Page](https://learn.adafruit.com/epaper-weather-station/how-it-works.md) ## Featured Products ### Adafruit Metro M4 Express AirLift (WiFi) - Lite [Adafruit Metro M4 Express AirLift (WiFi) - Lite](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4000) Give your next project a lift with _AirLift_ - our witty name for the ESP32 co-processor that graces this Metro M4. You already know about the  **Adafruit Metro M4**  featuring the  **Microchip ATSAMD51** , with it's 120MHz Cortex M4 with... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4000) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4000/guides) ### Adafruit 2.7" Tri-Color eInk / ePaper Shield with SRAM [Adafruit 2.7" Tri-Color eInk / ePaper Shield with SRAM](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4229) Easy e-paper finally comes to microcontrollers, with this breakout that's designed to make it a breeze to add a tri-color eInk display. Chances are you've seen one of those new-fangled 'e-readers' like the Kindle or Nook. They have gigantic electronic paper 'static'... Out of Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4229) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4229/guides) ### USB cable - USB A to Micro-B [USB cable - USB A to Micro-B](https://www.adafruit.com/product/592) This here is your standard A to micro-B USB cable, for USB 1.1 or 2.0. Perfect for connecting a PC to your Metro, Feather, Raspberry Pi or other dev-board or microcontroller Approximately 3 feet / 1 meter long In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/592) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/592/guides) ## Related Guides - [Adafruit Metro M4 Express AirLift (WiFi)](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-metro-m4-express-airlift-wifi.md) - [Adafruit 2.7" eInk Display Breakouts and Shields](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-2-7-eink-display-breakouts-and-shields.md) - [Stream Deck controlled RGB Message Panel using Adafruit IO](https://learn.adafruit.com/stream-deck-controlled-rgb-message-panel-using-adafruit-io.md) - [Weather Display Matrix](https://learn.adafruit.com/weather-display-matrix.md) - [ePaper Maze Maker](https://learn.adafruit.com/epaper-maze-maker.md) - [How to train new TensorFlow Lite micro speech models](https://learn.adafruit.com/how-to-train-new-tensorflow-lite-micro-speech-models.md) - [Using Python on Windows 10](https://learn.adafruit.com/using-python-on-windows-10.md) - [Adafruit eInk Display Breakouts and FeatherWings](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-eink-display-breakouts.md) - [ePaper Calendar Featuring Metro M4 Express Airlift and Tri-Color ePaper Shield](https://learn.adafruit.com/epaper-calendar-featuring-metro-m4-express-airlift-and-epaper-shield.md) - [Halloween Countdown Display Matrix](https://learn.adafruit.com/halloween-countdown-display-matrix.md) - [Tiny Autostereogram Construction Kit](https://learn.adafruit.com/tiny-autostereogram-construction-kit.md) - [Adafruit IO Basics: Schedule Actions](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-io-basics-scheduled-triggers.md) - [Upgrading AirLift ESP32 Firmware](https://learn.adafruit.com/upgrading-esp32-firmware.md) - [Custom Scrolling Quote Board Matrix Display](https://learn.adafruit.com/aio-quote-board-matrix-display.md) - [Using ItsaSNAP for HomeKit PIR Motion Detection](https://learn.adafruit.com/itsasnap-homekit-pir-motion-detection.md)