# "It won't rain the next .. minutes"
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509
**Category:** Questions & Help
**Created:** [June 29, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509 "2023-06-29T09:57:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Eternity](https://community.homey.app/u/Eternity)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509/1 "2023-06-29T09:57:51Z")
My Velux windows are controlled by Homey. If it starts to rain, they close to 30%. If the rain stops, they restore to the position before it started to rain. Works flawlessly, but…
If the rain stops briefly and it starts again in a couple of minutes the windows keep opening and closing.
So, I would like to have a condition like “It won’t rain the next … minutes”, but am stuck in finding a solution.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://community.homey.app/u/Arie_J_Godschalk)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2023, 10:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509/2 "2023-06-29T10:37:49Z")
Perhaps use the Open Weather app.
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### Author:  [@Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://community.homey.app/u/Arie_J_Godschalk)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509/3 "2023-06-29T10:38:24Z")
> [@Eternity](#):
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> It won’t rain the next … minutes
And, it will always be a assumption 😛
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### Author:  [@Sharkys](https://community.homey.app/u/Sharkys)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509/4 "2023-06-29T10:49:31Z")
> [@Eternity](#):
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> It won’t rain the next … minutes
try with Openweather - [OpenWeather App for Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/en-us/app/nu.baretta.openweathermap/OpenWeather/) - you can add hourly forecast, eg. forecast in next +4 hours - I’m using it as thunderstorm alert, eg. to disconnect some appliances…
Not sure it Arie means map itself, but probably a typo.
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### Author:  [@Sharkys](https://community.homey.app/u/Sharkys)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509/5 "2023-06-29T10:50:36Z")
> [@Arie\_J\_Godschalk](#):
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> it will always be a assumption
Btw, just small curiosity, I don’t know how Openweather is doing it BUT - my local rain sensor (updated each 6 min) is SLOWER then the actual weather state reported by Openweather 😉 I don’t get it.
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### Author:  [@Eternity](https://community.homey.app/u/Eternity)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509/6 "2023-06-29T11:04:39Z")
Thanks for the suggestions, will give it a try!
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### Author:  [@Marcel\_Ubels](https://community.homey.app/u/Marcel_Ubels)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509/7 "2023-06-29T11:11:46Z")
You could disable the flow and enable it after xxx minutes. This way my lights in the livingroom respond to the lux, otherwise you get the same as your windows.
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### Author:  [@Eternity](https://community.homey.app/u/Eternity)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509/8 "2023-06-29T11:21:23Z")
Unfortunately (…) it’s part of an Advanced Flow, so disabling it will result in other parts of that flow also not being active.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509/9 "2023-06-29T12:56:05Z")
In that case you can use a True/False variable
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### Author:  [@Marcel\_Ubels](https://community.homey.app/u/Marcel_Ubels)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509/10 "2023-06-29T13:38:10Z")
I made four advanced flows, first flow with the conditions, second flow light on, third flow lights off and firth flow with the disable and enable conditions. In my case i disable the second flow and enable it after 15 minutes
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### Author:  [@Joenoo](https://community.homey.app/u/Joenoo)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509/11 "2023-06-30T14:54:11Z")
I would suggest a cool down period with a timer instead of disabling a flow.
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### Author:  [@Eternity](https://community.homey.app/u/Eternity)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/it-wont-rain-the-next-minutes/83509/12 "2023-07-01T11:20:17Z")
Tried Openweather App, but couldn’t get it to work (even after entering my payment details).
I found the App Buienalarm that does what I need: it has trigger and condition cards that I can use in my flows.
Thanks for all the input!