A script a co-worker wrote to grab weather

$url = "http://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KSBN.xml"
$data = Invoke-RestMethod $url
$temp = $data.current_observation.temp_f -as [decimal]
$wind = $data.current_observation.wind_mph -as [decimal]
$weather = $data.current_observation.weather

$temp_desc = $null
$wind_desc = $null

switch($temp)
{
    { $_ -le 15 } { $temp_desc = "stupidly cold outside" }
    { $_ -le 40 -and $_ -gt 15 } {$temp_desc = "cold outside"}
    { $_ -le 60 -and $_ -gt 40 } {$temp_desc = "a little chilly outside"}
    { $_ -le 80 -and $_ -gt 60 } {$temp_desc = "warm and comfortable outside"}
    { $_ -le 90 -and $_ -gt 80 } {$temp_desc = "quite warm outside"}
    { $_ -le 100 -and $_ -gt 90 } {$temp_desc = "hot outside"}
    { $_ -gt 100 } {$temp_desc = "stupidly hot outside"}
}

switch($wind)
{
    { $_ -le 0 } {$wind_desc = "quiet, a little too quiet...."}
    { $_ -le 5 -and $_ -gt 0 } {$wind_desc = "a gental breeze."}
    { $_ -le 10 -and $_ -gt 5 } {$wind_desc = "a brisk draft."}
    { $_ -le 15 -and $_ -gt 10 } {$wind_desc = "quite a bit windy."}
    { $_ -le 20 -and $_ -gt 15 } {$wind_desc = "blowing more than you would like."}
    { $_ -le 25 -and $_ -gt 20 } {$wind_desc = "frustratingly powerful."}
    { $_ -ge 26 } {$wind_desc = "an unstopable hurricane!"}

}
"The weather is currently $temp_desc with winds that are $wind_desc You might also notice it's $weather."

Save the script and then execute it like this:

./Get-QuickWeather.ps1

Another one-line example:

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri  -Credential $LiveCred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection