diff --git a/scripts/sleep_weather.sh b/scripts/sleep_weather.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# setting the locale, some users have issues with different locales, this forces the correct one
+export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+
+#wrapper script for running weather on interval
+
+fahrenheit=$1
+location=$2
+fixedlocation=$3
+
+LOCKFILE=/tmp/.tmux2k-tmux-weather.lock
+DATAFILE=/tmp/.tmux2k-tmux-data
+
+ensure_single_process()
+{
+  # check for another running instance of this script and terminate it if found
+  [ -f $LOCKFILE ] && ps -p "$(cat $LOCKFILE)" -o cmd= | grep -F " ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" && kill "$(cat $LOCKFILE)"
+  echo $$ > $LOCKFILE
+}
+
+main()
+{
+  ensure_single_process
+
+  current_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+  if [ ! -f $DATAFILE ]; then
+    printf "Loading..." > $DATAFILE
+  fi
+
+  $current_dir/weather.sh > $DATAFILE
+
+  while tmux has-session &> /dev/null
+  do
+    $current_dir/weather.sh $fahrenheit $location $fixedlocation > $DATAFILE
+    if tmux has-session &> /dev/null
+    then
+      sleep 1200
+    else
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+
+  rm $LOCKFILE
+}
+
+#run main driver function
+main