wxNow = (Complications.getComplication(wxId)).value;
	if (wxNow == null && hasWx) {
		var tempTemp = Weather.getCurrentConditions();
		if (tempTemp != null) {
			wxNow = tempTemp.temperature;
		}
		if (wxNow != null) {
			// not sure why -99.0 is used as an indicator of an invalid value when null
			// would work just as well
			//
			// it just makes your code more complex tbh, as all
			// future code which handles wxNow will have to
			// look out for this special "magic number",
			// especially code which displays wxNow.
			// (unless it's intended to display -99.0 when
			// the temperature is unavailable)
			wxNow = -99.0;
		}
	}

	// since it's possible for wxNow to be a Number,
	// ensure it's a Float. this not only solves the issue
	// with the following conversion to fahrenheit (although that
	// could've been easily solved by changing 9 to 9.0 or
	// 5 to 5.0), but it also ensures
	// whatever code handles/displays wxNow later will
	// always see a consistent type (Float rather than Number)
	wxNow = wxNow.toFloat();

	if ((ForC != System.UNIT_METRIC) && (wxNow != -99.0)) {
		wxNow = (wxNow * 9 / 5 + 32);
	}