<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){

$.ajax({
   var location = encodeURIComponent( $("input#locations").val() );
   type: "GET",
   url: "<?php echo BASE_URL.DIR_REL."/packages/local_weather/blocks/local_weather/basicform.php?locations="?>"+location,
   dataType: "text",
  success: function(html){
    // $("#results").append(html);
  },
  error: function() {
    alert("An error has occured making the request");
  }
 });
});

</script>