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Timer or other idea required to allow code to continue execution after calling method and JOptionPane

I need a way to allow my program to keep running code after this method is called.

Currently, it waits for half an hour, gets the info, stores it to the object WeatherCard, and displays it, and repeats. But it hangs on the JOptionPane. I need a way to make it so that the program either keeps going underneath the JOptionPane or to close the pane after about 10 seconds. I am not sure how to work either into my code, currently

public void printWeatherCard(WeatherCard w, JFrame controlFrame) throws MalformedURLException, IOException{
    /* Displays a dialog box containing the temperature and location */
    BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(new URL(w.imgSrc));
    ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(img);

    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(controlFrame, "It is currently " + w.currentTemp + " \u00B0 F in " + w.location.city + ", " + w.location.state + ".\nCurrent humidity: " + w.currentHumidity + 
            "%.\nChance of precipitation: " + w.chancePrecip + "%.", "Weather Update: " + w.location.zipCode, JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE, icon);
}
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  • But it hangs on the JOptionPane. I need a way to make it so that the program either keeps going underneath the JOptionPane or to close the pane after about 10 seconds. I am not sure how to work either into my code, currently

    there are two ways