Weather

List active weather alerts with optional filters for area, zone, event type, severity, urgency, and certainty. Use cursor from page_info for next page.

Get a specific weather alert by its ID. Returns full alert details including description and instructions.

List all possible weather alert event types (e.g., ‘Winter Storm Warning’, ‘Tornado Watch’). Useful for filtering alerts.

Get metadata for a geographic point including grid office, forecast URLs, and nearby city. Use this first to discover grid coordinates for other tools.

Get the daily forecast for a location (up to 7 days). Returns named periods like ‘Tonight’, ‘Tuesday’. Requires latitude and longitude.

Get hourly forecast for a location (up to 156 hours). Returns temperature, wind, and conditions for each hour. Requires latitude and longitude.

Get raw gridpoint data including temperature, dewpoint, humidity, wind, and precipitation arrays. Use get_point_info first to find office/grid coordinates.

Get details for a Weather Forecast Office by ID (e.g., ‘BOU’ for Boulder, CO). Returns address, phone, email, and responsible zones.

List headlines for a Weather Forecast Office. Headlines are short announcements about significant weather events.

List NWS text products (forecasts, discussions, warnings). Filter by office (e.g., ‘BOU’ or ‘KBOU’) or type. Use cursor from page_info for next page.

Get a specific NWS text product by ID. Returns the full product text content.

List all available NWS product type codes (e.g., ‘AFD’ for Area Forecast Discussion). Useful for filtering with list_products.

List weather observation stations. Filter by state. Use cursor from page_info for next page. Use get_station for details on a specific station.

Get details for a specific observation station by its ID (e.g., ‘KDEN’). Returns location, timezone, and elevation.

Get the most recent weather observation from a station. Returns temperature, wind, humidity, pressure, and conditions. Use list_stations to find station IDs.

List recent observations from a station with optional time range filter. Use list_stations to find station IDs.

Test connectivity to the weather.gov API. Returns success status and message.

List weather zones by type (forecast, fire, county, coastal, offshore). Filter by state or region. Returns zone IDs for use with get_zone_forecast.

Get details for a specific zone by type and ID (e.g., type=‘forecast’, id=‘COZ040’). Returns zone name, state, and associated offices.

Get the text forecast for a zone. Use list_zones to find zone IDs. Returns named periods with detailed forecast text.