Tools/weather/forecast

weather/forecast

Weather forecast for a coordinate at a chosen resolution (15-minute, hourly, or daily).

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What it does

Returns a forecast timeline for a latitude/longitude at the resolution you pick: 15-minute (short-term precipitation nowcast), hourly, or daily multi-day outlook.

Primary use cases

  • Answering "will it rain" and multi-day planning.
  • Driving reminders and plans off an upcoming forecast.
  • Short-term precipitation nowcasting with the 15-minute timeline.

Good to know

Requires lat and lon; use the geocode tool first if you only have a place name. Choose timeline: 1day (multi-day), 1h (hourly), or 15min (next-hour precipitation). Set units to metric or imperial.

Parameters

latnumberrequired

Latitude in decimal degrees.

lonnumberrequired

Longitude in decimal degrees.

langstringoptional

Language code for weather descriptions (e.g. "en").

unitsstringoptionaldefault: "metric"

Temperature and wind units. metric=Celsius, imperial=Fahrenheit.

timelinestringrequireddefault: "1day"

Forecast resolution: 1day (multi-day), 1h (hourly), or 15min (next-hour precipitation).

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