Nowcast (short)
High resolution one hour precipitation forecast in one minute time steps, taking advantage of weather radar where available (Europe and continental USA).
In Europe and continental USA, the short nowcast is based on a true nowcast that uses radar extrapolation to move observed rain. The data is very fresh, usually less than 15 minutes old. If it is a true nowcast, the response resolution parameter shows "resolution": 1.
In other parts of the world, we use medium-range forecast so the forecast is not a true minutecast. The time step is 1 hour, so anything less than that has to be interpolated from the hourly time steps. The data may be several hours old, so the forecast isn’t as skilled in predicting near-term precipitation. If it is not a true nowcast, the response resolution parameter shows "resolution": 60
Request
- Base URL: https://weatherapi.foreca.net
- URL: https://weatherapi.foreca.net/api/v1/forecast/minutely/{location}
- Auth: HTTP bearer
Path parameters
"Longitude,latitude" or location identifier (id) from the location endpoint
Query parameters
Number of time steps (up to 60, default 60)
Time zone in response (IANA time zone database names)
Response
Success
Example response
{
"forecast": [
{
"time": "2022-06-22T07:43+03:00",
"precipRate": 0.93
}
],
"resolution": 1
}Changes
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