Environment

NWS weather glossary

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Return the NWS weather glossary - approximately 1300 term/definition pairs ranging from 1-2-3 Rule to Zulu Time. Ideal for client-side term lookup (hover tooltips, MCP tool annotations, chatbot grounding data). Optional query parameter q performs a case-insensitive substring match against term and definition. Cached 24 hours. Attribution: NOAA National Weather Service (api.weather.gov).

get/api/v1/weather/nws/glossary

Request

Query parameters

qstring nullable

Case-insensitive substring filter applied to term and definition.

Response

List of glossary entries.

Example response

{
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
    "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
    "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
    "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
    "data_age_days": 8.532,
    "source": "sugra_crypto",
    "attribution": "Short interest and Reg SHO daily short volume data is owned by and sourced from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).",
    "source_url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE",
    "citation": "Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) - Unemployment Rate (UNRATE) - https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE - retrieved 2026-11-02",
    "fallback_chain": [
      "sugra_crypto",
      "sugra_finance"
    ],
    "stale_since": "2026-09-08T12:00:00Z",
    "period": "2026-Q1",
    "notes": "the UKMTO report behind these counts is dated 2026-08-21 and is 11 days old"
  }
}

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    This list may be incomplete.