Turbulence

NAME

Turbulence - Turbulence prognosis charts

DESCRIPTION

Returns a turbulence forecast as a png image. Two types are available, maps and cross sections.

Forecasts are generated every three hours, for 0-18 hours ahead. This means that unlike version 1.1, you now must download each file several times to get current data.

Parameters

icao (mandatory)

ICAO code of the airport where you want the forecast

Values: ENAL, ENBL, ENBN, ENDU, ENEV, ENHF, ENHK, ENHV, ENLK, ENMH, ENMS, ENOV, ENRA, ENSB, ENSD, ENSH, ENST, ENTC, ENVA

type (mandatory)

Specify which view to be returned.

Values: cross_section, map

This can also be used as an endpoint, e.g. https://api.met.no./weatherapi/turbulence/2.0/map?icao=ENTC

time

The time for which you want a forecast. If not specified, the current hour is used.

Times are in ISO format: yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:00Z.

Example requests:

Available

A list of available images can be retrieved in XML (default) or JSON format:

https://api.met.no./weatherapi/turbulence/2.0/available

Optionally, you can specify the "type" and/or "icao" parameters to filter the listing:

https://api.met.no./weatherapi/turbulence/2.0/available.json?type=map&icao=ENBN

CHANGELOG

Version 2.0 now operational, 2023-06-08

  • No changes to the layout and number of airports
  • Forecasts update every 3 hours (earlier every 12 hours)
  • Forecast length is 18 hours (previously 12 hours)
  • No major difference in forecast quality

New version 2.0 beta, 2023-03-09

Mostly interface but charts generated by different backend (view has been renamed type to conform to rest of API)

Minor update, 2020-12-07

  • Vigra added. Fagernes, Narvik and Gimsøya removed
  • Now possible to search using ICAO code. In the future this parameter will be default, and location removed from the available string

version 1.1, 2013-10-09

  • Include forecats from the near past in the result from the 'available' action.
  • Added the 'view' parameter to the 'available' action.
  • Version 1.0 will be available until 2014-07-01.

version 1.0, 2013-09-19

Initial version.

 

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