get_forecast
Get forecast
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Complete weather overview for a location: current conditions, daily forecast (day/night periods, SPC threats, severity, CAPE, UV), active alerts, and convective outlooks in one call. Data is pre-aggregated across NBM, HRRR, GFS, RTMA, and SPC and unit-converted server-side. This is the primary weather tool; reach for lower-level tools only when you need raw observations or a specific dataset. Accepts a place name directly. Examples: {"location": "Denver"} or {"location": "Portland, OR", "days": 5} or {"lat": 41.4, "lon": -92.9}.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| location | string | no | Free-text place: city ("Denver"), city+state ("Portland, OR"), US ZIP ("50219"), or "lat,lon" ("39.74,-104.99"). Provide either this OR explicit lat+lon, not both. |
| lat | number | no | Latitude in decimal degrees (-90 to 90). Most tools also accept a `location` place-name string instead of lat/lon. |
| lon | number | no | Longitude in decimal degrees (-180 to 180). For continental US use negative values (west of the prime meridian). |
| days | integer | no | Number of forecast days (1-14). Default 10. |
| units | string | no | Unit system for all values in the request and response: imperial (°F, mph, inches), metric (°C, km/h, mm), or si (K, m/s, mm). Defaults to imperial. |
| include | string | no | Comma-separated sections: current, daily, hourly, alerts, outlooks. Default "current,daily,alerts,outlooks". Use get_hourly_forecast for hourly detail. |
| detail_level | string | no | standard: compact response (~5-10KB); daily includes day_precip_probability / night_precip_probability when available (precip_probability is max of day/night). detailed: also preserves CAPE, UV, full day/night period objects, extra hourly fields (~12-20KB). |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"location": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "Free-text place: city (\"Denver\"), city+state (\"Portland, OR\"), US ZIP (\"50219\"), or \"lat,lon\" (\"39.74,-104.99\"). Provide either this OR explicit lat+lon, not both."
},
"lat": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -90,
"maximum": 90,
"description": "Latitude in decimal degrees (-90 to 90). Most tools also accept a `location` place-name string instead of lat/lon."
},
"lon": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -180,
"maximum": 180,
"description": "Longitude in decimal degrees (-180 to 180). For continental US use negative values (west of the prime meridian)."
},
"days": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 14,
"default": 10,
"description": "Number of forecast days (1-14). Default 10."
},
"units": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"imperial",
"metric",
"si"
],
"default": "imperial",
"description": "Unit system for all values in the request and response: imperial (°F, mph, inches), metric (°C, km/h, mm), or si (K, m/s, mm). Defaults to imperial."
},
"include": {
"type": "string",
"default": "current,daily,alerts,outlooks",
"description": "Comma-separated sections: current, daily, hourly, alerts, outlooks. Default \"current,daily,alerts,outlooks\". Use get_hourly_forecast for hourly detail."
},
"detail_level": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"standard",
"detailed"
],
"default": "standard",
"description": "standard: compact response (~5-10KB); daily includes day_precip_probability / night_precip_probability when available (precip_probability is max of day/night). detailed: also preserves CAPE, UV, full day/night period objects, extra hourly fields (~12-20KB)."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}