get_outlooks
Get hazard outlooks
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Hazard outlooks affecting a location. hazard=severe returns SPC convective outlooks (Day 1-8 categorical risk + tornado/wind/hail probabilities); hazard=fire returns SPC fire weather outlooks; hazard=rain returns WPC Excessive Rainfall Outlook polygons (days 1-3); hazard=heat returns the NWS HeatRisk index at the point (0 none .. 4 extreme, days 1-3). include_narrative=true adds the forecaster discussion for severe (SWO), fire (FWD), or rain (QPF/QPFERD; one PIL for all days). An empty result means no outlook covers the point -- not a failure. Examples: {"location": "Moore, OK", "hazard": "severe", "include_narrative": true} or {"location": "Phoenix", "hazard": "heat"}.
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). |
| hazard | string | no | Hazard family: severe = SPC convective, fire = SPC fire weather, rain = WPC excessive rainfall, heat = NWS HeatRisk index. (Winter/WSSI is a planned expansion.) |
| day | integer | no | Outlook day for the narrative filter (1-8). Default 1. |
| include_narrative | boolean | no | Include the forecaster narrative for the requested day (severe, fire, and rain). |
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)."
},
"hazard": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"severe",
"fire",
"rain",
"heat"
],
"default": "severe",
"description": "Hazard family: severe = SPC convective, fire = SPC fire weather, rain = WPC excessive rainfall, heat = NWS HeatRisk index. (Winter/WSSI is a planned expansion.)"
},
"day": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 8,
"default": 1,
"description": "Outlook day for the narrative filter (1-8). Default 1."
},
"include_narrative": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false,
"description": "Include the forecaster narrative for the requested day (severe, fire, and rain)."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}