get_sounding_chart
Get sounding chart
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Render the nearest RAOB (radiosonde) sounding as a Skew-T log-P + hodograph chart image for visual analysis: temperature/dewpoint traces, wind barbs, height-banded hodograph, and a derived-indices table (CAPE/CIN, lifted index, PWAT, shear, LCL). Soundings launch at 00Z/12Z so data can be hours old. Use get_sounding for the raw profile numbers. Example: {"location": "Norman, OK"}.
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). |
| unit | string | no | Temperature axis display unit |
| scale | number | no | Raster scale factor (2 = retina; higher = larger image payload) |
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)."
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"fahrenheit",
"celsius"
],
"default": "fahrenheit",
"description": "Temperature axis display unit"
},
"scale": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 3,
"default": 2,
"description": "Raster scale factor (2 = retina; higher = larger image payload)"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}