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Current position of government-issued storm by year, basin, and government Id

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https://dataservice.accuweather.com

/tropical/v1/gov/storms/{year}/{basin}/{govId}/positions/current

Returns current position information for a government-issued tropical cyclone by year, basin and government id.

Basins

Name	Id
Atlantic	AL
Central Pacific	CP
Eastern Pacific	EP
North Indian Ocean	NI
Northwest Pacific	NP
South Indian Ocean	SI
Southwest Pacific	SP

Current position of government-issued storm by year, basin, and government Id › path Parameters

yearinteger · int32 · required
A numerical value indicating the four digit year.
Example: 2024
basinstring · required
A unique ID that designates a specific basin (NP, CP, SP, EP, NI, SI, AL).
Example: AL
govIdinteger · int32 · required
A numerical ID that matches the depression ID.
Example: 2

Current position of government-issued storm by year, basin, and government Id › query Parameters

includeLandmarksboolean
A boolean value that specifies whether or not to include landmark-specific information.
Default: true
detailsboolean
A boolean value that specifies whether or not to include extended information.
Default: false
radiiGeometryboolean
A boolean value that specifies whether or not to include wind radii summary data.
Default: false
formatstring
A string value that specifies what type of format to provide the response.
Default: json
languagestring
A string that indicates the language in which to return the response. More information can be found here.
Default: en-us

Current position of government-issued storm by year, basin, and government Id › Headers

Authorizationstring · required
The Authorization header is used to authenticate using your API key. Format is Bearer YOUR_API_KEY.

Current position of government-issued storm by year, basin, and government Id › Responses

statusstring · minLength: 1 · required
Storm status, in English, including category values of hurricanes and tropical cyclones. Some examples are: Hurricane – Category 3, Tropical Depression, Tropical Cyclone - Category 1, Depression, and Typhoon.
localizedStatusstring · minLength: 1 · required
The storm status in the requested language.

validDateTimestring · date-time
The date and time at which the forecast is valid, displayed in ISO 8601 format (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss±hh:mm).
validEpochDateTimeinteger · int64
The date and time at which the forecast is valid, displayed as the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight UTC/GMT on January 1, 1970.
position | null
An object containing the location details.
maxWindGust | null
An object containing information about the maximum short-burst wind speed with a rounded value for Miles per hour and Kilometer per hour. The object may be NULL.
sustainedWind | null
An object containing information about the maximum sustained wind speed with a rounded value for Miles per hour and Kilometer per hour. The object may be NULL.
minimumPressure | null
An object containing information about the measured air pressure at ground level with a rounded value for Inches of Mercury and Millibar. The object may be NULL.
movement | null
An object containing information about the depression movement.
isSubtropicalboolean | null
A boolean flag indicating when the depression is classified as a subtropical cyclone.
namestring | null
The name of the depression.
hasTropicalPotentialboolean
A boolean value determining if the storm could be tropical.
isPostTropicalboolean
A boolean value describing if the storm is post tropical.
landmarkReferencesarray | null
A list of objects containing details of surrounding landmarks.
windRadiiSummaryarray | null
A list of objects containing containing wind radii information.

Positions of government-issued storm by year, basin, and government Id

GET

https://dataservice.accuweather.com

/tropical/v1/gov/storms/{year}/{basin}/{govId}/positions

Returns all position information for a government-issued tropical cyclone by year, basin and government id.

Basins

Name	Id
Atlantic	AL
Central Pacific	CP
Eastern Pacific	EP
North Indian Ocean	NI
Northwest Pacific	NP
South Indian Ocean	SI
Southwest Pacific	SP

Positions of government-issued storm by year, basin, and government Id › path Parameters

yearinteger · int32 · required
A numerical value indicating the four digit year.
Example: 2024
basinstring · required
A unique ID that designates a specific basin (NP, CP, SP, EP, NI, SI, AL).
Example: AL
govIdinteger · int32 · required
A numerical ID that matches the depression ID.
Example: 2

Positions of government-issued storm by year, basin, and government Id › query Parameters

detailsboolean
A boolean value that specifies whether or not to include extended information.
Default: false
includeLandmarksboolean
A boolean value that specifies whether or not to include landmark-specific information.
Default: true
radiiGeometryboolean
A boolean value that specifies whether or not to include wind radii summary data.
Default: false
formatstring
A string value that specifies what type of format to provide the response.
Default: json
languagestring
A string that indicates the language in which to return the response. More information can be found here.
Default: en-us

Positions of government-issued storm by year, basin, and government Id › Headers

Authorizationstring · required
The Authorization header is used to authenticate using your API key. Format is Bearer YOUR_API_KEY.

Positions of government-issued storm by year, basin, and government Id › Responses

statusstring · minLength: 1 · required
Storm status, in English, including category values of hurricanes and tropical cyclones. Some examples are: Hurricane – Category 3, Tropical Depression, Tropical Cyclone - Category 1, Depression, and Typhoon.
localizedStatusstring · minLength: 1 · required
The storm status in the requested language.

validDateTimestring · date-time
The date and time at which the forecast is valid, displayed in ISO 8601 format (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss±hh:mm).
validEpochDateTimeinteger · int64
The date and time at which the forecast is valid, displayed as the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight UTC/GMT on January 1, 1970.
position | null
An object containing the location details.
maxWindGust | null
An object containing information about the maximum short-burst wind speed with a rounded value for Miles per hour and Kilometer per hour. The object may be NULL.
sustainedWind | null
An object containing information about the maximum sustained wind speed with a rounded value for Miles per hour and Kilometer per hour. The object may be NULL.
minimumPressure | null
An object containing information about the measured air pressure at ground level with a rounded value for Inches of Mercury and Millibar. The object may be NULL.
movement | null
An object containing information about the depression movement.
isSubtropicalboolean | null
A boolean flag indicating when the depression is classified as a subtropical cyclone.
namestring | null
The name of the depression.
hasTropicalPotentialboolean
A boolean value determining if the storm could be tropical.
isPostTropicalboolean
A boolean value describing if the storm is post tropical.
landmarkReferencesarray | null
A list of objects containing details of surrounding landmarks.
windRadiiSummaryarray | null
A list of objects containing containing wind radii information.

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