Difference between revisions of "General weather interface/v2.5"

Latest revision as of 07:19, 9 April 2020

Version of this article: v2.5，current stable version: v2.5，historical veriosns: v2.4

General weather interface v2.5 is part of ColorfulClouds Weather API, which gives the general pointwise weather forecast for a specific latitude and longitude.

Authentication

After signing up at the dahsboard, you will get your access token. In below sections, we will use a temporary token for demo purpose: S45Fnpxcwyq0QT4b. In production or development, you should use your own.

API request

We support json and jsonp

Parameters

lang: optional, the language, default value is zh_CN, you can set any one of zh_CN, zh_TW, en_US, en_GB, ja
- https://api.caiyunapp.com/v2.5/S45Fnpxcwyq0QT4b/-74.0060,40.7128/weather.json?lang=en_US
- https://api.caiyunapp.com/v2.5/S45Fnpxcwyq0QT4b/139.7690,35.6804/weather.json?lang=ja
unit: optional, the unit system, default value is metric, you can set any one of metric, imperial, SI
- https://api.caiyunapp.com/v2.5/S45Fnpxcwyq0QT4b/-74.0060,40.7128/weather.json?lang=en_US&unit=imperial&granu=hourly&hourlysteps=24
granu: optional, the temporal granularity, default value is realtime,minutely,hourly,daily, you can set any one or combinations of realtime, minutely, hourly, daily
- https://api.caiyunapp.com/v2.5/S45Fnpxcwyq0QT4b/-157.8583,21.3069/weather.json?lang=en_US&unit=SI&granu=realtime
hourlysteps: optional, how many hours will be present in hourly forecast, default value is 48 hours and maximal value is 360 hours
- https://api.caiyunapp.com/v2.5/S45Fnpxcwyq0QT4b/172.0060,33.7128/weather.json?lang=en_US&unit=SI&granu=hourly&hourlysteps=12

dailysteps: optional, how many days will be present in daily forecast, default value is 5 days and maximal value is 15 days
- https://api.caiyunapp.com/v2.5/S45Fnpxcwyq0QT4b/139.7690,35.6804/weather.json?lang=ja&granu=daily&dailysteps=10

API response

To understand the API response better, you should know the control parameter granuand all the variables.

Parameter `granu` in request

granu is a short code for temporal granularity, it is the request parameter to control which part of data will show in the result. The default value is realtime,minutely,hourly,daily, and you can set any one or a combinations of below four code: realtime, minutely, hourly, daily.

The supported variables

All the supported variables are physical variables on or near earth's surface, please check appendix below for detailed specification.

temperature
precipitation: a group of variables specified below
wind: speed and direction
humidity: relative humidity
pressure
cloud coverage
visibility: horizontal visibility on earth's surface
dswrf: downward shortwave radiation flux
air quality group: including aqi, pm25 and others
life index group: indicators for comfort or not, or status of ultraviolet radiation

and also skycon

skycon: it is a collection of short descriptive code of weather phenomenon on earth surface introduce by DarkSky and was released into public domain.

The heading part

The heading part gives you basic settings of the API response, it is the start point of any weather calculation.

yaml

status: ok                    # API response status
api_version: v2.5             # API version
api_status: active            # API status: alpha, beta, stable, active, deprecated
lang: en_US                   # The i18n language parameter in response, supported languages are include en_US, en_GB, zh_CN, zh_TW, ja
unit: imperial                # The i18n unit parameter in response, supported unit system are include metric, imperial and SI
tzshift: -14400               # Timezone shift measured in seconds
timezone: America/New_York    # Timezone
server_time: 1585894300       # Server time measured in unix timestamp or total seconds from 1970-01-01 00:00:00
location:
- 40.7128                     # The requested latitude
- -74.006                     # The requested longitude

You should notice that this API are latitude-longitude based, we do not support city-based queries.

The real-time part in result

This part of result will be show when realtime is in granu parameters. It gives the estimation of real-time weather conditions.

yaml

result:
  realtime:
    status: ok
    skycon: LIGHT_RAIN            # Skycon
    temperature: 46.92            # Temperature
    apparent_temperature: 52.9    # Apparent temperature
    precipitation:
      local:
        status: ok
        datasource: radar         # Data source for this precipitation calculation
        intensity: 0.245          # Precipitation intensity
      nearest:
        status: ok
        distance: 0               # Distance to the nearest precipitation area
        intensity: 0.245          # Precipitation intensity of the nearest
    wind:
      speed: 20.04                # Wind speed
      direction: 327.03           # Wind direction in degrees, north is zero
    humidity: 0.6                 # Relative humidity
    pressure: 100027.48           # Pressure of the atmosphere
    cloudrate: 0.99               # Cloud coverage
    visibility: 14.99             # Horizontal visibility
    dswrf: 0                      # Downward shortwave radiation flux
    air_quality:
      pm25: 0
      pm10: 0
      o3: 0
      so2: 0
      no2: 0
      co: 0
      aqi:
        chn: 0                    # AQI by China standard
        usa: 0                    # AQI by USA standard
      description:
        usa: ''
        chn: missing
    life_index:
      ultraviolet:
        index: 0
        desc: None
      comfort:
        index: 2
        desc: Very hot

The minutely part in result

This part of result will be show when minutely is in granu parameters. It is the minute-by-minute forecast for next 2 hours.

yaml

result:
  minutely:
    status: ok
    datasource: radar                             # The datasource of the forecast
    description: "rain easing off in one hour"    # The featured natural language description of the weather conditions in next 2 hours
    probability:
    - 0.9703164364                                # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 00~30 minutes
    - 0.6687932653                                # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 30~60 minutes
    - 0.0294856625                                # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 60~90 minutes
    - 0.0                                         # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 90~120 minutes
    precipitation_2h:
    - 0.245                                       # The forecasted precipitation values for next 2 hours
    - ...                                         # Totally 120 data items
    precipitation:
    - 0.245                                       # The forecasted precipitation values for next 1 hour
    - ...                                         # Totally 60 data items

The hourly part in result

This part of result will be show when hourly is in granu parameters. It is the hourly forecast for next several hours which is specified by parameter hourlysteps.

yaml

result:
  hourly:
    status: ok
    description: drizzle, expect rain to stop    # The featured natural language description for next 24 hours. 
      after 9 o'clock this morning, followed
      by overcast, then drizzle
    skycon:                                      # Skycon
    - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00           # The date time of a data slot, which belong to Skycon
      value: LIGHT_RAIN                          # The value of a data slot, which gives the value of skycon for datetime 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
    temperature:                                 # Temperature
    - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
      value: 46.92
    precipitation:                               # Precipitation
    - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
      value: 0.021
    wind:                                        # Wind
    - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
      speed: 20.04
      direction: 327.03
    humidity:                                    # Relative humidity
    - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
      value: 0.6
    pressure:                                    # Pressure
    - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
      value: 100027.4809084723
    cloudrate:                                   # Cloud coverage
    - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
      value: 0.90
    visibility:                                  # Horizontal visibility on earth's surface
    - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
      value: 14.99
    dswrf:                                       # Downward shortwave radiation flux on earth's surface
    - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
      value: 0
    air_quality:                                 # Air quality
      aqi:
      - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
        value:
          chn: 0
          usa: 0
      pm25:
      - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
        value: 0

The daily part in result

This part of result will be show when daily is in granu parameters. It is the daily forecast for next several days which is specified by parameter dailysteps.

yaml

result:
  daily:
    status: ok
    astro:
    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
      sunrise:
        time: '06:34'                         # Sun rise time
      sunset:
        time: '19:23'                         # Sun set time
    skycon:                                   # Skycon
    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00            # The date of this data slot
      value: LIGHT_RAIN                       # Skycon value of date 2020-04-03
    temperature:                              # Temperature
    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00            # The date of this data slot
      max: 51.35                              # The maximal temperature of date 2020-04-03
      min: 46.92                              # The minimal temperature of date 2020-04-03
      avg: 49.74                              # The average temperature of date 2020-04-03
    precipitation:                            # Precipitation
    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
      max: 0.028
      min: 0
      avg: 0.0075
    wind:                                     # Wind
    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
      max:
        speed: 20.04
        direction: 327.03
      min:
        speed: 13.17
        direction: 12.79
      avg:
        speed: 16.85
        direction: 347.62
    humidity:                                 # Humidity
    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
      max: 0.76
      min: 0.57
      avg: 0.71
    cloudrate:                                # Cloud coverage
    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
      max: 1
      min: 0.95
      avg: 1
    pressure:                                 # Pressure
    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
      max: 100814.14
      min: 99934.41
      avg: 100305.84
    visibility:                               # Horizontal visibility
    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
      max: 14.99
      min: 9.67
      avg: 12.62
    dswrf:                                    # Downward shortwave radiation flux on earth's surface
    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
      max: 138.9
      min: 0
      avg: 41.4
    air_quality:                              # Air quality
      aqi:
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        max:
          chn: 0
          usa: 0
        avg:
          chn: 0
          usa: 0
        min:
          chn: 0
          usa: 0
      pm25:
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        max: 0
        avg: 0
        min: 0
    life_index:                               # Life index
      ultraviolet:
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        index: '1'
        desc: Weak
      carWashing:
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        index: '3'
        desc: Less appropriate
      dressing:
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        index: '2'
        desc: Very hot
      comfort:
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        index: '0'
        desc: Sticky hot
      coldRisk:
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        index: '3'
        desc: Prone

Appendix 1: table of available weather variables

Name	Code	Quality	Unit of measurement	Temporal granularity	Geospatial scope	Comments
Temperature	temperature	temperature	°C, °F, K	realtime, hourly, daily	globally	temperature 2m above
Pressure	pressure	pressure	Pa	realtime, hourly, daily	globally	pressure on surface
Relative humidity	humidity	relative humidity	%	realtime, hourly, daily	globally	relative humidity 2m above
Wind direction	wind direction	wind direction	degree	realtime, hourly, daily	globally	wind direction 10m above
Wind speed	wind speed	wind speed	km/h, mph, m/h	realtime, hourly, daily	globally	wind speed 10m above
Cloud rate	cloudrate	total cloud rate	0~1	realtime, hourly, daily	globally	total cloud rate
Shortwave radiation	dswrf	downward shortwave radiation	W/m^2	realtime, hourly, daily	globally	downward shortwave radiation on surface
Visibility	visibility	visibility by distance	km, mile, m	realtime, hourly, daily	globally	horizontal visibility by distance on surface

Nearest distance to precipitation area	Nearest distance to precipitation area	distance	km, mile, m	realtime	radar supported area	nearest distance to precipitation area
Intensity of nearest precipitation	intensity of nearest precipitation	precipitation intensity	0~1	realtime	radar supported area	intensity of nearest precipitation
Intensity of local precipitation	Intensity of local precipitation	precipitation intensity	0~1	realtime, minutely	radar supported area	intensity of local precipitation

sky condition	skycon	weather condition	text	realtime, hourly, daily	globally	weather condition
comfort index	comfort index	comfort index	text	realtime, hourly, daily	globally	weather comfort condition
ultraviolet index	ultraviolet index	ultraviolet index	text	realtime, hourly, daily	globally	ultraviolet condition

PM25	pm25	PM25	μg/m^3	realtime, hourly, daily	air-quality forecast supported area	PM25 mass concentration
PM10	pm10	PM10	μg/m^3	realtime	air-quality forecast supported area	PM10 mass concentration
O3	o3	O3	μg/m^3	realtime	air-quality forecast supported area	O3 mass concentration
NO2	no2	No2	μg/m^3	realtime	air-quality forecast supported area	NO2 mass concentration
SO2	so2	SO2	μg/m^3	realtime	air-quality forecast supported area	SO2 mass concentration
CO	co	CO	mg/m^3	realtime	air-quality forecast supported area	CO mass concentration
AQI	aqi	AQI by US and China standard	0~500	realtime, hourly, daily	air-quality forecast supported area	AQI by US and China standard

Appendix 2: Data coverage

Global coverage of minutely forecast

Data coverage of general weather forecast

Since the just begining of our weather API offering, we provide global hourly and daily weather forecast at any point on earth with arbitrary latitude and longitude.

Data coverage of minute-by-minute nowcasting service

We are among the few providers can give global-wide nowcasting service, we can provide service in below areas.

The quality of our nowcasting services is related with the quality of service of the radar data providers, it may vary from country to country; but as a service provider since 2014, we are a provened player in this area.

Continent	Country/region
Europe	Italy, Lithuania, Malta, France, Slovakia, Norway, Belarus, Iceland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, Denmark, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Croatia, Russia, Romania, Portugal, Estonia, Serbia, United Kingdom, Austria, Greece, Hungary
Oceania	Fiji, Guam, Australia, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Australia
Asia	Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Diaoyu Islands, Spratly Islands, Turkey, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Iran, Singapore, Oman, Philippines, Japan, India, Cambodia, Cyprus, Malaysia, Vietnam, Kuwait, Thailand, South Korea, North Korea
North America	Canada, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Martinique, Cuba, United States, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Kura, Guadeloupe, Nicaragua
South America	Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Argentina

Data coverage of air quality forecast

Full scope of China.

Difference between revisions of "General weather interface/v2.5"

Latest revision as of 07:19, 9 April 2020

Contents

Authentication

API request

Parameters

API response

Parameter `granu` in request

The supported variables

The heading part

The real-time part in result

The minutely part in result

The hourly part in result

The daily part in result

Other links

Appendix 1: table of available weather variables

Appendix 2: Data coverage

Data coverage of general weather forecast

Data coverage of minute-by-minute nowcasting service

Data coverage of air quality forecast

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@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{ColorfulClouds Weather API versions}}
+General weather interface v2.5 is part of [[ColorfulClouds Weather API]], which gives the general pointwise weather forecast for a specific latitude and longitude.
 == Authentication ==
@@ Line 29: / Line 31: @@
 == API response ==
-To understand the API response better, you should know all the variables and the control parameter <code>granu</code>.
+To understand the API response better, you should know the control parameter <code>granu</code>and  all the variables.
+=== Parameter <code>granu</code> in request ===
+<code>granu</code> is a short code for temporal granularity, it is the request parameter to control which part of data will show in the result. The default value is <code>realtime,minutely,hourly,daily</code>, and you can set any one or a combinations of below four code: <code>realtime</code>, <code>minutely</code>, <code>hourly</code>, <code>daily</code>.
 === The supported variables ===
-All the supported variables are physical variables on or near earth's surface
+All the supported variables are physical variables on or near earth's surface, please check [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Appendix: table of available weather variables|appendix below]] for detailed specification.
 * temperature
-* precipitation: a group of variables
+* precipitation: a group of variables specified below
 * wind: speed and direction
 * humidity: relative humidity
 * pressure
+* cloud coverage
 * visibility: horizontal visibility on earth's surface
 * dswrf: downward shortwave radiation flux
 * air quality group: including aqi, pm25 and others
-* life index group: including aqi, pm25 and others
+* life index group: indicators for comfort or not, or status of ultraviolet radiation
 and also <code>skycon</code>
@@ Line 53: / Line 60: @@
 The heading part gives you basic settings of the API response, it is the start point of any weather calculation.
+<div style="float:right;text-align:right;margin:0em;margin-top:0.5em;padding:0.25em;background-color:tomato;">yaml</div>
 <syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
 status: ok                    # API response status
 api_version: v2.5             # API version
-api_status: active            # API status: alpha, beta, active, deprecated
+api_status: active            # API status: alpha, beta, stable, active, deprecated
 lang: en_US                   # The i18n language parameter in response, supported languages are include en_US, en_GB, zh_CN, zh_TW, ja
 unit: imperial                # The i18n unit parameter in response, supported unit system are include metric, imperial and SI
@@ Line 66: / Line 73: @@
 - 40.7128                     # The requested latitude
 - -74.006                     # The requested longitude
 </syntaxhighlight>
@@ Line 73: / Line 79: @@
 === The real-time part in result ===
+This part of result will be show when <code>realtime</code> is in <code>granu</code> parameters. It gives the estimation of real-time weather conditions.
+<div style="float:right;text-align:right;margin:0em;margin-top:0.5em;padding:0.25em;background-color:tomato;">yaml</div>
 <syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
-status: ok
-api_version: v2.5
-api_status: active
-lang: en_US
-unit: imperial
-tzshift: -14400
-timezone: America/New_York
-server_time: 1585894300
-location:
-- 40.7128
-- -74.006
 result:
    realtime:
      status: ok
-    temperature: 46.92
+     skycon: LIGHT_RAIN            # Skycon
-    humidity: 0.6
+     temperature: 46.92            # Temperature
-    cloudrate: 0.99
+     apparent_temperature: 52.9    # Apparent temperature
-     skycon: LIGHT_RAIN
-     visibility: 14.99
-    dswrf: 0
-    wind:
-      speed: 20.04
-      direction: 327.03
-    pressure: 100027.48
-     apparent_temperature: 52.9
      precipitation:
        local:
          status: ok
-         datasource: radar
+         datasource: radar         # Data source for this precipitation calculation
-         intensity: 0.245
+         intensity: 0.245          # Precipitation intensity
        nearest:
          status: ok
-         distance: 0
+         distance: 0               # Distance to the nearest precipitation area
-         intensity: 6
+         intensity: 0.245          # Precipitation intensity of the nearest
+    wind:
+      speed: 20.04                # Wind speed
+      direction: 327.03           # Wind direction in degrees, north is zero
+    humidity: 0.6                 # Relative humidity
+    pressure: 100027.48           # Pressure of the atmosphere
+    cloudrate: 0.99               # Cloud coverage
+    visibility: 14.99             # Horizontal visibility
+    dswrf: 0                      # Downward shortwave radiation flux
      air_quality:
        pm25: 0
@@ Line 117: / Line 114: @@
        co: 0
        aqi:
-         chn: 0
+         chn: 0                    # AQI by China standard
-         usa: 0
+         usa: 0                    # AQI by USA standard
        description:
          usa: ''
@@ Line 133: / Line 130: @@
 === The minutely part in result ===
+This part of result will be show when <code>minutely</code> is in <code>granu</code> parameters. It is the minute-by-minute forecast for next 2 hours.
+<div style="float:right;text-align:right;margin:0em;margin-top:0.5em;padding:0.25em;background-color:tomato;">yaml</div>
 <syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
-status: ok
-api_version: v2.5
-api_status: active
-lang: en_US
-unit: imperial
-tzshift: -14400
-timezone: America/New_York
-server_time: 1585894300
-location:
-- 40.7128
-- -74.006
 result:
    minutely:
      status: ok
-     datasource: radar
+     datasource: radar                             # The datasource of the forecast
+    description: "rain easing off in one hour"    # The featured natural language description of the weather conditions in next 2 hours
+    probability:
+    - 0.9703164364                                # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 00~30 minutes
+    - 0.6687932653                                # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 30~60 minutes
+    - 0.0294856625                                # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 60~90 minutes
+    - 0.0                                         # The probability of precipitation-happening in next 90~120 minutes
      precipitation_2h:
-     - 0.245
+     - 0.245                                       # The forecasted precipitation values for next 2 hours
+    - ...                                         # Totally 120 data items
      precipitation:
-     - 0.245
+     - 0.245                                       # The forecasted precipitation values for next 1 hour
-    probability:
+     - ...                                         # Totally 60 data items
-     - 0.9703164364
-    description: " rain easing off in one hour"
 </syntaxhighlight>
 === The hourly part in result ===
+This part of result will be show when <code>hourly</code> is in <code>granu</code> parameters. It is the hourly forecast for next several hours which is specified by parameter <code>hourlysteps</code>.
+<div style="float:right;text-align:right;margin:0em;margin-top:0.5em;padding:0.25em;background-color:tomato;">yaml</div>
 <syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
-status: ok
-api_version: v2.5
-api_status: active
-lang: en_US
-unit: imperial
-tzshift: -14400
-timezone: America/New_York
-server_time: 1585894300
-location:
-- 40.7128
-- -74.006
 result:
    hourly:
      status: ok
-     description: drizzle, expect rain to stop after 9 o'clock this morning, followed
+     description: drizzle, expect rain to stop    # The featured natural language description for next 24 hours.
+      after 9 o'clock this morning, followed
        by overcast, then drizzle
-     precipitation:
+    skycon:                                      # Skycon
+    - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00           # The date time of a data slot, which belong to Skycon
+      value: LIGHT_RAIN                          # The value of a data slot, which gives the value of skycon for datetime 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
+    temperature:                                 # Temperature
+    - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
+      value: 46.92
+     precipitation:                               # Precipitation
      - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
        value: 0.021
-    temperature:
+     wind:                                        # Wind
-    - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
-      value: 46.92
-     wind:
      - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
        speed: 20.04
        direction: 327.03
-     humidity:
+     humidity:                                    # Relative humidity
      - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
        value: 0.6
-     skycon:
+     pressure:                                    # Pressure
      - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
-       value: LIGHT_RAIN
+       value: 100027.4809084723
-     pressure:
+     cloudrate:                                   # Cloud coverage
      - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
-       value: 100027.4809084723
+       value: 0.90
-     visibility:
+     visibility:                                  # Horizontal visibility on earth's surface
      - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
        value: 14.99
-     dswrf:
+     dswrf:                                       # Downward shortwave radiation flux on earth's surface
      - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
        value: 0
-     air_quality:
+     air_quality:                                 # Air quality
        aqi:
        - datetime: 2020-04-03T02:00-04:00
@@ Line 217: / Line 205: @@
 === The daily part in result ===
+This part of result will be show when <code>daily</code> is in <code>granu</code> parameters. It is the daily forecast for next several days which is specified by parameter <code>dailysteps</code>.
+<div style="float:right;text-align:right;margin:0em;margin-top:0.5em;padding:0.25em;background-color:tomato;">yaml</div>
 <syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
-status: ok
-api_version: v2.5
-api_status: active
-lang: en_US
-unit: imperial
-tzshift: -14400
-timezone: America/New_York
-server_time: 1585894300
-location:
-- 40.7128
-- -74.006
 result:
    daily:
@@ Line 236: / Line 216: @@
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        sunrise:
-         time: '06:34'
+         time: '06:34'                         # Sun rise time
        sunset:
-         time: '19:23'
+         time: '19:23'                         # Sun set time
-     precipitation:
+    skycon:                                   # Skycon
+    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00            # The date of this data slot
+      value: LIGHT_RAIN                       # Skycon value of date 2020-04-03
+    temperature:                              # Temperature
+    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00            # The date of this data slot
+      max: 51.35                              # The maximal temperature of date 2020-04-03
+      min: 46.92                              # The minimal temperature of date 2020-04-03
+      avg: 49.74                              # The average temperature of date 2020-04-03
+     precipitation:                            # Precipitation
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        max: 0.028
        min: 0
        avg: 0.0075
-    temperature:
+     wind:                                     # Wind
-    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
-      max: 51.35
-      min: 46.92
-      avg: 49.74
-     wind:
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        max:
@@ Line 260: / Line 243: @@
          speed: 16.85
          direction: 347.62
-     humidity:
+     humidity:                                 # Humidity
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        max: 0.76
        min: 0.57
        avg: 0.71
-     cloudrate:
+     cloudrate:                                # Cloud coverage
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        max: 1
        min: 0.95
        avg: 1
-     pressure:
+     pressure:                                 # Pressure
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        max: 100814.14
        min: 99934.41
        avg: 100305.84
-     visibility:
+     visibility:                               # Horizontal visibility
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        max: 14.99
        min: 9.67
        avg: 12.62
-     dswrf:
+     dswrf:                                    # Downward shortwave radiation flux on earth's surface
      - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
        max: 138.9
        min: 0
        avg: 41.4
-     air_quality:
+     air_quality:                              # Air quality
        aqi:
        - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
@@ Line 302: / Line 285: @@
          avg: 0
          min: 0
-    skycon:
+     life_index:                               # Life index
-    - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
-      value: LIGHT_RAIN
-     life_index:
        ultraviolet:
        - date: 2020-04-03T00:00-04:00
@@ Line 334: / Line 314: @@
 * [[Supported measurement systems in ColorfulClouds Weather API]]
 * [[Datetime calculation in ColorfulClouds Weather API]]
+== Appendix 1: table of available weather variables ==
+{{:Table of available weather variables}}
+== Appendix 2: Data coverage ==
+[[File:2020.3 彩云天气高精度数据覆盖范围.png|thumb|Global coverage of minutely forecast]]
+=== Data coverage of general weather forecast ===
+* Since the just begining of our weather API offering, we provide global hourly and daily weather forecast at any point on earth with '''arbitrary latitude and longitude'''.
+=== Data coverage of minute-by-minute nowcasting service  ===
+We are among the few providers can give global-wide nowcasting service, we can provide service in below areas.
+The quality of our nowcasting services is related with the quality of service of the radar data providers, it may vary from country to country; but as a service provider since 2014, we are a provened player in this area.
+{| class="wikitable"
+!Continent
+!Country/region
+|-
+|Europe
+|Italy, Lithuania, Malta, France, Slovakia, Norway, Belarus, Iceland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, Denmark, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Croatia, Russia, Romania, Portugal, Estonia, Serbia, United Kingdom, Austria, Greece, Hungary
+|-
+|Oceania
+|Fiji, Guam, Australia, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Australia
+|-
+|Asia
+|Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Diaoyu Islands, Spratly Islands, Turkey, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Iran, Singapore, Oman, Philippines, Japan, India, Cambodia, Cyprus, Malaysia, Vietnam, Kuwait, Thailand, South Korea, North Korea
+|-
+|North America
+|Canada, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Martinique, Cuba, United States, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Kura, Guadeloupe, Nicaragua
+|-
+|South America
+|Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Argentina
+|}
+=== Data coverage of air quality forecast ===
+Full scope of China.
+[[zh-cn:通用预报接口/v2.5]]

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Contents

Authentication

API request

Parameters

API response

Parameter granu in request

The supported variables

The heading part

The real-time part in result

The minutely part in result

The hourly part in result

The daily part in result

Other links

Appendix 1: table of available weather variables

Appendix 2: Data coverage

Data coverage of general weather forecast

Data coverage of minute-by-minute nowcasting service

Data coverage of air quality forecast

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Parameter `granu` in request