API

Feature: currenthurricane

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Returns information about current hurricanes and tropical storms.

This feature can be used with other weather API features. However, location query options do not apply to the results for currenthurricane.

Also, if you are requesting only the currenthurricane, use the following request format:

http://api.wunderground.com/api/Your_Key/currenthurricane/view.format

format: json or xmlResponse data format.

Response Fields

stormInfo

stormName: string; Just the name
stormName_Nice: string; Name prefixed by the type of the storm
stormNumber: string; ID of the storm, useful for checking other tropical products: 8 characters with 2 letter basin id (at ep wp ni si)

Current

lat: Float; Latitude in degrees -90 – 90
lon: Float; Longitude in degrees -180 – 180
SaffirSimpsonCategory: Integer; -5 Remnants

-4 Invest

-3 Extratropical

-2 Tropical Depression

-1 Subtropical Storm

0 Tropical Storm

1–5 Category [Nice] Hurricane

These are based on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. Typhoons are classified into these bins.
Category: String; Either as above, or in Basins other than at and ep Typhoon and Super Typhoon replace hurricane
Time: See Time and TimeGMT
TimeGMT
WindSpeed
WindGust
Fspeed: Forward speed of the storm
Movement
: Forward direction and cardinal direction
Movement.Degrees: Integer
Movement.Text: String; A cardinal direction
Pressure: Minimum central pressure
Pressure.mb: Integer
Pressure.inches: Float
WindQuadrants: Furthest distance from the center of the storm where winds of a certain speed can be measured
WindRadius: (speeds are in knots)
SeaQuadrants
SeaRadius: (distances are in nautical miles)

forecast

Contains forecast points and information for this storm. In the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, forecasts past 3 days are in the ExtendedForecast object. forecast fields are the same as those in Current with the following additions

ForecastHour: String; Descriptive string, time in the future after the current position fix

ExtendedForecast

In some basins, forecasts past 3 days are in this array, (at and ep). ExtendedForecast fields are the same as those in Current with the following additions

ForecastHour

track

This array contains the past track of the storm. track objects contain a subset of those found in Current.

Time, TimeGMT

Time and TimeGMT are used throughout the currenthurricane structure.

year
mon
mon_padded
mon_abbrev
mday
mday_padded
yday
epoch
pretty
civil
month_name
month_name_abbrev
weekday_name
weekday_name_night
weekday_name_abbrev
weekday_name_unlang
weekday_name_night_unlang
ampm

Examples

Try with Apigee

Note: replace {{key}} with Your_Key

City within the USA

http://api.wunderground.com/api/Your_Key/currenthurricane/view.json Show Response

{
  "response": {
  "version": "0.1",
  "termsofService": "http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/terms.html",
  "features": {
  "currenthurricane": 1
  }
  },
  "currenthurricane": [{
  "stormInfo": {
  "stormName": "Daniel",
  "stormName_Nice": "Hurricane Daniel",
  "stormNumber": "ep201204"
  },
  "Current": {
  "lat": 15.4,
  "lon": -130.7,
  "SaffirSimpsonCategory": 1,
  "Category": "Hurricane",
  "Time": {
  "hour": "17",
  "hour_padded": "17",
  "year": "2012",
  "mon": "7",
  "mon_padded": "07",
  "mon_abbrev": "Jul",
  "mday": "9",
  "mday_padded": "09",
  "yday": "190",
  "isdst": "1",
  "epoch": "1341867600",
  "pretty": "5:00 PM EDT on July 09, 2012",
  "civil": "5:00 PM",
  "month_name": "July",
  "month_name_abbrev": "Jul",
  "weekday_name": "Monday",
  "weekday_name_night": "Monday Night",
  "weekday_name_abbrev": "Mon",
  "weekday_name_unlang": "Monday",
  "weekday_name_night_unlang": "Monday Night",
  "ampm": "PM"
  },
  "TimeGMT": {
  "hour": "21",
  "hour_padded": "21",
  "year": "2012",
  "mon": "7",
  "mon_padded": "07",
  "mon_abbrev": "Jul",
  "mday": "9",
  "mday_padded": "09",
  "yday": "190",
  "epoch": "1341867600",
  "pretty": "9:00 PM GMT on July 09, 2012",
  "civil": "9:00 PM",
  "month_name": "July",
  "month_name_abbrev": "Jul",
  "weekday_name": "Monday",
  "weekday_name_night": "Monday Night",
  "weekday_name_abbrev": "Mon",
  "weekday_name_unlang": "Monday",
  "weekday_name_night_unlang": "Monday Night",
  "ampm": "PM"
  },
  "WindSpeed": {
  "Kts": 65,
  "Mph": 75,
  "Kph": 120
  },
  "WindGust": {
  "Kts": 80,
  "Mph": 90,
  "Kph": 120
  },
  "Fspeed": {
  "Kts": 14,
  "Mph": 16,
  "Kph": 25
  },
  "Movement": {
  "Degrees": "275",
  "Text": "W"
  },
  "Pressure": {
  "mb": 992,
  "inches": 29.28
  },
  "WindQuadrants": {
  "comment": "Use these keys to determine what quadrants exist in the WindRadius object they could be N S E W (representing quadrants rotated 45 degrees x) or NE SE SW NW (representing the typical + quadrant system)",
  "quad_1": "NE",
  "quad_2": "SE",
  "quad_3": "SW",
  "quad_4": "NW"
  },
  "WindRadius": {
  "34": {
  "NE": 90,
  "SE": 60,
  "SW": 60,
  "NW": 90
  },
  "50": {
  "NE": 40,
  "SE": 30,
  "SW": 30,
  "NW": 40
  },
  "64": {
  "NE": 20,
  "SE": 0,
  "SW": 0,
  "NW": 20
  }
  },
  "SeaQuadrants": {
  "comment": "Use these keys to determine what quadrants exist in the SeaRadius object they could be N S E W (representing quadrants rotated 45 degrees x) or NE SE SW NW (representing the typical + quadrant system)",
  "quad_1": "NE",
  "quad_2": "SE",
  "quad_3": "SW",
  "quad_4": "NW"
  },
  "SeaRadius": {
  "12": {
  "NE": 180,
  "SE": 75,
  "SW": 90,
  "NW": 150
  }
  }
  },
  "forecast": [{
  "ForecastHour": "12HR",
  "SaffirSimpsonCategory": 0,
  "lat": 15.5,
  "lon": -133.0,
  "Category": "Tropical Storm",
  "Time": {
  "hour": "2",
  "hour_padded": "02",
  "year": "2012",
  "mon": "7",
  "mon_padded": "07",
  "mon_abbrev": "Jul",
  "mday": "10",
  "mday_padded": "10",
  "yday": "191",
  "isdst": "1",
  "epoch": "1341900000",
  "pretty": "2:00 AM EDT on July 10, 2012",
  "civil": "2:00 AM",
  "month_name": "July",
  "month_name_abbrev": "Jul",
  "weekday_name": "Tuesday",
  "weekday_name_night": "Tuesday Night",
  "weekday_name_abbrev": "Tue",
  "weekday_name_unlang": "Tuesday",
  "weekday_name_night_unlang": "Tuesday Night",
  "ampm": "AM"
  },
  "TimeGMT": {
  "hour": "6",
  "hour_padded": "06",
  "year": "2012",
  "mon": "7",
  "mon_padded": "07",
  "mon_abbrev": "Jul",
  "mday": "10",
  "mday_padded": "10",
  "yday": "191",
  "epoch": "1341900000",
  "pretty": "6:00 AM GMT on July 10, 2012",
  "civil": "6:00 AM",
  "month_name": "July",
  "month_name_abbrev": "Jul",
  "weekday_name": "Tuesday",
  "weekday_name_night": "Tuesday Night",
  "weekday_name_abbrev": "Tue",
  "weekday_name_unlang": "Tuesday",
  "weekday_name_night_unlang": "Tuesday Night",
  "ampm": "AM"
  },
  "WindSpeed": {
  "Kts": 55,
  "Mph": 65,
  "Kph": 100
  },
  "WindGust": {
  "Kts": 65,
  "Mph": 75,
  "Kph": 120
  },
  "WindQuadrants": {
  "comment": "Use these keys to determine what quadrants exist in the WindRadius object they could be N S E W (representing quadrants rotated 45 degrees x) or NE SE SW NW (representing the typical + quadrant system)",
  "quad_1": "NE",
  "quad_2": "SE",
  "quad_3": "SW",
  "quad_4": "NW"
  },
  "WindRadius": {
  "34": {
  "NE": 80,
  "SE": 50,
  "SW": 50,
  "NW": 80
  },
  "50": {
  "NE": 30,
  "SE": 0,
  "SW": 0,
  "NW": 30
  },
  "64": {
  "NE": null,
  "SE": null,
  "SW": null,
  "NW": null
  }
  }
  }, {
  "ForecastHour": "24HR",
  "SaffirSimpsonCategory": 0,
  "lat": 15.5,
  "lon": -136.0,
  "Category": "Tropical Storm",
  "Time": {
  "hour": "14",
  "hour_padded": "14",
  "year": "2012",
  "mon": "7",
  "mon_padded": "07",
  "mon_abbrev": "Jul",
  "mday": "10",
  "mday_padded": "10",
  "yday": "191",
  "isdst": "1",
  "epoch": "1341943200",
  "pretty": "2:00 PM EDT on July 10, 2012",
  "civil": "2:00 PM",
  "month_name": "July",
  "month_name_abbrev": "Jul",
  "weekday_name": "Tuesday",
  "weekday_name_night": "Tuesday Night",
  "weekday_name_abbrev": "Tue",
  "weekday_name_unlang": "Tuesday",
  "weekday_name_night_unlang": "Tuesday Night",
  "ampm": "PM"
  },
  "TimeGMT": {
  "hour": "18",
  "hour_padded": "18",
  "year": "2012",
  "mon": "7",
  "mon_padded": "07",
  "mon_abbrev": "Jul",
  "mday": "10",
  "mday_padded": "10",
  "yday": "191",
  "epoch": "1341943200",
  "pretty": "6:00 PM GMT on July 10, 2012",
  "civil": "6:00 PM",
  "month_name": "July",
  "month_name_abbrev": "Jul",
  "weekday_name": "Tuesday",
  "weekday_name_night": "Tuesday Night",
  "weekday_name_abbrev": "Tue",
  "weekday_name_unlang": "Tuesday",
  "weekday_name_night_unlang": "Tuesday Night",
  "ampm": "PM"
  },
  "WindSpeed": {
  "Kts": 45,
  "Mph": 50,
  "Kph": 85
  },
  "WindGust": {
  "Kts": 55,
  "Mph": 65,
  "Kph": 100
  },
  "WindQuadrants": {
  "comment": "Use these keys to determine what quadrants exist in the WindRadius object they could be N S E W (representing quadrants rotated 45 degrees x) or NE SE SW NW (representing the typical + quadrant system)",
  "quad_1": "NE",
  "quad_2": "SE",
  "quad_3": "SW",
  "quad_4": "NW"
  },
  "WindRadius": {
  "34": {
  "NE": 60,
  "SE": 40,
  "SW": 40,
  "NW": 60
  },
  "50": {
  "NE": null,
  "SE": null,
  "SW": null,
  "NW": null
  },
  "64": {
  "NE": null,
  "SE": null,
  "SW": null,
  "NW": null
  }
  }
  },
  ...
  ],
  "ExtendedForecast": [{
  "ForecastHour": "4DAY",
  ...
  },
  ...
  ],
  "track": [...]
  }
}

-5	Remnants
-4	Invest
-3	Extratropical
-2	Tropical Depression
-1	Subtropical Storm
0	Tropical Storm
1–5	Category [Nice] Hurricane

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