# smarterweather-com Guidance API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/smarterweather-com/smarterweather-com-guidance-api/  
**Provider:** smarterweather-com — https://apis.io/providers/smarterweather-com/  
**Base URL:** https://api.smarterweather.com  
**Documentation:** https://developers.smarterweather.com/api/reference

smarterweather-com Guidance API is one of 11 APIs that [smarterweather-com](https://apis.io/providers/smarterweather-com/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Guidance. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 6 JSON Schemas.

Forecaster guidance products (SPC mesoscale discussions, WPC precipitation discussions, area forecast discussions, hazardous weather outlooks, short-term NOW). GeoJSON overlays under `/v1/guidance/*` plus the weather `include=guidance` block. `/v1/discussions/*` remains a temporary alias of mesoscale only.

## Operations (4)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/v1/guidance/mesoscale` | Get active SPC Mesoscale Discussion polygons as GeoJSON |
| GET | `/v1/guidance/precipitation` | Get active WPC Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion polygons as GeoJSON |
| GET | `/v1/text-products` | List recent NWS text products of one type |
| GET | `/v1/discussions/mesoscale` | Temporary alias for GET /v1/guidance/mesoscale |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/smarterweather-com/openapi/smarterweather-com-guidance-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/smarterweather-com/json-schema/smarterweather-com-alert-detail-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/smarterweather-com/json-schema/smarterweather-com-weather-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/smarterweather-com/json-schema/smarterweather-com-outlook-detail-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/smarterweather-com/json-schema/smarterweather-com-weather-batch-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/smarterweather-com/json-schema/smarterweather-com-point-value-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/smarterweather-com/json-schema/smarterweather-com-route-weather-response-schema.json

## Other smarterweather-com APIs (10)

- [smarterweather-com Agriculture API](https://apis.io/apis/smarterweather-com/smarterweather-com-agriculture-api/)
- [smarterweather-com Alerts API](https://apis.io/apis/smarterweather-com/smarterweather-com-alerts-api/)
- [smarterweather-com Climate API](https://apis.io/apis/smarterweather-com/smarterweather-com-climate-api/)
- [smarterweather-com Geocode API](https://apis.io/apis/smarterweather-com/smarterweather-com-geocode-api/)
- [smarterweather-com Health API](https://apis.io/apis/smarterweather-com/smarterweather-com-health-api/)
- [smarterweather-com Meta API](https://apis.io/apis/smarterweather-com/smarterweather-com-meta-api/)
- [smarterweather-com Observations API](https://apis.io/apis/smarterweather-com/smarterweather-com-observations-api/)
- [smarterweather-com Products API](https://apis.io/apis/smarterweather-com/smarterweather-com-products-api/)
- [smarterweather-com Storms API](https://apis.io/apis/smarterweather-com/smarterweather-com-storms-api/)
- [smarterweather-com Weather API](https://apis.io/apis/smarterweather-com/smarterweather-com-weather-api/)

## Tags

Guidance

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