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Weather Gov Observation Station Structure

ObservationStation schema from weather.gov API

Type: object Properties: 15

WeatherGovernmentUnited StatesForecastingAlertsOpen Data

ObservationStation is a JSON Structure definition published by Weather.gov, describing 15 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

@context geometry @id @type elevation stationIdentifier name timeZone provider subProvider forecast county fireWeatherZone distance bearing

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/weather-gov/refs/heads/main/json-structure/weather-gov-observation-station-structure.json",
  "name": "ObservationStation",
  "description": "ObservationStation schema from weather.gov API",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "@context": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/JsonLdContext"
    },
    "geometry": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/GeometryString"
    },
    "@id": {
      "type": "uri"
    },
    "@type": {
      "enum": [
        "wx:ObservationStation"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "elevation": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/QuantitativeValue"
    },
    "stationIdentifier": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "timeZone": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "iana-time-zone-identifier"
    },
    "provider": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The data provider for this station. E.g., \"ASOS,\" \"MesoWest,\" etc."
    },
    "subProvider": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The sub-provider of for this station. E.g., \"FAA,\" \"DOT,\" etc."
    },
    "forecast": {
      "type": "uri",
      "description": "A link to the NWS public forecast zone containing this station."
    },
    "county": {
      "type": "uri",
      "description": "A link to the NWS county zone containing this station."
    },
    "fireWeatherZone": {
      "type": "uri",
      "description": "A link to the NWS fire weather forecast zone containing this station."
    },
    "distance": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/QuantitativeValue"
    },
    "bearing": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/QuantitativeValue"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}