Weather.gov · JSON Structure

Weather Gov Point Structure

Point schema from weather.gov API

Type: object Properties: 22

WeatherGovernmentUnited StatesForecastingAlertsOpen Data

Point is a JSON Structure definition published by Weather.gov, describing 22 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

@context geometry @id @type cwa type forecastOffice gridId gridX gridY forecast forecastHourly forecastGridData observationStations relativeLocation forecastZone county fireWeatherZone timeZone radarStation astronomicalData nwr

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-point-structure.json",
  "name": "Point",
  "description": "Point schema from weather.gov API",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "@context": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/JsonLdContext"
    },
    "geometry": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/GeometryString"
    },
    "@id": {
      "type": "uri"
    },
    "@type": {
      "enum": [
        "wx:Point"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "cwa": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NWSForecastOfficeId"
    },
    "type": {
      "enum": [
        "land",
        "marine"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Whether the specific point is on land or marine"
    },
    "forecastOffice": {
      "type": "uri"
    },
    "gridId": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NWSForecastOfficeId"
    },
    "gridX": {
      "minimum": 0,
      "type": "int32"
    },
    "gridY": {
      "minimum": 0,
      "type": "int32"
    },
    "forecast": {
      "type": "uri"
    },
    "forecastHourly": {
      "type": "uri"
    },
    "forecastGridData": {
      "type": "uri"
    },
    "observationStations": {
      "type": "uri"
    },
    "relativeLocation": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RelativeLocationGeoJson"
        },
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RelativeLocationJsonLd"
        }
      ]
    },
    "forecastZone": {
      "type": "uri"
    },
    "county": {
      "type": "uri"
    },
    "fireWeatherZone": {
      "type": "uri"
    },
    "timeZone": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "radarStation": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "astronomicalData": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AstronomicalData"
    },
    "nwr": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "transmitter": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Transmitter callsign"
        },
        "sameCode": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The SAME code of this point's county"
        },
        "areaBroadcast": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "A link to the area NWR broadcast from this transmitter",
          "format": "uri"
        },
        "pointBroadcast": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "A link to the local NWR broadcast for this point",
          "format": "uri"
        }
      },
      "description": "NOAA Weather Radio metadata for this point"
    }
  }
}