$twcweather.alerts Observations

Pantheon · 2020-04-13 00:02:45 UTC

That’s how I started mine. It’s in the Alexa app, under settings, notifications…

WCmore · 2020-04-13 00:15:08 UTC

Right you are… I was looking on Alexa’s web portal, and it does not show there.
(it only appears on the Alexa app)

Koyfam · 2020-04-16 11:04:12 UTC

Nothing like a freeze watch in April.

(expression) $twcweather.alerts[0].eventDescription »»» (dynamic) Freeze Watch

(expression) $twcweather.alerts[0].headlineText »»» (dynamic) Freeze Watch from FRI 12:00 AM EDT until FRI 8:00 AM EDT

[[adminDistrict:New York, adminDistrictCode:NY, areaId:NYZ179, areaName:Southern Nassau County, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Possible, certaintyCode:3, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:f43a0e8d-5931-3447-8c20-98d940b98396, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:2020-04-17T00:00:00-04:00, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, eventDescription:Freeze Watch, eventTrackingNumber:0001, expireTimeLocal:2020-04-17T08:00:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, expireTimeUTC:1587124800, flood:null, headlineText:Freeze Watch from FRI 12:00 AM EDT until FRI 8:00 AM EDT, ianaTimeZone:America/New_York, identifier:b98e2ef3053167abb826fb0c3a5db421, issueTimeLocal:2020-04-16T03:45:00-04:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, latitude:00.00, longitude:-00.00, messageType:New, messageTypeCode:1, officeAdminDistrict:New York, officeAdminDistrictCode:NY, officeCode:KOKX, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:New York City, onsetTimeLocal:2020-04-17T00:00:00-04:00, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, phenomena:FZ, processTimeUTC:1587023168, productIdentifier:NPW, responseTypes:[[responseType:Prepare, responseTypeCode:3]], severity:Severe, severityCode:2, significance:A, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Future, urgencyCode:3]]

WCmore · 2020-04-16 17:35:19 UTC

Thanks, @Koyfam!

Freeze Watch (and all related data) has been added to the Wiki now.

Pantheon · 2020-04-16 19:17:41 UTC

Latest Update code 9kji

Eric182 · 2020-04-21 14:37:42 UTC

9kji isn’t working for me, but uqup is (post #287)

Pantheon · 2020-04-21 17:42:43 UTC

I just added Freeze Watch to the Alert_Data in uqup. I’ll take a look at it. But you can just add Freeze Watch to Alert_Data in the uqup and you will be up to date.

Pantheon · 2020-04-27 02:26:58 UTC

Updated piston.
As we have all learned, setting a variable in the Define section can cause problems. Well, I found one. Setting Repeat_Count = 0 in the Define section was causing an error. So I moved it to the body. Please let me know if any other modifications need to be made.

Shinedown78 · 2020-05-16 22:54:48 UTC

Hi all, I’m new to how all of this stuff works. But I noticed that TWC now have a COVID-19 disease tracker APIs, as per the documentation here:

Can someone cleverer than me explain if it would be possible to use these parameters in webCoRE?

Shinedown78 · 2020-05-16 22:57:57 UTC

More info can be found here if it helps?
https://weather.com/swagger-docs/ui/sun/v3/sunV3DiseaseTracker.json

Pantheon · 2020-05-17 01:39:08 UTC

I am certainly not an expert with API calls and such. There is quite a bit of information available in the API source your listed. Yes, you could certainly write webcore code to access that data. But I feel that the CDC, your state, and your local health department are an excellent source of that information that has already been collected into a meaningful format.

WCmore · 2020-05-17 01:43:47 UTC

WebCoRE can access APIs that you are authorized to view.
(notice all the examples above reference “apiKey”)

I am curious how much TWC is charging consumers for that data access.

Pantheon · 2020-05-17 01:47:16 UTC

I did notice the api_key

Koyfam · 2020-05-18 22:36:00 UTC

Got a new alert today. Seems to be bundled with Small Craft Advisory.

eventDescription:High Surf Advisory

[[adminDistrict:null, adminDistrictCode: , areaId:ANZ335, areaName:Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Likely, certaintyCode:2, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:96585138-defa-3018-93e7-db1f68d2bc85, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:2020-05-18T15:36:00-04:00, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, eventDescription:Small Craft Advisory, eventTrackingNumber:0062, expireTimeLocal:2020-05-19T18:00:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, expireTimeUTC:1589925600, flood:null, headlineText:Small Craft Advisory from MON 3:36 PM EDT until TUE 6:00 PM EDT, ianaTimeZone:America/New_York, identifier:72abd2ce0995171b94b7e3cf2ac8c2e4, issueTimeLocal:2020-05-18T15:36:00-04:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, latitude:41.02, longitude:-73.32, messageType:Update, messageTypeCode:2, officeAdminDistrict:New York, officeAdminDistrictCode:NY, officeCode:KOKX, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:New York City, onsetTimeLocal:2020-05-18T15:36:00-04:00, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, phenomena:SC, processTimeUTC:1589830621, productIdentifier:MWW, responseTypes:[[responseType:Avoid, responseTypeCode:5]], severity:Minor, severityCode:4, significance:Y, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Expected, urgencyCode:2], [adminDistrict:New York, adminDistrictCode:NY, areaId:NYZ179, areaName:Southern Nassau County, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Likely, certaintyCode:2, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:ac42b5fd-9843-38f4-aea0-d167195dff15, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:2020-05-19T08:00:00-04:00, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, eventDescription:High Surf Advisory, eventTrackingNumber:0001, expireTimeLocal:2020-05-20T06:00:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, expireTimeUTC:1589968800, flood:null, headlineText:High Surf Advisory from TUE 8:00 AM EDT until WED 6:00 AM EDT, ianaTimeZone:America/New_York, identifier:4deee920a49f842f279c3fd2c6d3418f, issueTimeLocal:2020-05-18T15:34:00-04:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, latitude:40.70, longitude:-73.59, messageType:New, messageTypeCode:1, officeAdminDistrict:New York, officeAdminDistrictCode:NY, officeCode:KOKX, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:New York City, onsetTimeLocal:2020-05-19T08:00:00-04:00, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, phenomena:SU, processTimeUTC:1589830463, productIdentifier:CFW, responseTypes:[[responseType:Avoid, responseTypeCode:5]], severity:Minor, severityCode:4, significance:Y, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Expected, urgencyCode:2]]

WCmore · 2020-05-21 00:26:50 UTC

Thanks, @Koyfam!

High Surf Advisory (and all related data) has been added to the Wiki now.

Koyfam · 2020-05-26 11:20:25 UTC

I received a few “Special Weather Statements” but it appears we have almost all of the data already. I did notice one thing new. I looked through the Wiki but didn’t see “MF” under phenomena. Hope this helps. Maybe it means “More Fog”

$twcweather.alerts.phenomena »»» (dynamic) [TSL, MF]

(expression) $twcweather.alerts »»» (dynamic) [[adminDistrict:New York, adminDistrictCode:NY, areaId:NYZ179, areaName:Southern Nassau County, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Unknown, certaintyCode:5, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:e20761ae-b0f2-3eb8-b4b0-357beb219238, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:null, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:null, eventDescription:Special Weather Statement, eventTrackingNumber:0000, expireTimeLocal:2020-05-26T08:30:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, expireTimeUTC:1590496200, flood:null, headlineText:Special Weather Statement until TUE 8:30 AM EDT, ianaTimeZone:America/New_York, identifier:44f9a909f84eef96935782d9e93c4553, issueTimeLocal:2020-05-26T03:34:00-04:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, latitude:00.00, longitude:-00.00, messageType:New, messageTypeCode:1, officeAdminDistrict:New York, officeAdminDistrictCode:NY, officeCode:KOKX, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:New York City, onsetTimeLocal:null, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:null, phenomena:TSL, processTimeUTC:1590478500, productIdentifier:SPS, responseTypes:[[responseType:Avoid, responseTypeCode:5]], severity:Minor, severityCode:4, significance:S, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Unknown, urgencyCode:5], [adminDistrict:null, adminDistrictCode: , areaId:ANZ335, areaName:Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY, areaTypeCode:Z, categories:[[category:Met, categoryCode:2]], certainty:Likely, certaintyCode:2, countryCode:US, countryName:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, detailKey:187f0940-4dbd-385a-9928-29af4ec47e27, disclaimer:null, effectiveTimeLocal:null, effectiveTimeLocalTimeZone:null, eventDescription:Dense Fog Advisory, eventTrackingNumber:0007, expireTimeLocal:2020-05-26T10:00:00-04:00, expireTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, expireTimeUTC:1590501600, flood:null, headlineText:Dense Fog Advisory until TUE 10:00 AM EDT, ianaTimeZone:America/New_York, identifier:a66a1bbb352a495a7170b6ac6b8fdc69, issueTimeLocal:2020-05-26T03:34:00-04:00, issueTimeLocalTimeZone:EDT, latitude:00.00, longitude:-00.00, messageType:Update, messageTypeCode:2, officeAdminDistrict:New York, officeAdminDistrictCode:NY, officeCode:KOKX, officeCountryCode:US, officeName:New York City, onsetTimeLocal:null, onsetTimeLocalTimeZone:null, phenomena:MF, processTimeUTC:1590478465, productIdentifier:MWW, responseTypes:[[responseType:Prepare, responseTypeCode:3]], severity:Minor, severityCode:4, significance:Y, source:National Weather Service, urgency:Expected, urgencyCode:2]]

WCmore · 2020-05-26 18:37:55 UTC

Excellent observation!!

Thanks to your post, @Koyfam, we see that the productIdentifier for “Dense Fog Advisory” can be either:

MWW = Marine Weather Watch/Warning? … or
NPW = Non-Precipitation Warning?

So I am going to guess that a MF phenomena stands for Marine Fog due to your MWW.

The Wiki has been updated.

Shinedown78 · 2020-05-30 09:21:51 UTC

Hi all, quick query.

Has anyone found anything that relates to pollen count yet? Nothing in the Wiki, so assume not, but it’s that time of year in the UK and this would be really useful to know.

Koyfam · 2020-06-01 01:12:38 UTC

This is what I use for pollen data. Unsure if it’ll work for you in the UK. I have a webcore piston that checks the pollen count and based on the result, sends a notification of whether it’s high medium or low.

Pantheon · 2020-06-01 09:34:56 UTC

Updated weather data array for piston rq97 above. Just copy this data into the Alert_Data variable.

[Airport Weather Warning], [Air Quality Alert], [Beach Hazard Statement], [Child Abduction Emergency], [Civil Emergency Message], [Coastal Flood Advisory], [Coastal Flood Statement], [Dense Fog Advisory], [Flash Flood Warning], [Flash Flood Watch], [Flood Advisory], [Flood Warning], [Freeze Warning], [Freeze Watch], [Flood Watch], [Freeze Warning], [Frost Advisory], [Gale Warning], [Gale Watch], [Heat Advisory], [High Surf Advisory], [High Wind Warning], [High Wind Watch], [Lake Wind Advisory], [Marine Weather Statement], [Red Flag Warning], [Rip Tide Statement], [River Flood Advisory], [River Flood Warning], [Severe Thunderstorm Warning], [Severe Thunderstorm Watch], [Significant Weather Advisory], [Small Craft Advisory], [Special Marine Warning], [Special Weather Statement], [Storm Watch], [Tropical Storm Watch], [Tornado Warning], [Tornado Watch], [Tropical Weather Statement], [Wind Advisory], [Wind Chill Advisory], [Winter Weather Advisory]