Meteorologisk Institutt Weather Prediction Norway
The Weather Prediction Norway connector uses https://api.met.no to request weather data.
Though this is a Norwegian weather service, it also provides weather information for outside Norway. The connector can therefore be useful at many sites, although it could occur that it provides more detailed information for locations inside Norway itself.
About
With this connector, important weather data can be retrieved based on locations specified with longitude, latitude, and optionally height. (Height is only necessary for locations outside of Norway.) The connector also provides an overview of any API errors and textual forecasts. All data can be retrieved for up to 10 days in the future.
Version Info
| Range | Key Features | Based on | System Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x [Obsolete] | Initial version. | - | - |
| 1.1.0.x [Obsolete] | Adapted to new API version (locationforecast v1.9 and textforecast v2.0). | - | - |
| 1.2.0.x [SLC Main] | Adapted to new API version (locationforecast v2.0). | - | - |
Product Info
| Range | Supported Firmware |
|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x | http://api.met.no (Version 0.3) |
| 1.1.0.x | https://api.met.no Location Forecast: Version 1.9 Text Forecast: Version 2.0 |
| 1.2.0.x | https://api.met.noLocation Forecast: Version 2.0Text Forecast: Version 2.0 |
System Info
| Range | DCF Integration | Cassandra Compliant | Linked Components | Exported Components |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x | No | Yes | - | - |
| 1.1.0.x | No | Yes | - | - |
| 1.2.0.x | No | Yes | - | - |
Installation and configuration
Creation
HTTP connection
This connector uses an HTTP connection and requires the following input during element creation:
HTTP CONNECTION:
- IP address/host: https://api.met.no
- IP port: 443
- Bus address: If the proxy server has to be bypassed, specify bypassproxy.
Configuration of the Summary Table
In order to retrieve data for specific locations, specify the locations in the Locations table. These will then automatically be synced to the Summary table, so that specific weather data can be retrieved.
How to use
The element created with this connector consists of the data pages detailed below.
API Errors (range 1.0.0.x)
This page provides an overview of all Errors, indicating the Subject and the affected areas in a semicolon-separated list (In the column API Error Affecting). The Time Duration for each error is also indicated. If API Error To is empty, the issue has not yet been resolved.
Locations
On this page, you can configure the locations based on Latitude, Longitude and Height. Each location can be configured to be present in the Summary table (Monitored = Enabled) or not (Monitored = Disabled). Location Names can be configured and will be shown in the Summary table.
Locations can be added individually with the Add Location button. Individual locations can be Refreshed or Deleted. However, please note that it is better to enable or disable Monitoring instead of deleting a location, as deleting locations can lead to inconsistent trending.
Several locations can be added in one go with the AS AddLocations parameter. This is also the parameter that should be used when adding rows with automation scripts. The parameter expects the following format:
- Location*Latitude*Longitude*Height*Monitored;Location*Latitude*Longitude*Height*Monitored; ... If there is no Height, leave the value blank (e.g., *Longitude**Monitored;). Monitored should be set to 0 for false or to 1 for true. Locations must be unique! Example: TestLocation 1*60.10*9.58**1;TestLocation 2*60.10*9.58**1;TestLocation 3*60.10*9.58**1
Summary
This page contains all weather data averaged per day. The number of days shown can be defined with the Predicted Days parameter. Please note that the data for every predicted day will be contained in an extra row for each location (e.g., 200 locations showing 5 days will result in 1000 rows).
The display key of each row consists of the following information: Location - Time, where Time = Today, Tomorrow, 1 Day From Now, 2 Days From Now, etc.
The following data is available for each location:
- Avg. Temperature
- Min Temperature
- Max Temperature
- Avg. Wind Speed (mps and Beaufort)
- Avg. Wind Direction (deg and compass)
- Avg. Humidity
- Avg. Pressure
- Avg. Cloudiness
- Avg. Fog
- Avg. Low Clouds
- Avg. High Clouds
- Avg. Dew Point Temperature
- Avg. Precipitation: Average rain per hour during the day.
- Min Precipitation: Minimum rain per hour during the day.
- Max Precipitation: Maximum rain per hour during the day.
- Prevalent Temperature Probability: Probability of temperature data being correct.
- Prevalent Wind Probability: Probability of wind data being correct.
- Prevalent Symbol: General symbol indicating the weather for the day.
- Prevalent Symbol Probability: Probability of the provided symbol being correct.
- Forecast: Textual forecast for this day.
With the URL Extension parameter, you can add an extension to the URL that is used to request the forecast information (e.g., "https://api.met.no/abcd/weatherapi/errornotifications/1.0/").
With the X IBM Client ID parameter, you can add a header to the API weather forecast requests. The header has the following format: "x-ibm-client-id". The header value will be the input parameter value. If you set None, the header will not be added.
The page button Details opens a page where you can request all the data for a single location as it is recovered from the API. It shows very detailed data for every hour.
The page button Lite Details opens a page that is very similar to the Details page, but with less detailed information.
Text Forecasts
This page provides all textual forecasts currently issued for each location.
With the Configuration page button, a selection of text forecast types can be enabled or disabled. Each enabled type adds additional data (if available) to the Text Forecasts table.
Notes
- For correct usage of the connector, .NET 4.5 is recommended.
- Multi-client behavior is not supported. The configuration implemented by one client will be shared by all clients.
- To add rows via an automation script, use the AS AddLocations parameter.