About Met office weather forecats
With location data will be used.locationThe location used for weather information. Example: 'Amsterdam,Netherlands' Default value: false Note: When the location and locationID are both not set, the location will be based on the information provided by the calendar module. The first upcoming event with location data will be used.latLatitude of the location used for weather information. Example: 40.7128 Default value: 0 Note: Latitude and longitude are REQUIRED if weatherEndpoint is set to '/onecall'. The locationID and location options are ignored when the OpenWeatherMap One Call API is used.lonLongitude of the location used for weather information. Example: -74.0060 Default value: 0 Note: Latitude and longitude are REQUIRED if weatherEndpoint is set to '/onecall'. The locationID and location options are ignored when the OpenWeatherMap One Call API is used.apiKeyThe OpenWeatherMap API key, which can be obtained by creating an OpenWeatherMap account. This value is REQUIREDPirate Weather optionsOptionDescriptionapiBaseThe Pirate Weather base URL. Possible value: ' This value is REQUIREDweatherEndpointThe Pirate Weather API endPoint. Possible values: /forecast This value is REQUIREDapiKeyThe Pirate Weather API key, which can be obtained by creating a Pirate Weather account. This value is REQUIREDlatThe geo coordinate latitude. This value is REQUIREDlonThe geo coordinate longitude. This value is REQUIREDWeather.gov optionsOptionDescriptionapiBaseThe weather.gov base URL. Possible value: ' This value is REQUIREDlatThe geo coordinate latitude. This value is REQUIREDlonThe geo coordinate longitude. This value is REQUIREDUK Met Office (ukmetoffice) optionsOptionDescriptionapiBaseThe UKMO base URL. Possible value: ' This value is REQUIREDlocationIDThe UKMO API location code. Possible values: 322942 This value is REQUIREDapiKeyThe UK Met Office API key, which can be obtained by creating an UKMO Datapoint account. This value is REQUIREDUK Met Office (ukmetofficedatahub) optionsOptionDescriptionapiBaseThe UKMO DataHub base URL. Possible value: ' This value is REQUIREDapiKeyYour API key (MetOffice API ClientID). See the Getting Started guide on the Met Office website for creating a new account. Subscribe to the Site Specific Forecast service - Global Spot. This value is REQUIREDlatThe latitude coordinate for the desired location. Possible value: 50.7271915 This value is REQUIREDlonThe longitude coordinate for the desired location. Possible value: -3.4776089 This value is REQUIREDWeatherbit optionsOptionDescriptionapiBaseThe Weather base URL. Possible value: This value is REQUIREDweatherEndpointThe Weatherbit API endPoint. Possible values: /current, /forecast/daily This value is REQUIREDapiKeyThe Weatherbit API key which can be obtained by creating an WeatherBit account This value is REQUIREDlatThe geo coordinate latitude. This value is REQUIREDlonThe geo coordinate longitude. This value is REQUIREDSMHI optionsOptionDescriptionlatThe latitude coordinate for the desired
Key features of the Met office weather forecats that are enabled through these drivers include:
- Abingdon (Oxfordshire) weather - Met Office
- Hartlepool (Hartlepool) weather - Met Office
- Grantham (Lincolnshire) weather - Met Office
- Swansea (Swansea) weather - Met Office
- Aberystwyth (Ceredigion) weather - Met Office
- Darlington (Darlington) weather - Met Office
- Sunderland (Sunderland) weather - Met Office
Received more or less instantly at the click of a button. In a disaster situation, time is of the essence, and you can't afford to risk the message being delayed. An example is a local office building full of workers unaware that a destructive hurricane is expected to blow through the facility later that day. If each worker could receive alerts to get everybody evacuated, a lot of money and lives would be saved. Even high-reach channels such as radio or television cannot deliver a life-saving message to individuals as speedily as text. And let's be honest, most of us don't have TVs or laptops in our back pockets at all times.Text messages are also highly reliable. They are sent over a cellular network, not wi-fi. Severe weather conditions often cause power and internet outages, but people get cell signals almost everywhere, at all times. They will thus be able to receive SMS weather alerts even if the local power grid is down.Finally, SMS has a significant impact in terms of being visible. Typically, texts pop up as a notification on a person's phone screen, where they get opened and read 98% of the time.Uses for emergency alerts and weather notificationsSeveral organisations and businesses send emergency alerts straight to mobile devices, such as local weather warnings or updates. Take a look at some examples below and learn how else weather text alerts can be useful.Government agencies such as the National Weather ServiceThe National Weather Service (NWS) in the US and the Met Office in the UK are examples of government agencies that provide critical weather reports and climate science information to other organisations and the general public. Individuals can look up weather warnings via these websites.The National Weather Service also delivers weather alerts through wireless emergency alerts (text-like messages). Similarly,
