NAME
Offshoremaps - Lightning and wave maps for offshore helicopter pilots
DESCRIPTION
This service delivers PNG maps for several areas in Norway, aimed at helicopter traffic in the North Sea. These are primarily intended for use at IPPC.no.
There are currently three types of maps:
helicoptertriggeredlightningindex
Maps showing risk of helicopter triggered lightning
helicopterlightningobservations
Maps of lightning detected by radar
helicoptersignificantwaveheight
Maps of average wave heights that can affect low flying aircraft
USAGE
Parameters
- type
-
Type of map. Must be used either as parameter or as endpoint (method). Valid types are:
helicopterlightningobservations, helicoptersignificantwaveheight, helicoptertriggeredlightningindex - area
-
The geographical area covered by the map. Valid areas are:
central_norway, northern_norway, norway, western_norway - time (optional)
-
Time of forecast in ISO format, e.g.
2019-01-15T12:00:00Z. A forecast is generated for (how long ahead?). FIXMEIf not specified, the forecast for the next available hour is used.
Sample request URLs
https://api.met.no/weatherapi/offshoremaps/1.0/helicopterlightningobservations?area=northern_norway
available
A list of available data may be retrieved using the 'available' method, either as XML or JSON.
https://api.met.no/weatherapi/offshoremaps/1.0/available
https://api.met.no/weatherapi/offshoremaps/1.0/available.json?type=helicoptertriggeredlightningindex
CHANGELOG
Version 1.0 beta: : 2023-02-24
Initial version