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Forecast Images

General Meteograms

Meteogram 5-Days

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_web?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram 5-Days

Meteogram 7-Days

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Options:

meteogram_picto (with picto icons, can also be combined with _nologo and _hd)

Meteogram 7-Days

Meteogram All-in-One

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_one?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram All-in-One

Meteogram Wind

Area meteogram, showing the vertical structure of the atmosphere, focusing on wind.

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_wind?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram Wind

Meteogram Snow

Shows the vertical structure of temperature in the atmosphere as well as snowfall, snow-melt and estimated snow depth.

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_snow?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram Snow

Agronomical Meteograms

Meteogram Agro

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_agro?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram Agro

Meteogram Agro Sowing

The Meteogram Agro Sowing shows the suitable time windows for sowing crops. More information about the data visualised in this meteogram can be found here.

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_agroSowing?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&look=all&apikey=DEMOKEY

Special Parameter (mandatory):

NameUnitExampleDefault
lookall (or 'maize','wheat','barley','rapeseed','potato','sugar beets')&look=maizeall

Meteogram Agro Sowing

Meteogram Agro Spraying

The Meteogram Agro Spraying shows the suitable time windows for spraying fields. The spraying conditions are calculated from the wind, precipitation, temperature and humidity forecasts. The recommendation must be verified just before the application with the current actual weather conditions.

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_agroSpraying?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram Agro Spraying

Meteogram Soil Trafficability

The Meteogram Soil Trafficability shows the capacity of the soil to support moving vehicles based on the soil type and the development of water content in the top soil (0 - 10 cm).

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_soiltraffic?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram Soil Trafficability

Aviational Meteograms

Meteogram Air

Area meteogram showing the vertical structure of the atmosphere. Time always in UTC. No language support (only English available).

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_air?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram Air

Meteogram Sounding

Tephi-Diagram, vertical sounding. Available for every forecast hour. In some regions it only is available every 3rd hour. No language support (only English available). No selectable units available!

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/sounding?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&params=12&apikey=DEMOKEY

Special Parameter (mandatory):

The time must be either specified as an absolute timestamp in UTC or a relative hour offset to the last model initialisation time.

NameUnitDescriptionExample
paramsYYYYMMDDHH (suggested)specifies the valid time in UTC&params=2019042312 (23 April 2019 at 12 o'clock)
paramsHHHValid time relative to the last model run&params=12 (12 hours after the last model init)

Meteogram Sounding

Meteogram Stueve

The meteogram Stueve allows you to know a lot about the air conditions within only one diagram. No selectable units available!

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/sounding_stueve?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&params=12&apikey=DEMOKEY

Special Parameter (mandatory):

The time must be either specified as an absolute timestamp in UTC or a relative hour offset to the last model initialisation time.

NameUnitDescriptionExample
paramsYYYYMMDDHH (suggested)specifies the valid time in UTC&params=2019042312 (23 April 2019 at 12 o'clock)
paramsHHHValid time relative to the last model run&params=12 (12 hours after the last model init)

Meteogram Stueve

Meteogram Stueve 1000-550 hPa

The meteogram Stueve 1000-550 hPa allows you to know a lot about the air conditions within only one diagram, for the lower part of the atmoshere, up till 550 hPa. No selectable units available!

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/sounding_stuevefl150?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&params=12&apikey=DEMOKEY

Special Parameter (mandatory):

The time must be either specified as an absolute timestamp in UTC or a relative hour offset to the last model initialisation time.

NameUnitDescriptionExample
paramsYYYYMMDDHH (suggested)specifies the valid time in UTC&params=2019042312 (23 April 2019 at 12 o'clock)
paramsHHHValid time relative to the last model run&params=12 (12 hours after the last model init)

Meteogram Stueve 1000 - 550 hPa

Meteogram Thermal Forecast

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_airplus?lat=54.32&lon=10.13&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram Thermal Forecast

Cross-Sections

The Cross-Section diagrams show profiles of the atmosphere in North-South and East-West direction, centred around a specified location. For the Cross-Section diagrams no selectable units are available!

Special Parameters (mandatory for all cross sections):

NameUnitDescriptionExample
paramsdecimal degreesthe length of the cross-section&params=5
fcstlengthYYYYMMDDHH (suggested)compute trajectories for this date and time, in UTC&fcstlength=2019042312 (23 April 2019 at 12 o'clock)
fcstlengthhourscompute trajectories for this number of hours (min: 1, max: 186)&fcstlength=72

Cross-Section Clouds

Shows cloud cover.

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/crossSection_clouds?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&params=5&fcstlength=24&apikey=DEMOKEY

Cross-Section Clouds

Cross-Section Temperature

Shows temperature and wind.

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/crossSection_temp?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&params=5&fcstlength=24&apikey=DEMOKEY

Cross-Section Temperature

Cross-Section Wind

Shows wind.

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/crossSection_wind?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&params=5&fcstlength=24&apikey=DEMOKEY

Cross-Section Wind

Cross-Section Relative Humidity

Shows relative humidity.

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/crossSection_rh?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&params=5&fcstlength=24&apikey=DEMOKEY

Cross-Section Relative Humidity

Path Cross-Section

The Path Cross-Section diagram shows profiles of the atmosphere along a specified path.

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/pathcrossSection?lang=en&lat=44&lon=2&pathlon=2,6,9,19&pathlat=44,44,45,50&time=2020080512&apikey=DEMOKEY

Special Parameters (mandatory):

NameUnitDescriptionExample
pathlatWGS84latitude coordinates of the desired path along which the atmosphere is shown&pathlat=44,44,45,50
pathlonWGS84longitude coordinates of the desired path along which the atmosphere is shown&pathlon=2,6,9,15
timeYYYYMMDDHHshow the diagram for this date and time, in UTC&time=2020083112 (31 April 2020 at 12 o'clock)

Path Cross-Section

Multimodel and Ensemble Meteograms

Meteogram 14-Days

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_14day?lat=47.5584&lon=7.5733&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram 14-Days

Meteogram Multimodel

remarks:

The number of models shown may vary from place to place and from day to day. There is no guarantee a certain model will be present at any time. The image size of the meteogram thus can vary from place to place and from day to day.

Special Parameter (optional):

NameUnitDescriptionExampleDefault
fcstlengthhoursForecast hours, from 72 to 168&fcstlength=120168

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_multiSimple?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&fcstlength=144&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram Multimodel

Meteogram Ensemble

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_ens?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Options:

meteogram_enslong (days 1-14, can also be combined with _hd)

Meteogram Ensemble

Meteogram Multimodel Ensemble

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_ensemblemembers?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram Multimodel Ensemble

Further Meteograms

Meteogram Solar Forecast

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_solpoint?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&params=100,180,40&apikey=DEMOKEY

Special Parameter (mandatory):

NameUnitDescriptionExample
paramskWp, facing angle, slope anglekilowatt peak, facing, slope and angle of solar panel&params=100,180,40

Meteogram Solar Forecast

Meteogram Sea

Meteogram Sea is only available for locations located 20km away from the coast or more.

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_sea?lat=38.56&lon=5.3&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram Sea

Pictoprints

Pictoprint

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/pictoprint?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Special Parameter (optional):

NameUnitDescriptionExample
looksday{day}use this to show a single particular day&look=sday{mo} (only show monday)
look1day, 3daysuse this look to show a 1-day or 3-day forecast&look=3days
lookFAHRENHEIT_INCHselectable weather unit&look=FAHRENHEIT_INCH

Looks can be combined, ie: &look=FARENHEIT_INCH_1day

Pictoprint

Pictoprint Day

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/pictoprintDay?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Special Parameters (optional):

NameUnitDescriptionExampleDefault
looknodescriptremove description from image&look=nodescriptnone
fcstlengthhoursspecifies hours of forecast period&fcstlength=487 days
lookFARENHEIT_INCHselectable weather unit&look=FAHRENHEIT_INCHdegree Celsius, mm

Looks can be combined, ie: &look=FARENHEIT_INCH_nodescript

Pictoprint Day

Pictoprint Day Simple

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/pictoprintDaySimple?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Special Parameters (optional):

NameUnitDescriptionExampleDefault
looknodescriptremove description from image&look=nodescriptnone
fcstlengthhoursspecifies hours of forecast period&fcstlength=487 days
lookFARENHEIT_INCHselectable weather unit&look=FAHRENHEIT_INCHdegree Celsius, mm

Looks can be combined, ie: &look=FARENHEIT_INCH_nodescript

Pictoprint Day Simple

Pictoprint Day UV Rain

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/pictoprintDayUvRain?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Special Parameters (optional):

NameUnitDescriptionExampleDefault
looknodescriptremove description from image&look=nodescriptnone
fcstlengthhoursspecifies hours of forecast period&fcstlength=487 days
lookFARENHEIT_INCHselectable weather unit&look=FAHRENHEIT_INCHdegree Celsius, mm

Looks can be combined, ie: &look=FARENHEIT_INCH_nodescript

pictoprint Day UV Rain

Long Term Meteograms

Meteogram Seasonal Anomalies Forecast

The Seasonal Anomalies Forecast Meteogram displays monthly seasonal forecast anomalies from different models as well as a super-ensemble (ENSEMBLE) created by meteoblue. More information about the data visualised in this Meteogram can be found here.

Example URL:

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_seasonal?lat=47.56&lon=7.57&apikey=DEMOKEY

Meteogram Seasonal Forecast

Last updated on 1/9/2023
← IntroductionHistory & Climate Images →
  • General Meteograms
    • Meteogram 5-Days
    • Meteogram 7-Days
    • Meteogram All-in-One
    • Meteogram Wind
    • Meteogram Snow
  • Agronomical Meteograms
    • Meteogram Agro
    • Meteogram Agro Sowing
    • Meteogram Agro Spraying
    • Meteogram Soil Trafficability
  • Aviational Meteograms
    • Meteogram Air
    • Meteogram Sounding
    • Meteogram Stueve
    • Meteogram Stueve 1000-550 hPa
    • Meteogram Thermal Forecast
    • Cross-Sections
    • Path Cross-Section
  • Multimodel and Ensemble Meteograms
    • Meteogram 14-Days
    • Meteogram Multimodel
    • Meteogram Ensemble
    • Meteogram Multimodel Ensemble
  • Further Meteograms
    • Meteogram Solar Forecast
    • Meteogram Sea
  • Pictoprints
    • Pictoprint
    • Pictoprint Day
    • Pictoprint Day Simple
    • Pictoprint Day UV Rain
  • Long Term Meteograms
    • Meteogram Seasonal Anomalies Forecast
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