SADIS API

Parameters

• Wind U/V - 56 vertical levels from FL050 to FL600

• Temperature - 56 vertical levels from FL050 to FL600

• Geospatial Height - 56 vertical levels from FL050 to FL600

• Relative Humidity - 14 vertical levels from FL050 to FL180

• Tropopause height and Tropopause temperature

• Max wind height, and max wind u/v

• Icing Severity - 26 vertical levels from FL050 to FL300

• Turbulence Severity - 36 vertical levels from FL100 to FL450

• Cumulonimbus Extent, Base and Top

WAFC London and WAFC Washington data will be available.

Parameters

• Wind U/V – 17 vertical levels from FL050 to FL530

• Temperature – 17 vertical levels from FL050 to FL530

• Geopotential Height –  17 vertical levels from FL050 to FL530

• Relative Humidity – 5 vertical levels from FL050 to FL180

• Tropopause height and Tropopause temperature

Max wind height, and max wind u/v

WAFC London and WAFC Washington data will be available.

Forecast Timesteps:

T+06 to T+24 at 1-hourly intervals

T+27 to T+48 at 3-hourly intervals¹

T+54 to T+120 at 6-hourly intervals²

Note:

¹Icing, Turbulence and Cumulonimbus data will stop at T+48

²WAFC London data past T+66 will only be produced for the 00Z and 12Z model runs

Data will be available as global and regional tiles

Forecast Timesteps:

T+06 to T+36 at 3-hourly intervals

Data will be available as global tiles only.

SIGWX that covers FL100 to FL600 and includes information on the jet stream, turbulence, cumulonimbus clouds, icing, the tropopause, volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones and nuclear releases. 

• IWXXM format data file 

• PNG truth check charts (not to be used for briefing purposes)

WAFC London and WAFC Washington data will be available.

TAC and IWXXM format.

• METAR/SPECI

• TAF

• SIGMET

• AIRMET

• Volcanic Ash Advisory

• Tropical Cyclone Advisory

• Space Weather Advisory 

TAC only format 

• GAMET

• Nuclear emergency messages 

• Volcanic Ash NOTAMs and ASHTAMs

Graphics

• Volcanic Ash Graphic 

• Tropical Cyclone Graphic

Forecast Timesteps:

T+06 to T+48 at 3-hourly intervals

Available data:

Data published at 5 minute intervals based on the time it reaches the Met Office.  36 hours worth of data will be held on the system.