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MET Norway MetAlerts GeoJSON Schema

Schema for weather alert GeoJSON responses from the MET Norway MetAlerts API.

WeatherForecastsMeteorologyClimateNorwayNordicOpen DataAviation WeatherMarine WeatherAlerts

Properties

Name Type Description
type string
features array Array of weather alert features
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JSON Schema

yr-no-alert-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://api.met.no/weatherapi/metalerts/schemas/alert",
  "title": "MET Norway MetAlerts GeoJSON Schema",
  "description": "Schema for weather alert GeoJSON responses from the MET Norway MetAlerts API.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["type", "features"],
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "FeatureCollection"
    },
    "features": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of weather alert features",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/AlertFeature"
      }
    }
  },
  "definitions": {
    "AlertFeature": {
      "title": "Weather Alert Feature",
      "type": "object",
      "required": ["type", "geometry", "properties"],
      "properties": {
        "type": {
          "type": "string",
          "const": "Feature"
        },
        "geometry": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Geographic area affected by the alert (Polygon or MultiPolygon)",
          "properties": {
            "type": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": ["Polygon", "MultiPolygon"]
            },
            "coordinates": {
              "type": "array"
            }
          }
        },
        "properties": {
          "$ref": "#/definitions/AlertProperties"
        }
      }
    },
    "AlertProperties": {
      "title": "Weather Alert Properties",
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "CAP message identifier URI",
          "examples": ["2.49.0.1.578.0.20240115120000.001"]
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Human-readable alert title"
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Detailed description of the weather event"
        },
        "instruction": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Recommended actions for the public"
        },
        "event": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Weather event type",
          "enum": [
            "blowingSnow", "forestFire", "gale", "ice", "icing",
            "lightning", "polarLow", "rain", "rainFlood", "snow",
            "stormSurge", "wind"
          ]
        },
        "eventAwarenessName": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Human-readable event awareness name",
          "examples": ["Extreme wind", "Heavy rain", "Heavy snow"]
        },
        "severity": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "CAP severity level",
          "enum": ["Extreme", "Severe", "Moderate", "Minor", "Unknown"]
        },
        "certainty": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "CAP certainty level",
          "enum": ["Observed", "Likely", "Possible", "Unlikely", "Unknown"]
        },
        "urgency": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "CAP urgency level",
          "enum": ["Immediate", "Expected", "Future", "Past", "Unknown"]
        },
        "awareness_level": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Color-coded awareness level used by MET Norway",
          "enum": ["2; yellow; Moderate", "3; orange; Severe", "4; red; Extreme"]
        },
        "awareness_type": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Type of awareness alert"
        },
        "onset": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time",
          "description": "When the alert period begins"
        },
        "expires": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time",
          "description": "When the alert expires"
        },
        "published": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time",
          "description": "When the alert was published/issued"
        },
        "updated": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time",
          "description": "When the alert was last updated"
        },
        "msgType": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "CAP message type",
          "enum": ["Alert", "Update", "Cancel", "Ack", "Error"]
        },
        "status": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "CAP status",
          "enum": ["Actual", "Exercise", "System", "Test", "Draft"]
        },
        "county": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Affected Norwegian county codes (land alerts only)",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^\\d{2}$"
          }
        },
        "geographicDomain": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Geographic domain of the alert",
          "enum": ["land", "marine"]
        },
        "incidentName": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Named incident identifier assigned to major (red) events"
        },
        "cap": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri",
          "description": "URL to the full CAP XML message"
        },
        "resources": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Associated resources such as web links and images",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "description": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "mimeType": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "uri": {
                "type": "string",
                "format": "uri"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}