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US National Weather Service

Forecasts, alerts, observations and forecast discussions for the United States.

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About US National Weather Service

Point forecasts, active alerts by area, station observations and the forecaster’s discussion text. US only.

Questions you can ask US National Weather Service

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“Are there any active weather alerts for Minnesota right now?”

What comes back: Active NWS alerts with event type, area, severity and effective times.

“What does the forecaster’s discussion for the Chicago office say about this week’s storm?”

What comes back: The forecast discussion text with issue time.

US National Weather Service MCP tools

The 10 tools the US National Weather Service server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.

  • nws_get_forecast

    Get the weather forecast for a US location.

  • nws_search_alerts

    Search active weather alerts (watches, warnings, advisories) across the US.

  • nws_get_alert

    Fetch one NWS alert message by ID - a current alert, or an earlier message that an update or cancellation has since superseded and that an active-alert search no longer returns.

  • nws_get_alert_counts

    Count active weather alerts nationwide, per state/territory or marine area, and per marine region, in one small response - the answer to "how many alerts are active, and where"...

  • nws_get_observations

    Get current weather observations (actual measured conditions).

  • nws_get_observation_history

    Get a station's recent observation history, newest first - the trend behind the single latest reading nws_get_observations returns (is pressure falling, is the wind picking up).

  • nws_find_stations

    Find weather observation stations near a location.

  • nws_list_alert_types

    List all valid NWS alert event type names.

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  • nws_get_office_discussion

    Get the latest narrative forecast product from a Weather Forecast Office (WFO).

  • nws_get_zone_forecast

    Get the text forecast for an NWS forecast zone.

Using US National Weather Service in Kahubi

  • Community server. An open-source server maintained by the MCP community. Kahubi tests it with live queries before listing it and health-checks it regularly.
  • Cited, checkable answers. Results are treated as retrieved material and cited with the source’s own identifiers, so you can open every record the answer relied on.
  • Your files stay private. Only the search the assistant writes for your question is sent to US National Weather Service.

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