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      TomSlavkovsky API developers | Premium
      last edited by TomSlavkovsky

      As we are continuously improving Windy, we never stopped thinking to create radar layer. Unfortunately, there is not only one service provider, where we could go and just download the data from some FTP server. To illustrate the problem, on the image bellow you can see all the doppler radar listed by WMO.

      0_1491318338893_Screen Shot 2017-04-04 at 4.59.40 PM.png

      Each country has a very different policy regarding those data. For example, USA gives those data to public for free (you can expect those to be added soon), however most of the states are not so generous and are hiding those data. To keep Windy free of charge, we don't want to pay for the data.

      Therefore, I am asking for your help. Do you know which countries provide the radar data for free? And can you provide the FTP server to the data?

      Current state (April 2017):

      • USA - data for free
      • Europe - OPERA project - whole European composite, which is heavily paid
      • Netherlands offers the data for free

      Any help appreciated!


      Shortened version of this link: https://on.windy.com/RadarDataGathering


      EDIT: Current state (18th September 2018)

      Radar already implemented – check this table chart: https://community.windy.com/topic/6014/weather-radar-providers

      Work in progress:

      • Argentina: Added

      • Caribbean + Belize: added

      • Estonia: added

      • Greece: added

      • Italy: added

      • Canada: Southern part already implemented: https://community.windy.com/topic/3746/radar-data-needed-help-us-with-the-data-gathering/120
        https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weather-general-tools-resources/weather-tools-specialized-data/geospatial-web-services.html ;
        https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/9ff979c5-a307-4224-bbcf-ecfe5a65e828 ;
        https://weather.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html ;
        https://weather.gc.ca/business/index_e.html ;
        https://weather.gc.ca/mainmenu/contact_us_e.html

      Links to other potential data/image providers:

      • Australia:

        • ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/radar ;
        • http://www.bom.gov.au/catalogue/data-feeds.shtml ;
        • http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR022.loop.shtml#skip ;
        • http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye ;
          (however: https://community.windy.com/topic/3746/radar-data-needed-help-us-with-the-data-gathering/80) ;
          (more links here: https://community.windy.com/topic/3746/radar-data-needed-help-us-with-the-data-gathering/83) ;
        • http://www.weatherzone.com.au/radar
      • Belarus + Russia (European part):

        • http://meteoinfo.by/radar ;
        • http://meteoinfo.by/radar/?q=UMMN
      • Brasil:

        • https://www.redemet.aer.mil.br (biggest source) ;
        • https://www.redemet.aer.mil.br/?i=facilidades&p=api-redemet ;
        • http://sinda.crn2.inpe.br/PCD/SITE/novo/site/index.php ;
        • http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal
        • http://tempo.cptec.inpe.br
        • http://sigsc.sc.gov.br/radarsc
        • http://www.funceme.br/app/radar/animacao/quixeramobim
        • http://alertario.rio.rj.gov.br/radar-meteorologico-do-sumare/imgens-recentes/
        • http://www.simepar.br/prognozweb/simepar/radar_msc
        • http://www.ipmet.unesp.br/#
        • https://www.climatempo.com.br/radar-sp
        • http://servicos.cptec.inpe.br/XML
          (more at: https://community.windy.com/topic/3746/radar-data-needed-help-us-with-the-data-gathering/78)
        • https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/mrms/redirect (for Santa Catarina region)
      • Bulgaria:

        • http://www.weathermod-bg.eu
      • China:

        • http://www.nemcaac.cn/dbinfo/app/common/radar/index (Civil Aviation Weather Radar) ;
        • http://www.weather.com.cn/radar/index.shtml?CHN (China Weather Network Weather Radar)
      • Colombia:

        • http://meteorologia.aerocivil.gov.co/radar/index/aoi/CRM/Reflectividad de Base 0.5 deg
          (however: https://community.windy.com/topic/3746/radar-data-needed-help-us-with-the-data-gathering/130)
      • Croatia:

        • http://meteo.hr/podaci.php?section=podaci_mjerenja¶m=radari
      • Cuba:

        • http://www.met.inf.cu/asp/genesis.asp?TB0=PLANTILLAS&TB1=RADARES
      • Cyprus:

        • http://weather.cyi.ac.cy/en/radar
      • Hong Kong:

        • http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/radars/radarc_range1.htm
          (more info: https://community.windy.com/topic/6080/help-us-to-test-new-weather-radar-overlay/267)
      • Hungary:

        • https://www.idokep.hu/radar
        • https://www.metnet.hu/radarkep
        • https://www.met.hu/en/idojaras/aktualis_idojaras/radar
      • India:

        • http://www.imd.gov.in/pages/radar_main.php
      • Indonesia:

        • http://radar.bmkg.go.id/bmkg2/data/
      • Ireland:

        • https://www.met.ie
      • Israel:

        • http://www.ims.gov.il/IMSEng/Tazpiot/RainRadar.htm
      • Lithuania:

        • http://www.meteo.lt/lt/radaru-informacija
      • Mexico:

        • http://astro.iam.udg.mx/radar/index.html
        • http://smn.cna.gob.mx/es/observando-el-tiempo/radares-meteorologicos
      • New Caledonia:

        • http://www.meteo.nc
      • New Zealand:

        • https://about.metservice.com/our-company/about-this-site/open-access-data ;
        • http://www.metservice.com/maps-radar/rain-radar/all-new-zealand ;
        • https://about.metservice.com/contact ;
        • (or https://weather.niwa.co.nz)
      • Philippines

        • http://bantaypanahon.dost6.info/doppler.php
        • https://www1.pagasa.dost.gov.ph – both probably for watching only
      • Portugal:

        • http://www.ipma.pt/en/otempo/obs.radar ;
        • https://www.ipma.pt/en/otempo/obs.remote/index.jsp
      • Russia (Asian part):

        • http://orm.mipt.ru/RAD/dmrl.html
        • http://meteorad.ru/static/phenomena.gif
      • Serbia:

        • http://www.hidmet.gov.rs/index_eng.php
        • http://www.hidmet.gov.rs/eng/osmotreni/radarska.php
      • Slovenia:

        • http://www.arso.gov.si/vreme/napovedi in podatki/radar.html ;
        • http://meteo.arso.gov.si/met/sl/app/webmet/#webmet=vUHcs9WYkN3LtVGdl92LhBHcvcXZi1WZ09Cc1p2cvAncvd2LyVWYs12Lp1WYnV2Lp5Wa05CetxGfzx2b2VmbpF2XuVWanhmYvVnczxXatF2Zlx3ejxWZhJXThBHRhRXY6YWYsNXZsQ2btFWaupzJzx2b2VmbpF2JsAXYyFWblRXZypzJSFERBJ1XM9kTHdSf ;
        • https://www.si-vreme.com/si/slovenija/radarska-slika/padavine-zemljevid?xl=&xs=si-radarska_slika_map1&xt=3&fo=1#vsebina
      • South Africa:

        • http://www.weathersa.co.za
      • Switzerland:

        • https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/home.html?tab=rain
      • Thailand:

        • http://weather.tmd.go.th/svp120.php
        • https://community.windy.com/topic/3746/radar-data-needed-help-us-with-the-data-gathering/86
      • Turkey:

        • https://mgm.gov.tr/eng/radar.aspx ;
        • https://www.mgm.gov.tr/sondurum/radar.aspx?rG=img&rR=34C&rU=max#sfB ;
        • https://www.mgm.gov.tr/sondurum/radar.aspx?rG=img&rR=00&rU=max#sfB
      • Ukraine:

        • http://meteoinfo.by/radar/?q=UKBB
        • https://meteo.gov.ua/ua/33345/radar
      • Tropical Atlantic:

        • http://tropicalatlantic.com/radars
      • Global radar resources:

        • https://www.nrl.navy.mil/radar/contact

      Some more links to check:

      • OPERA official EU radar composite (paid): http://eumetnet.eu/activities/observations-programme/current-activities/opera-radar-animation &
        http://eumetnet.eu/activities/observations-programme/current-activities/opera
      • Europe: http://meteocentre.com/radar/europe/?lang=en
      • Germany: https://www.wetteronline.de/regenradar?wro=true
      • France: https://fr.meteox.com/fr-fr/home/satelliteradar
      • Spain: https://community.windy.com/topic/3746/radar-data-needed-help-us-with-the-data-gathering/119
      • Korea: http://web.kma.go.kr/eng/weather/images/radar.jsp
      • https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-nexrad
      • https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/mrms/redirect
      mkarthiganeshM Tomber42T Gkikas LGPZG C Aluth FianA 5 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 11
      • Gkikas LGPZG
        Gkikas LGPZ Moderator
        last edited by

        http://www.radareu.cz/

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        • TheRadarGuyT
          TheRadarGuy Moderator
          last edited by

          I am fairly certain that Canada offers free use of weather radar. I'll see what I can do. I'll also do my best to check if other countries offer free radar.

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          • McGr1m3M
            McGr1m3 Meteorologist
            last edited by

            In Australia we have free access as to the government run (Bureau Of Meteorology) Unsure if they would allow this to be utilised for another weather site but worth a try.

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            • TZT
              TZ Administrator @Gkikas LGPZ
              last edited by

              @meteo-GR Thank you, radareu.cz is nice composition, but we are looking for original data (not png) and we want to access them in legal way.

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              • TZT
                TZ Administrator
                last edited by

                An example of good data storage:
                http://thredds.met.no/thredds/catalog/radarnowcasting/catalog.html
                The data is raw and georeferenced, exactly what we need. Many thanks to guys from Norwegian Meteorological Institute!!!

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                • TheRadarGuyT
                  TheRadarGuy Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Sorry, but it looks like Environment Canada only offers radar data in GIF format. I'll keep trying for other countries though. And I figured out how to get Australian weather radar. It's $1830 a year plus another $1025 as a one time fee. http://reg.bom.gov.au/other/charges.shtml

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                  • ivoI
                    ivo Administrator @TheRadarGuy
                    last edited by

                    @TheRadarGuy Thanks for help

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                      leapenn
                      last edited by

                      Bahamas Weather is free.

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                      • paloP
                        palo
                        last edited by

                        and how about post question (from windy team) here?

                        https://opendata.stackexchange.com
                        https://opendata.stackexchange.com/search?q=weather

                        (why we pay gowerment expensive data twice...?)

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                        • TheRadarGuyT
                          TheRadarGuy Moderator
                          last edited by

                          @TomSlavkovsky @ivo I think I found radar data for Sweden. There is some other data in there you might also want to take a look at. Like: weather forecasting models, ocean information and warnings data.
                          http://opendata.smhi.se/apidocs/

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                            TomSlavkovsky API developers | Premium
                            last edited by

                            @TheRadarGuy Thx for the link, I have contacted the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute and there is a fee for HDF5 format - 24.000 SEK per year.

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                              TomSlavkovsky API developers | Premium
                              last edited by

                              @leapenn Could send me a link for the data?

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                                henderson
                                last edited by

                                Do you have a list of providers that have already agreed to share this information?

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                                • Tomber42T
                                  Tomber42 Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Germany's National Meteorological Service DWD offers most data as opendata, radars included
                                  http://www.dwd.de/EN/ourservices/opendata/opendata.html

                                  Greetings from Tomber

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                                  • SnipersupersixS
                                    Snipersupersix | Premium
                                    last edited by

                                    The University of Bonn (Germany, Rhineland Palatinate) operates a local rain radar. The range is about 120km around Bonn.
                                    There are also no commercial interests behind it I think and they pass the data to you perhaps.
                                    https://www.meteo.uni-bonn.de/messdaten/radarbilder/aktuelle-bilder-1/komposit
                                    Contact: Malte.Diederich@uni-bonn.de

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                                    • Tomber42T
                                      Tomber42 Moderator @Snipersupersix
                                      last edited by

                                      @Snipersupersix I think this is part of opendata of DWD, they offer radar data from all German radar stations

                                      Greetings from Tomber

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                                      • chstduC
                                        chstdu
                                        last edited by chstdu

                                        Here is a huge list of radar data sources, but probably mainly images and not raw: rainviewer sources Although raw data is better, a composite from images would be great beta version!

                                        Edit: Link should work now!

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                                          angus-morgan | Premium
                                          last edited by

                                          UK Met Office Data is available free through their DataPoint API (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/datapoint/product/rainfall-radar-map-layer). API documentation: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/mohippo/pdf/3/0/datapoint_api_reference.pdf

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                                            LaMenchos
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                                            Awaiting response from Colombian agency in charge of radar data. And crossing fingers.

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