GET Initialization Times for Tropical Cyclone
Pass a tropical cyclone ID and receive every initialization time where that
cyclone is available. See
About the Tropical Cyclone Tracker
for details about operational and generated storm IDs.
This endpoint is currently available for wm-6 .
/forecasts/v1/wm-6/tropical_cyclones/{tc_id}/init_times /forecasts/v1/wm-6/tropical_cyclones/{tc_id}/init_times
Show more Show less windborne tropical_cyclones init_times {tropical_cyclone_id} -m wm-6 windborne tropical_cyclones init_times {tropical_cyclone_id} -m wm-6
Show more Show less from windborne import get_tropical_cyclone_init_times from windborne import get_tropical_cyclone_init_times
Show more Show less Query parameters Name Description tropical_cyclone_id Required Tropical cyclone ID supplied as the positional argument after init_times .Accepts an ATCF or generated ID. -m, --model Required Set to wm-6 .
Query parameters Name Description tropical_cyclone_id Required Tropical cyclone ID to request.Accepts an ATCF or generated ID. model Required Set to wm-6 .
Response format Field Type Description tropical_cyclone_id string Resolved operational ATCF ID, or the generated ID for an unmatched track. available array Initialization times for which the tropical cyclone is available, sorted from earliest to latest. latest string Latest available initialization time.
Initialization Times Example
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $WB_API_KEY " "https://api.windbornesystems.com/forecasts/v1/wm-6/tropical_cyclones/AL022026/init_times" curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $WB_API_KEY " "https://api.windbornesystems.com/forecasts/v1/wm-6/tropical_cyclones/AL022026/init_times"
windborne tropical_cyclones init_times AL022026 -m wm-6 windborne tropical_cyclones init_times AL022026 -m wm-6
from windborne import get_tropical_cyclone_init_times from windborne import get_tropical_cyclone_init_times
init_times = get_tropical_cyclone_init_times( init_times = get_tropical_cyclone_init_times(
tropical_cyclone_id = "AL022026" , tropical_cyclone_id = "AL022026" ,
model = "wm-6" , model = "wm-6" ,
) )
Show more Show less 1 { {
2 "tropical_cyclone_id" : "AL022026" , "tropical_cyclone_id" : "AL022026" ,
3 "available" : [ "available" : [
4 "2026-07-21T12:00:00Z" , "2026-07-21T12:00:00Z" ,
5 "2026-07-21T18:00:00Z" , "2026-07-21T18:00:00Z" ,
6 "2026-07-22T00:00:00Z" "2026-07-22T00:00:00Z"
7 ], ],
8 "latest" : "2026-07-22T00:00:00Z" "latest" : "2026-07-22T00:00:00Z"
9 } }
tropical_cyclone_id "AL022026" available Array (3 items) [0] "2026-07-21T12:00:00Z"
[1] "2026-07-21T18:00:00Z"
[2] "2026-07-22T00:00:00Z"
latest "2026-07-22T00:00:00Z"
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