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.
/weather/v1/events/tropical_cyclones/{tc_id}/initialization_times /weather/v1/events/tropical_cyclones/{tc_id}/initialization_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 Path Parameters Name Type Description tc_id Required string Tropical cyclone ID to request. Accepts an ATCF or generated ID.
Show More Show Less Name Type Description tropical_cyclone_id Required string Tropical cyclone ID to request. Accepts an ATCF or generated ID. Supplied as the positional argument after init_times. -m , --model Optional string Weather model to use. Allowed: wm-6; Default: wm-6
Show More Show Less Name Type Description tropical_cyclone_id Required str Tropical cyclone ID to request. Accepts an ATCF or generated ID. model Optional str Weather model to use. Allowed: wm-6; Default: wm-6 print_response Optional bool If true, prints the response data. Default: false
Show More Show Less Response Fields Name Type Description tropical_cyclone_id string Resolved operational ATCF ID, or the generated ID for an unmatched track. available string[] (ISO 8601) Initialization times for which the tropical cyclone is available, sorted from earliest to latest. latest string (ISO 8601) Latest available initialization time.
Show More Show Less Initialization Times Example
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $WB_API_KEY " "https://api.windbornesystems.com/weather/v1/events/tropical_cyclones/AL022026/initialization_times" curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $WB_API_KEY " "https://api.windbornesystems.com/weather/v1/events/tropical_cyclones/AL022026/initialization_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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