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Tropical cyclone data from NOAA's National Hurricane Center (Atlantic, eastern and central North Pacific): storms NHC is advising on now with position, intensity and GIS links; each season's storms with ATCF ids; every archived advisory product (public advisory, forecast/advisory, forecast discussion, wind speed probabilities) with parsed headline and summary; the Tropical Weather Outlook with 48-hour and 7-day formation chances; and ATCF best tracks with wind radii. US federal public-domain data.

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stringRequired

ATCF storm id: basin al (Atlantic), ep (eastern Pacific) or cp (central Pacific), the two-digit cyclone number and the season, e.g. al092024 (Hurricane Helene). Case-insensitive. Find ids with active_storms or season_storms.

string

Advisory number (12, 012) or intermediate public advisory (12A). Omit for the latest.

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Which product to read.

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const result = await firecrawl.scrape({
  alexandria: {
    provider: "nhc-noaa-gov",
    capability: "weather/storm_advisory",
    options: {
      advisory: "2A",
      product: "public_advisory",
      storm_id: "al092024",
    },
  },
});
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{
  "advisory": "2A",
  "advisory_number_text": "2A",
  "heading": "Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine Intermediate Advisory Number 2A",
  "headline": "...DISTURBANCE EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY...",
  "issued_at": "2024-09-24T00:00:00Z",
  "issued_local": "800 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2024",
  "issuing_office": "NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL",
  "observed_at_ms": 1791994730733,
  "product": "public_advisory",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "SUMMARY OF 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION",
      "text": "LOCATION...18.3N 82.3W\nABOUT 100 MI...160 KM SW OF GRAND CAYMAN\nABOUT 300 MI...485 KM SE OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA\nMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H\nPRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H\nMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES"
    },
    {
      "heading": "WATCHES AND WARNINGS",
      "text": "CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:\n\nThe government of the Cayman Islands has issued a Tropical Storm\nWarning for Grand Cayman.\n\nSUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:\n\nA Hurricane Watch is in effect for...\n* Cabo Catoche to Tulum, Mexico\n* Cuban province of Pinar del Rio\n\nA Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...\n* Grand Cayman\n* Rio Lagartos to Tulum, Mexico\n* Cuban provinces of Artemisa, and Pinar del Rio, and the Isle of\nYouth\n\nA Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...\n* Dry Tortugas\n* Lower Keys south of the Seven Mile Bridge\n\nA Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are\nexpected somewhere within the warning area, in this case within\nthe next 24 to 36 hours.\n\nA Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible\nwithin the watch area.  A watch is typically issued 48 hours\nbefore the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force\nwinds, conditions that make outside preparations difficult or\ndangerous.\n\nA Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are\npossible within the watch area, generally within 48 hours.\n\nInterests along the northeastern Gulf Coast, including the Florida\nPanhandle and the Florida west coast, should monitor the progress of\nthis system.  Additional watches or warnings will likely be\nrequired tonight and Tuesday.\n\nFor storm information specific to your area in the United\nStates, including possible inland watches and warnings, please\nmonitor products issued by your local National Weather Service\nforecast office. For storm information specific to your area\noutside of the United States, please monitor products issued by\nyour national meteorological service."
    },
    {
      "heading": "DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK",
      "text": "At 800 PM EDT (0000 UTC), the disturbance was centered near latitude\n18.3 North, longitude 82.3 West. The system is moving toward the\nnorth-northwest near 7 mph (11 km/h).  A northwestward motion is\nexpected on Tuesday and Tuesday night, followed by a faster\nnorthward to north-northeastward motion on Wednesday and Thursday.\nOn the forecast track, the center of the system is forecast to move\nacross the northwestern Caribbean Sea through Tuesday night, and\nthen over the eastern Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and Thursday.\n\nMaximum sustained winds are near 35 mph (55 km/h) with higher gusts.\nStrengthening is expected during the next few days, and the system\nis forecast to become a hurricane on Wednesday and continue\nstrengthening on Thursday as it moves across the eastern Gulf of\nMexico.\n* Formation chance through 48 hours...high ...90 percent.\n* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.\n\nThe estimated minimum central pressure is 1002 mb (29.59 inches)."
    },
    {
      "heading": "HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND",
      "text": "Key Messages for Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine can be found in\nthe Tropical Cyclone Discussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT4 and\nWMO header WTNT44 KNHC and on the web at\nhurricanes.gov/text/MIATCDAT4.shtml\n\nRAINFALL: Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine is expected to produce\ntotal rain accumulations of 4 to 8 inches over western Cuba and the\nCayman Islands with isolated totals around 12 inches. Over the\neastern Yucatan Peninsula, 2 to 4 inches of rain is expected with\nisolated totals over 6 inches.  This rainfall brings a risk of\nconsiderable flooding.\n\nOver the Southeastern U.S., Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine is\nexpected to produce total rain accumulations of 3 to 6 inches with\nisolated totals around 10 inches, bringing a risk of flooding, some\nof which could be considerable.\n\nFor a complete depiction of forecast rainfall associated with\nPotential Tropical Cyclone Nine, please see the National Weather\nService Storm Total Rainfall Graphic, available at\nhurricanes.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?rainqpf and the Flash Flood Risk\ngraphic at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?ero\n\nSTORM SURGE: The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the\ntide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by\nrising waters moving inland from the shoreline.  The water could\nreach the following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated\nareas if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide...\n\nDry Tortugas...1-3 ft\nFlorida Keys...1-3 ft\n\nStorm surge could raise water levels by as much as 2 to 4 feet above\nnormal tide levels in areas of onshore winds along the southern\ncoast of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, including the Isle of Youth.\n\nStorm surge could raise water levels by as much as 2 to 4 feet above\nground level in areas of onshore winds within the warning area along\nthe east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.\n\nWIND: Hurricane conditions are possible within the watch areas in\nCuba and Mexico by early Wednesday. Tropical storm conditions are\nexpected in the warning areas in Cuba and M… [516 more characters]"
    },
    {
      "heading": "NEXT ADVISORY",
      "text": "Next complete advisory at 1100 PM EDT."
    }
  ],
  "storm_id": "al092024",
  "storm_title": "Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine",
  "summary": {
    "latitude": 18.3,
    "longitude": -82.3,
    "max_sustained_winds_mph": 35,
    "min_pressure_mb": 1002,
    "movement": "NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H",
    "movement_direction_deg": 345,
    "movement_speed_mph": 7,
    "relative_location": [
      "ABOUT 100 MI...160 KM SW OF GRAND CAYMAN",
      "ABOUT 300 MI...485 KM SE OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA"
    ]
  },
  "text": "BULLETIN\nPotential Tropical Cyclone Nine Intermediate Advisory Number 2A\nNWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL092024\n800 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2024\n\n...DISTURBANCE EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY...\n\n\nSUMMARY OF 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION\n----------------------------------------------\nLOCATION...18.3N 82.3W\nABOUT 100 MI...160 KM SW OF GRAND CAYMAN\nABOUT 300 MI...485 KM SE OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA\nMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H\nPRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H\nMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES\n\n\nWATCHES AND WARNINGS\n--------------------\nCHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:\n\nThe government of the Cayman Islands has issued a Tropical Storm\nWarning for Grand Cayman.\n\nSUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:\n\nA Hurricane Watch is in effect for...\n* Cabo Catoche to Tulum, Mexico\n* Cuban province of Pinar del Rio\n\nA Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...\n* Grand Cayman\n* Rio Lagartos to Tulum, Mexico\n* Cuban provinces of Artemisa, and Pinar del Rio, and the Isle of\nYouth\n\nA Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...\n* Dry Tortugas\n* Lower Keys south of the Seven Mile Bridge\n\nA Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are\nexpected somewhere within the warning area, in this case within\nthe next 24 to 36 hours.\n\nA Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible\nwithin the watch area.  A watch is typically issued 48 hours\nbefore the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force\nwinds, conditions that make outside preparations difficult or\ndangerous.\n\nA Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are\npossible within the watch area, generally within 48 hours.\n\nInterests along the northeastern Gulf Coast, including the Florida\nPanhandle and the Florida west coast, should monitor the progress of\nthis system.  Additional watches or warnings will likely be\nrequired tonight and Tuesday.\n\nFor storm information specific to your area in the United\nStates, incl… [3,952 more characters]",
  "url": "https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2024/al09/al092024.public_a.002.shtml"
}

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