What you can ask
- “What does NOAA Space Weather (SWPC) have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
- “Pull the most recent NOAA Space Weather (SWPC) records and put them in a table.”
- “What does NOAA Space Weather (SWPC) cover, and how fresh is the data?”
About this source
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center — federal space-weather products: geomagnetic Kp index, NOAA G/S/R storm scales, solar-wind plasma, GOES X-ray flux, and active alerts/watches/warnings. Relevant to power-grid GIC (geomagnetically induced current) risk and pipeline-corrosion monitoring during geomagnetic storms. No auth.
Connector ID noaa-swpc
Provenance
Freshness & coverage
› Methods (6)
Technical detail for developers: parameters, pagination, units, and freshness per method.
getStormScales
readSpace weather storm scales: current and forecast G/S/R levels (SWPC geomagnetic alert product).
No args. G = geomagnetic, S = solar radiation, R = radio blackout.
getAlerts
readActive space-weather alerts, watches and warnings
No args.
getPlanetaryKIndex
read3-hour planetary Kp geomagnetic-activity index
No args.
getGoesXrayFlux
readGOES X-ray flux time series (solar-flare detection)
No args.
getSolarWindPlasma
readPropagated solar-wind plasma: density, speed, temperature, and magnetic field
Current one-hour SWPC geospace product; no args.
getServiceInfo
readStatic API overview — products, response shapes, grid/pipeline relevance