Weather Data (Firemap API) for FARSITE

This IPython notebook fetches historical and real-time weather observations (wind speed and wind direction) from the WIFIRE Firemap's Pylaski API. The user must define a longitude/latitude coordinate point and a datetime window (start and end timestamps). The data returned consists of hourly weather observations (up to 2 years back) from the weather station nearest to the specified coordinate point.

Data and Resources

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creationMethod <p>This IPython notebook was designed for the purpose of integrating with a wildfire digital twin workflow in a National Data Platform user workspace. Weather data was retrieved via the WIFIRE Firemap API (https://firemap.sdsc.edu/).</p>
creatorEmail h7ahmed@ucsd.edu
creatorName Hena Ahmed
dataAuthType public
dataType IPYNB
docsURL https://github.com/hahmed17/wildfire-digital-twin/blob/3b77164a0e6c367fdc04b83b90b2dbe4d01b6c0c/data/Firemap_weather.ipynb
issueDate 2026-02-18
lang en
lastUpdateDate 2026-02-18
license cc0
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pocEmail h7ahmed@ucsd.edu
pocName Hena Ahmed
publisherEmail h7ahmed@ucsd.edu
publisherName Hena Ahmed
purpose <p>This code was created because there is currently no other available code for retrieving the weather parameters required for input into the FARSITE fire simulation tool (https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/dataandtools/farsite). </p>
status submitted
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usageInfo <p>Install requirements by running ./install_packages.sh in a command line. Run the IPython notebook from the top to bottom cells to download wind speed and wind direction data that can be used as FARSITE input parameters.</p>
Groups
  • NSF
  • United States
Tags
  • NSF
  • United States
  • california
  • farsite
  • firemap
  • weather-stations
  • wifire
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metadata_created 2026-10-30T17:22:38.776919
metadata_modified 2026-10-30T17:22:38.776924
notes <p>This IPython notebook fetches historical and real-time weather observations (wind speed and wind direction) from the WIFIRE Firemap's Pylaski API. The user must define a longitude/latitude coordinate point and a datetime window (start and end timestamps). The data returned consists of hourly weather observations (up to 2 years back) from the weather station nearest to the specified coordinate point. </p>
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title Weather Data (Firemap API) for FARSITE