WeatherBug Spark

A library for interacting with the WeatherBug Spark service to get the lightning strike locations and closest lightning strike distance.

WeatherBug Spark is a service that can detect both cloud-to-ground and in-cloud lightning made possible by the WeatherBug's proprietary Total Lightning Network™.

Installation

Linux:

python3 -m pip install weatherbug-spark

Windows:

py -m pip install weatherbug-spark

Usage

import asyncio
import weatherbug_spark

async def main():
    data = await weatherbug_spark.get_data(latitude=42.3601, longitude=-71.0589)

    # Get the closest strike distance
    print(data.closestPulseDistance) # float

    # Get the local lightning strike locations
    print(data.pulseListAlert) # List of LightningStrike objects

    # Get the global lightning strike locations
    print(data.pulseListGlobal) # List of LightningStrike objects

    # Get the short message
    print(data.shortMessage) # Monitor Storms

    # Get the long message
    print(data.safetyMessage) # You are not in immediate danger now, but stay alert and frequently check WeatherBug ...

    # Get the hex code for the color of the alert
    print(data.alertColor) # #F0D701

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

Classes

get_data returns a SparkResult object, with included LightningStrike objects.

SparkResult

LightningStrike