wevva-warnings 0.3.0

Lightweight Python library for official weather warnings

wevva-warnings

wevva-warnings is a small Python library and CLI for looking up official weather warnings for a single point.

You provide lat, lon, and a country_code; the library picks the right official source or sources, normalizes the returned alerts, and filters them by native point query or geometry.

Install

pip install wevva-warnings

Quick start

from wevva_warnings import get_alerts_for_point

alerts = get_alerts_for_point(
    lat=40.71,
    lon=-74.00,
    country_code="US",
    active_only=True,
)

for alert in alerts:
    print(alert.headline)
    print(alert.url)

Language-specific feeds can be selected with lang:

alerts = get_alerts_for_point(49.8, 7.67, "DE", lang="de")

wevva-warnings point 40.71 -74.00 US

Public API

from wevva_warnings import get_alerts_for_point, get_alerts_for_source, list_sources

The main entry point is:

• get_alerts_for_point(lat, lon, country_code, lang=None, debug=False, active_only=False)

Useful lower-level helpers:

• get_alerts_for_source(source_id, active_only=False)
• list_sources()

Notes:

• the caller supplies the correct country_code; the library does not infer country from coordinates
• if a country has multiple language-specific feeds, English-capable sources are preferred by default
• if you request an unsupported language, the library warns and falls back to the default source selection
• get_alerts_for_point(...) raises UnsupportedCountryError when no sources are registered for the supplied country

CLI

Main commands:

• wevva-warnings point LAT LON COUNTRY_CODE
• wevva-warnings source SOURCE_ID
• wevva-warnings sources

Useful flags:

• --lang de
• --active
• --debug
• --formatted for table output on source

Source registry

There are currently 151 enabled sources in the built-in registry. For the full current list, use:

wevva-warnings sources

The source definitions themselves live in wevva_warnings/sources.py.

Geocode Data

Some EU point matching now uses packaged geocode boundary artifacts derived from Meteoalarm source data.

• scripts/build_emma_geocodes.py builds a packaged EMMA geometry dataset
• scripts/build_emma_aliases.py builds a packaged EMMA alias dataset
• scripts/build_bom_amoc_geocodes.py builds a packaged Australian BoM AMOC geometry dataset

Currently available at runtime:

• Meteoalarm EMMA_ID geometry resolution
• Meteoalarm alias resolution to EMMA geometry, including NUTS2, NUTS3, WARNCELL, WARNCELLID, FIPS and CISORP
• Australian BoM AMOC-AreaCode geometry resolution for polygonal MW, RC, ME and PW code families

The runtime package is intended to ship only the small derived artifacts under wevva_warnings/data/. Large upstream source files are treated as build inputs, not packaged assets.

Note that the EMMA geocode-polygon mapping is retrieved directly, but the aliases file is a Google Drive link which requires manual download. Both files are derived from the Meteoalarm Redistribution Hub.

The current Australian BoM path is narrower and uses official static BoM spatial shapefiles behind AMOC-AreaCode, with the first cut focused on polygonal MW, RC, ME and PW code families.

Intended pattern:

• keep raw provider geocodes on Alert
• normalize to one canonical geometry key if aliases are used
• ship only small derived boundary artifacts
• avoid runtime dependence on authenticated or mutable upstream APIs

Source Gap Tracker

The sources.csv file is a local snapshot of the WMO source list. Compared with the current registry, the remaining gaps fall into four useful categories.

Empty feeds

Some provider backends have not been fully validated against live alerts because the feed was empty when checked. These should be revisited later:

Source ID	Provider	Checked	Note
nms_belize	Belize National Meteorological Service	2026-04-17	RSS feed was empty
meteo_cameroon_en	Cameroon National Meteorology	2026-04-17	English feed was empty; French feed was live
vedur	Icelandic Meteorological Office	2026-04-17	RSS feed was empty
qatar_caa_en	Qatar Civil Aviation Authority	2026-04-17	RSS feed was empty
qatar_caa_ar	Qatar Civil Aviation Authority	2026-04-17	RSS feed was empty
imd_india	India Meteorological Department	2026-04-17	RSS feed was empty
inam_mz	INAM Mozambique	2026-04-17	RSS feed was empty
eswatini_met	Eswatini Meteorological Service	2026-04-17	RSS feed was empty
msj	Meteorological Service of Jamaica	2026-04-17	Atom feed had no active advisories
dma_anguilla	Disaster Management Anguilla	2026-04-17	Atom feed was empty
antigua_met	Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Service	2026-04-17	Atom feed was empty
dem_barbados	Department of Emergency Management Barbados	2026-04-17	Atom feed was empty
dmh_myanmar	Department of Meteorology and Hydrology Myanmar	2026-04-17	Atom feed was empty
meteo_cw_en	Meteorological Department Curaçao	2026-04-17	English feed was empty
meteoalarm_atom_andorra	Meteoalarm	2026-04-17	Atom feed was empty
pagasa	PAGASA	2026-04-17	Atom feed was empty
ametvigilance_dz	AmetVigilance Algeria	2026-04-17	Candidate feed URL returned the web app shell, not a usable RSS or CAP feed
kuwait_met	Kuwait Meteorology	2026-04-17	Host did not resolve from this environment
saudi_ncm_en	Saudi NCM (English)	2026-04-17	Feed request hung or returned 503 while checking
saudi_ncm_ar	Saudi NCM (Arabic)	2026-04-17	Feed request hung while checking
svg_met	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Meteorological Services	2026-04-17	Atom feed was empty
tmd_en	Thai Meteorological Department	2026-04-17	RSS feed was empty
tmd_th	Thai Meteorological Department	2026-04-17	RSS feed was empty

Intentionally skipped language variants

These are additional language feeds or mirror variants for countries already in the registry. We skipped them deliberately rather than because they were missed.

Country / provider	Missing variant	Current support	Note
Cameroon	cm-meteo-ha	meteo_cameroon_en, meteo_cameroon_fr	Hausa mirror feed not enabled
Curaçao and Sint Maarten	cw-meteo-es	meteo_cw_en, meteo_cw_nl, meteo_cw_pap	Spanish WMO mirror not enabled
India	NDMA sachet RSS	imd_india	Separate provider family from IMD
Mongolia	mn-namem-mn	namem_en	Mongolian feed not enabled
Nigeria	ng-nimet-ha	nimet_en	Hausa feed not enabled