Jane's Weather API provides a level of accuracy superior to traditional weather forecasts through a combination of global weather data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, local weather observations and proprietary algorithms, offering users:

• Access to hyper-local weather forecasting, which is not currently available from traditional forecast models or services.

• Timely and frequently updated weather forecast data, ensuring clients receive the latest, most reliable insights without the delay of outdated weather models.

• Advanced weather forecast variables specific to operational needs across a range of industries, including agriculture and horticulture, such as frost and dew risk, spraying conditions (deltaT & advanced spray calculations), irrigation (evapotranspiration), sowing, growing and harvest timing (growing degree days and chill units), wind (speed & gust), storm risk, solar irradiance, UV index, heat/cold stress, feedlot heat, freezing rain, weather conducive to pests and diseases and more.

Key Differentiators:

• Machine Learning optimises forecast accuracy by learning from local observations and fine-tuning predictions for the user's unique microclimate.

• Full Model Coverage, the Jane’s Weather AI Enhanced ingests the latest European (ECMWF), Australian (ACCESS), Canadian (GEM) and USA (GFS) models, ensures high-resolution forecasts on a 9 by 9 km (soon to be 1 by 1 km) grid, hourly for 10 days, taking advantage of all pieces of the weather forecasting puzzle.

• Enhanced Forecast Precision, in hourly and daily detail across essential metrics such as temperature, humidity, wind (speed & gust), precipitation, frost, deltaT, dew point, cloud coverage, solar irradiance and more.

The Jane’s Weather Forecast API is divided into two versions.

Jane’s Weather AI Forecast

Our advanced forecasting and decision making business solution, utilising the best performing modelling available in Australia, hyper localised utilising machine learning and AI.

• 1 x 1 km grid resolution, utilising data from top performing global weather models, including both ACCESS-C and ACCESS-G, ECMWF HRES, GEM and GFS
• Adapted to local conditions, our modelling learns from observations and adjusts the forecast using machine learning and AI to produce hyper local guidance not available anywhere else in Australia
• Easy integration with a user’s weather station
• Continuously updating, each time the global models and our in house ML model complete processing
• 10 days of hourly details
• Our full, extensive set of variables, designed for industry decision making, plus our bespoke development service
• Competitive pricing, Jane’s Weather subscription referral commission, billed in Australian dollars

Jane’s Weather Standard Forecast

Our standard forecast, utilising good global guidance in one easy to use forecast solution.

• 9 x 9 km grid resolution, utilising data from top performing global weather models, including ACCESS-G, ECMWF HRES, GEM and GFS
• Updated twice daily, around 6am and 6pm AEST when the main global models have completed processing
• A Consensus of the global weather models, producing an average of all guidance in one handy forecast
• 7 days of hourly details
• Our essential set of variables, including many advanced metrics needed in agriculture and construction
• Value pricing, billed in Australian dollars

These documents refer to the AI Enhanced verson of our API.

The AI Enhanced forecast delivers an extensive suite of data and analytics to empower decision-making with precision and clarity:

Essential variables, hourly for the next ten days:

• Temperature
• Weather icon
• Feels like temperature
• Relative humidity
• Dew point temperature
• Delta-T
• Wind: direction, speed and gust
• Rain or snow
• Cloud cover (low, medium, high, total)
• Pressure (Mean Sea Level)

Daily for the next ten days:

• Maximum and minimum temperature
• 24 hour rain or snow
• Night, Day and Daily weather icons

Plus the following calculations:

• Thunderstorm and lightning risk, including CAPE, Lifted index, Total totals index, K index and Wind shear
• Frost and dew risk
• Growing degree days
• Chill hours and Chill portions
• Evapotranspiration (eTo)
• Comfort index, Heat stress rating, Cold stress index
• UV index
• Solar radiation
• Wet bulb globe temperature
• Snow Level (1000-500 hPa thickness)
• Weather conducive to Downy Mildew (Milioncast)
• Soil temperature and moisture
• Heat Load Index (HLI) and Accumulated Heat Load Units (AHLU) for feedlots
• Spraying conditions (including inversions)
• Fog
• Freezing rain
• Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI)

Under development:

• Crop Diseases: Brassica White Blister (Albugo candida), Powdery Mildew, Dark Leaf Spot (Alternaria brassicae), Botrytis, Ringspot (Mycosphaerella brassicicola) and more…
• Turf Diseases (for golf courses, sports grounds, racing tracks): Anthracnose, Dollar Spot, Fusarium, Helminthosporium Complex, Pythium, Brown Patch, Spring Dead Spot; and Weeds: Summer grass, Crowsfoot grass, Winter grass and more…

The Jane's Weather API is a per use service. Contact Sales to request pricing details.

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The API is undergoing heavy development and new features are being added all the time.