# ForgeMesh Active Tropical Cyclone Tracker

> ForgeMesh Active Tropical Cyclone Tracker is a paid API for AI agents from x402.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a live list of all active tropical storms, hurricanes, and depressions currently tracked worldwide by the US National Hurricane Center, with name, basin, classification, position, wind intensity, and pressure.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/active-hurricane-tracker
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-active-tropical-cyclone-tracker-ad8fc561
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_qNlVtIqBJhvjyNj_FhxRi

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability forgemesh-active-tropical-cyclone-tracker-ad8fc561 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What tropical storms or hurricanes are currently active anywhere in the world? Give me the name, classification, location, wind speed, and pressure for each one being tracked by the National Hurricane Center right now.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a real-time, globally normalized snapshot of all active NHC-tracked tropical cyclones — ideal for logistics rerouting, travel-risk assessment, or disaster-response workflows that need structured JSON rather than parsing NHC web pages or RSS feeds. Prefer this over general weather APIs when the specific need is tropical cyclone tracking with basin, classification, and intensity data in a single normalized response.

## Known failure modes

- No active storms — returns empty list (not an error, expected behavior outside hurricane season or during quiet periods)
- Payment failure — x402 payment of $0.005 USDC not processed, request rejected
- Network timeout — upstream NHC data temporarily unavailable
- Malformed request body — incorrect Content-Type or body structure returns 4xx error

## How this service works

Active tropical cyclone tracker API: every tropical storm, hurricane, and depression currently being tracked worldwide by the US National Hurricane Center — name, basin, classification, position, wind intensity, and pressure — as normalized JSON. Built for logistics rerouting, travel-risk, and disaster-response agents. Returns an empty list outside of active storm activity.

## Output

A JSON list of all currently active tropical cyclones worldwide, each including storm name, ocean basin, classification (tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane), geographic position, maximum sustained wind speed, and central barometric pressure. Returns an empty list when no storms are active.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": {
   "activeStorms": [
    {
     "name": "Elida",
     "intensity": "50",
     "classification": "TS",
     "latitudeNumeric": 15.6,
     "longitudeNumeric": -116.5
    }
   ]
  },
  "attribution": "NOAA National Hurricane Center (public domain)"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-active-tropical-cyclone-tracker-ad8fc561/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)