# NWS Meteorological Glossary

> NWS Meteorological Glossary is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns the full National Weather Service glossary of meteorological terms and their definitions as JSON, with no input parameters required.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/nws-glossary
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/nws-meteorological-glossary-cc5818da
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_yQkZNweri3AF6PDL4EJe2

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 nws-meteorological-glossary-cc5818da -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the full National Weather Service meteorological glossary so I can look up what 'orographic lift' and other forecast terms actually mean?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a comprehensive, authoritative reference of meteorological terminology from the National Weather Service — ideal for building weather apps that need glossary tooltips, educational tools explaining forecast language, or any agent that needs to resolve the meaning of weather jargon without parsing a webpage.

## Known failure modes

- Upstream NWS data source unavailable — may return 502 or empty response
- Rate limit exceeded — returns 429 if called too frequently
- Payment failure — returns 402 if USDC payment of $0.02 is not provided or rejected
- Network timeout from the clonecho proxy layer

## How this service works

National Weather Service glossary of meteorological terms and definitions (no params). Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON object containing the complete NWS glossary: a list of meteorological terms paired with their official definitions, covering the full range of weather and atmospheric science vocabulary used by the National Weather Service.

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