# x402.forgemesh.io Tropical Storm Tracker

> x402.forgemesh.io Tropical Storm 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 current tropical storms and hurricanes tracked by the US National Hurricane Center, including name, classification, position, wind speed, and central pressure.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/tropical-storm-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/x402-forgemesh-io-tropical-storm-tracker-3bd05d9c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_0RCGj3DHKvf10cWht2uvI

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 x402-forgemesh-io-tropical-storm-tracker-3bd05d9c -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What tropical storms or hurricanes are currently active and tracked by the National Hurricane Center — I need their names, classifications, latest positions, and wind speeds so I can decide whether to reroute our cargo ships this week.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time tropical storm and hurricane data sourced from the authoritative US National Hurricane Center, especially for shipping route planning, event cancellation decisions, or safety notifications. Prefer this over general weather APIs when you specifically need tropical cyclone classifications, storm tracks, and NHC-sourced wind/pressure readings. Useful in summer and fall Atlantic hurricane season; expect empty responses off-season.

## Known failure modes

- Empty result set during Atlantic/Pacific off-season — not an error, just no active storms
- Payment failure (402) if USDC payment is not properly attached
- Stale data if NHC has not issued a new advisory within the 6-hour refresh window
- Service unavailable (5xx) if forgemesh infrastructure is down

## How this service works

Current tropical storms and hurricanes tracked by the US National Hurricane Center, including storm name, classification (tropical depression through major hurricane), latest position, sustained wind speed, and central pressure. For shipping-route planning, event-cancellation logic, and safety-notification agents. Refreshed roughly every 6 hours during active storms; legitimately empty in the off-season.

## Output

A list of all currently active tropical cyclones tracked by the US National Hurricane Center, each with storm name, classification (tropical depression, tropical storm, category 1–5 hurricane), latest geographic position (latitude/longitude), maximum sustained wind speed, and central pressure. Returns an empty result set during the off-season when no storms are active. Data is refreshed approximately every 6 hours.

## 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/x402-forgemesh-io-tropical-storm-tracker-3bd05d9c/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)