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Weather Forecast 0% open

Antigua and Barbuda


What data is expected?

3-day forecasts of temperature, precipitation and wind. Forecasts have to be provided for several regions in the country. Short-term weather forecasts are relevant for the general public to plan activities, while also being reliable. See our methodology section for more information.

  • Temperature extremes
  • Temperature average
  • Wind speed
  • Wind direction
  • Precipitation Amount
  • Precipitation Probability
  • Forecast for current day and four following days

How open is the data?

The initial submission answered all questions correctly. The submission was still rejected, because the weather forecast data does not meet the dataset characteristics the Index wants to assess: There are no data on precipitation amount for the current day and the following two days. Forecasts of temperature extremes, wind speed (in km/h) and direction (indicating cardinal directions and more: ESE - SE) are available for current day and following three days, all in numerical values. However, the forecast does not indicate precipitation amount. Precipitation probability is described verbally as "slt chnce of shwr". The data is available for the entire island (one aggregated national forecast). This forecast shows precipitation amount, wind speed, wind direction (for example: ESE - SE) as well as temperature extremes. There is no download function, but the data is presented comprehensively in one table in HTML. The data is easily findable because the homepage directly links to forecasts, and 4-day forecasts (links are named accordingly). There is a copyright disclaimer on the website, but no specification of terms of use or similar could be found. There is no open license presented online. It could not be verified whether the data is in the public domain or not.

The initial submission answered all questions correctly. The submission was still rejected, because the weather forecast data does not meet the dataset characteristics the Index wants to assess: There are no data on precipitation amount for the current day and the following two days. Forecasts of temperature extremes, wind speed (in km/h) and direction (indicating cardinal directions and more: ESE - SE) are available for current day and following three days, all in numerical values. However, the forecast does not indicate precipitation amount. Precipitation probability is described verbally as "slt chnce of shwr". The data is available for the entire island (one aggregated national forecast). This forecast shows precipitation amount, wind speed, wind direction (for example: ESE - SE) as well as temperature extremes. There is no download function, but the data is presented comprehensively in one table in HTML. The data is easily findable because the homepage directly links to forecasts, and 4-day forecasts (links are named accordingly). There is a copyright disclaimer on the website, but no specification of terms of use or similar could be found. There is no open license presented online. It could not be verified whether the data is in the public domain or not.

Data location   Unknown
Data licence   Unknown
Data format   Unknown
Reviewer   Danny Lämmerhirt
Submitters   Danny Lämmerhirt
Last modified   Thu Feb 16 2017 16:45:05 GMT+0000 (UTC)

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Danny Lämmerhirt

Submitters

  • Danny Lämmerhirt
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