JSON data for solar wind speed/density prediction

[matthewthomsonnz]

Hey guys,

I'm looking for an API (paid or free) for solar wind speed/density prediction.

The only prediction data I could find was this in video/image format: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa-enlil-solar-wind-prediction

And the only solar wind JSON data available seems to be past recorded data.

Can anyone please point me in the right direction?

Best regards,
Matthew

[Vancanneyt Sander]

As far as I know there ain't raw data to that, likely because it's a model run that ain't that accurate yet (for example CME impact times can defer many hours from the predicted time, leading to predictions that aren't correct)

[helios]

https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/json/enlil_time_series.json

 

[matthewthomsonnz]

Thank you @helios this was exactly what I was after. And also thanks @Vancanneyt Sander thats good to keep in mind.

Do you also know if there's any prediction API/JSON for Magnetic strength (bt) and magnetic field orientation (bz)?

(ps. sorry and let me know if I should start a new thread for this question)

[Vancanneyt Sander]

@matthewthomsonnz the same accounts for the coronal holes as well so it's not that usefull when it matters the most. The only real prediction is for the upcoming hour as data measured at the satellite is a few miles away, but that's not a long term forecast  . Also keep in mind that the json that SWPC provide is from their model, so it can defer to the output model that NASA or MetOffice uses (same ENLIL software but with different input parameters) giving you several predictions of possible arrivals with arrival times sooner and later 😉 that's why we at SpaceWeatherLive never use these predictions (except for determining a possible arrival time based on several model runs). For example the CME of August 23rd the lead time varies with each model of that CME between 59 and 72 hours  😉 

The IMF predictions would be a holy grail, but this is the part that can't be predicted accurately in any way. They do try to model the IMF but i don't believe it has a raw format. This one is the example of the August 23 CME of NASA's Enlil model:

[Christopher S.]

Roughly, the ENLIL model does what it needs to do for most of our purposes. I would like to see an archive of the model's runs since it was first booted up.