The Service provides meteorological forecasts as GRIB2 response payloads. Within each request, consumers can specify a single 'item' (parameter) either for one global 'tile' (the forecast for the selected parameter for the whole globe per timestep group), or for one of 8 pre-set regional 'tiles'.
The Service also provides end users the ability to request metadata about the meteorological forecast included in the forecasts, returning a response in .json format.
Synchronous: Transactions are synchronous.
TI Protocol Method: HTTP GET
Precondition: Consumers must be authenticated and authorised via the Met Office API Management (APIM) Developer portal.
Processing consideration: The service shall provide only the latest available data.
Idempotent
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