Use your AccuWeather contract to deepen the weather signal that SignalGuard fuses into its 50+-signal threat picture, with minute-by-minute precipitation and lightning-strike proximity data tuned for outdoor venues.
What AccuWeather adds to SignalGuard
SignalGuard fuses 50+ live signals across four pillars — Chatter, Environment, Movement, and Context — into a single venue-level threat score. AccuWeather plugs directly into the Environment pillar's weather signal. The free SignalGuard path uses public forecast endpoints; bringing your own AccuWeather key swaps in higher-fidelity sources including MinuteCast minute-by-minute precipitation forecasts and, where you have it provisioned, AccuWeather's Lightning Imminent Strikes feed.
For outdoor events, that delta matters. MinuteCast resolves precipitation timing inside the next two hours at the venue coordinate rather than the nearest METAR station, which makes evacuation and gate-hold decisions more defensible. Lightning Imminent Strikes flags strike risk before it crosses your alert radius, which is the difference between a planned shelter-in-place and a scramble.
AccuWeather data is fused with SignalGuard's other Environment signals — air quality, lightning, alerts — so a weather escalation never lives in isolation; it weights the venue-level score alongside chatter, mobility, and context inputs.
How the integration works
Paste your AccuWeather API key into the AccuWeather tile at /integrations. SignalGuard validates the key with a low-cost geoposition call, then stores it AES-256-GCM encrypted at rest. All subsequent AccuWeather calls run server-side from SignalGuard's backend — the key never touches the browser after submission, and is never logged or echoed.
Common use cases
- Outdoor festival weather operations with minute-level precipitation forecasting
- Stadium gate-hold and evacuation decision support during lightning proximity
- Marathon and parade route monitoring across long event windows
- VIP arrival weather risk briefings for executive protection teams
- Touring artist production scheduling against severe-weather windows
- Outdoor corporate activations needing defensible weather call records
What you need
An AccuWeather developer account with a paid tier — the free tier covers 50 calls/day, the Standard plan starts at $25/mo for 250 calls/day, and enterprise tiers unlock MinuteCast and Lightning. Get your key from developer.accuweather.com.
FAQ
Do I need an AccuWeather subscription? No — SignalGuard ships with a working weather signal out of the box. Connect AccuWeather only if you want minute-level precipitation or lightning-strike fidelity beyond the default.
Where do I add my key? In your SignalGuard workspace at /integrations. Find the AccuWeather tile and paste your key.
Is my key secure? Yes. Keys are AES-256-GCM encrypted at rest, decrypted only in server memory at request time, and never exposed to the browser or to logs.
Connect AccuWeather
Connect AccuWeather in your SignalGuard workspace → and read the signal documentation for how weather fuses with the rest of the 50+-signal model.