Seamlessly integrate forecasts into your workflow with the HydroForecast API

HydroForecast offers two ways to access your forecasts: an intuitive web app and a powerful API. Whether you prefer a visual dashboard interface or a direct integration with your operational systems, HydroForecast fits seamlessly into your workflow. This flexibility empowers your team to work efficiently and make confident, data-driven water management decisions.

With the HydroForecast API, you can pipe reliable, real-time streamflow forecasts straight into your operational tools, ensuring the urgent information you need is always accessible.

How the HydroForecast API works

The HydroForecast API is the primary way customers access and integrate forecast data into their own workflows and systems. Key features include:

• Centralized data integration: Retrieve streamflow and weather forecasts, and display them alongside your daily operational tools for streamlined decision-making.‍
• Two-way data exchange: Not only can users pull forecast and observation data, but you can also push your own inflow and river flow observations to HydroForecast, enhancing model accuracy for your specific sites.‍
• Secure and reliable: All API interactions are authenticated and encrypted, with data delivered in a standardized JSON format for easy integration with a wide range of platforms and software.‍
• Flexible setup: Our API is built for fast onboarding and easy integration. Comprehensive documentation and support from our team ensure your setup is smooth and effective.‍
• Customizable to your workflow: Combine HydroForecast’s AI-driven forecasts with your own data to automate processes, visualize forecasts, and optimize operational decisions.

Learn more about the API here, including what data is available for a given site, and how it's structured.

How the HydroForecast API supports energy trading, water management, and dam safety

Our customers leverage the HydroForecast API in many diverse ways to enhance operational efficiency and decision-making across the hydropower value chain, including for:

• Energy trading: Leverage real-time and forecasted flow data to inform your trading strategy and bids in the day ahead market.
• ‍Operational planning: Assimilate your own gauge or flow data with HydroForecast to refine forecasts. ‍
• Generation scheduling: Automate the retrieval of forecasted inflows directly into scheduling tools or custom in-house models to maximize output and efficiency.‍
• Dam safety: Support dam safety monitoring, risk mitigation, and emergency preparedness with reliable streamflow forecasts.

Ready to get started?

The HydroForecast API brings all your critical hydrologic data into one platform, saving you time and boosting efficiency. With easy integration, you’ll be making smarter, faster decisions in no time.

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Learn more here about how HydroForecast works.