Wind forecast over land accessible through python API

Question

I would like to automatically fetch wind speed forecast data over my town with a python script.

I am looking for an available dataset and API to do so.

It is for a small personal project, so it is not demanding in terms of resolution and accuracy.

So far I have tried the following:

• Windy has an API, but it seems to be javascript only. https://api.windy.com/

• I have tried the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, but I only found wind speed reanalysis products, and no forecast. https://ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/#!/search?text=&type=dataset

• I have tried the Copernicus Climate Data Store, which seems to propose wind speed forecast datasets. But I couldn't download the data through their API, I am getting a "Resource not found" error, I have posted a comment on this Github issue: https://github.com/ecmwf/cdsapi/issues/7

• I have tried the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, but there doesn't seem to be wind speed forecast in their public datasets. https://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/

Any idea where to look?

EDIT: The Windy point forecast API is accessible through HTTP requests via python, but it's not free of charge. I will investigate the models that they use (listed here: https://api.windy.com/point-forecast/docs)

Answer 1

The issue for the CDS API is still open.

Initially, I was looking for a wind speed forecast dataset, accessible for download via an already existing python API. I ended up using GFS data. Downloading was made easy with the Grib filter. I wrote a small wrapper function in python for my project.