location option use autocomplete: start typing a city name and Snowball will suggest matching locations.
Commands at a glance
| Subcommand | Description |
|---|---|
/weather current | Current conditions from the nearest NWS observation station |
/weather forecast | 7-day extended forecast |
/weather hourly | Hour-by-hour forecast for the next 12 hours |
/weather alerts | Active NWS weather alerts for a location |
/weather alertmap | Map of active NWS alerts across the US |
/weather radar | Latest radar image for the nearest WSR-88D station |
/weather satellite | GOES-19 satellite imagery by region and product |
/weather lightning | Recent lightning strikes within 30 miles |
/weather briefing | AI-generated weather briefing |
/weather story | Weather story graphic from an NWS office |
/weather graphic | Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook (GHWO) |
/weather product | NWS text products (AFD, HWO) |
/weather outages | Real-time power outage data for a county |
/weather sounding | Upper-air sounding from an NWS rawinsonde station |
/weather cameras | Live traffic and weather cameras near a location |
/weather misc | SPC watches, mesoscale discussions, storm reports, and activity charts |
/weather current
Shows the current conditions reported by the nearest NWS observation station, including temperature, feels-like, wind, humidity, dew point, visibility, and pressure. Active alerts (if any) are also surfaced inline.
Start typing a city name. Autocomplete will suggest matching locations.
/weather forecast
Shows the extended 7-day forecast broken into named periods (e.g., “Tonight”, “Saturday”, “Saturday Night”).
Start typing a city name. Autocomplete will suggest matching locations.
/weather hourly
Shows a hour-by-hour breakdown of temperature, feels-like, conditions, wind, humidity, and precipitation chance for the next 12 hours.
Start typing a city name. Autocomplete will suggest matching locations.
/weather alerts
Retrieves active NWS weather alerts for the area. Alerts are ranked by severity (warnings first, then watches, then advisories). If multiple alerts exist, Snowball shows a dropdown to select which one to view.
Start typing a city name. Autocomplete will suggest matching locations.
Alert navigation buttons expire 15 minutes after the command is run. Only the user who ran the command can use the navigation buttons.
/weather alertmap
Shows a map of all active NWS weather alerts across the continental US, or filtered to a specific Weather Forecast Office (WFO).
WFO office code or city name (e.g.,
PBZ, Pittsburgh). Supports autocomplete. Leave blank for a CONUS-wide view./weather radar
Fetches a screenshot of the latest radar image from the nearest WSR-88D station within 150 miles. Includes a link to the interactive radar at radar.xtremewx.com. If the screenshot service is temporarily unavailable, Snowball provides a direct link to the live radar instead.
The location you want radar for. Supports autocomplete.
Radar product to display. Defaults to Reflectivity.
| Choice | Value |
|---|---|
| Reflectivity | sr_bref |
| Velocity | sr_bvel |
| Hydrometeor Classification | bdhc |
| Rainfall (1 Hour) | boha |
| Rainfall (Storm Total) | bdsa |
/weather satellite
Retrieves the latest GOES-19 satellite imagery. Defaults to a CONUS GeoColor animation loop. You can mix and match any supported region and product.
Which GOES-19 view to use. Defaults to CONUS. Available regions include: CONUS, Full Disk, Meso M1, Meso M2, and sector views for Northeast, Southeast, Southern Plains, Great Lakes, Upper Mississippi Valley, Northern Rockies, Southern Rockies, Southern Mississippi Valley, U.S. East Coast, Caribbean, Gulf of America, Puerto Rico, Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Mexico, Central America, Northern South America, Southern South America, Canada, and Northern Atlantic Ocean.
Satellite product to display. Defaults to GeoColor. Available products include GeoColor, GLM FED3+GeoColor (Lightning), AirMass RGB, Sandwich RGB, Derived Motion Winds, Day Night Cloud Micro Combo, Fire Temperature RGB, Dust RGB, and all 16 individual ABI spectral bands (Band 1–16).
Not all products are available for every region. Meso sectors do not support AirMass RGB or Derived Motion Winds.
Whether to show an animation loop or a single still image. Defaults to animation. If no animation is available, Snowball falls back to the latest still automatically.
| Choice |
|---|
| Animation loop |
| Latest still image |
/weather lightning
Shows lightning strikes detected within 30 miles of a location in the last 30 minutes, sourced from Blitzortung via Saratoga-Weather.org.
Start typing a city name. Supports autocomplete.
How to sort the displayed strikes. Defaults to closest first.
| Choice | Value |
|---|---|
| Sort by closest first | distance |
| Sort by most recent first | recent |
/weather briefing
Generates an AI-powered weather briefing for a location using current conditions, forecast data, and active alerts. The briefing is conversational or structured depending on the style option.
Start typing a city name. Supports autocomplete.
Briefing format. Defaults to conversational.
| Choice |
|---|
| Conversational (flowing narrative) |
| Structured (organized with bullets) |
/weather story
Displays the latest weather story graphic published by a National Weather Service forecast office. Supports multiple story slides with Previous/Next navigation.
NWS office code or city name (e.g.,
PBZ, Pittsburgh). Supports autocomplete. Covers all CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii/Pacific, and Puerto Rico offices.Story navigation buttons expire 15 minutes after the command is run.
/weather graphic
Shows the Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook (GHWO) for a location for a specific forecast day. You can view all hazard categories together or focus on a single one.
Start typing a city name. Supports autocomplete.
Which forecast day to view (Day 1 through Day 7).
Filter to a single hazard type. Leave blank to see the full hazard matrix. Available categories: Severe Thunderstorm, Tornado, Thunderstorm Wind, Hail, Lightning, Excessive Rainfall, Wind, Fog, Fire Weather, Extreme Cold, Ice Accumulation, Snow/Sleet.
/weather product
Fetches official NWS text products for the local forecast office serving the provided location.
| Choice |
|---|
| Area Forecast Discussion (AFD) |
| Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO) |
Start typing a city name. Supports autocomplete.
/weather outages
Shows real-time power outage data for the county containing the provided location. Data is sourced from ORNL ODIN. Displays total customers without power, percentage of county affected, and a per-utility breakdown with estimated restoration times where available.
City name or ZIP code. Supports autocomplete.
/weather sounding
Displays the latest upper-air sounding image from the SPC Sounding Archive for a rawinsonde station. An Analyze button is available to get an AI interpretation of the sounding data. Available for CONUS stations only.
Station ICAO code (e.g.,
KOUN), 3-letter SPC code (e.g., OUN), city name (e.g., Norman), or state name/abbreviation (returns the representative station for that state). Supports autocomplete.Which observation time to display. Defaults to the most recent available sounding.
| Choice |
|---|
| Latest |
| 12Z |
| 00Z |
/weather cameras
Browses live traffic and weather cameras near a location using an interactive paginated gallery.
Start typing a city name. Supports autocomplete.
/weather misc
Shows Storm Prediction Center data including active watches, active mesoscale discussions, today’s storm reports, and the severe weather activity chart.
| Choice |
|---|
| Active Watches |
| Active Mesoscale Discussions |
| Today’s Storm Reports |
| Severe Weather Activity Chart |