🌧️ When it fires
This webhook arrives when our nowcasting engines detect imminent precipitation over the registered polygon or point of interest.
🛡️ Why it matters
Use it to nudge policyholders, pause outdoor jobs, or adjust underwriting exposures before the rain hits.
- Sample payload 💾
- Field glossary 📚
1
Validate the registration 🔍
Confirm that the combination of
precipitationId + registrationId has not been processed before to avoid duplicate downstream actions.2
Contextualize the intensity 🎯
Map
intensity to your internal severity scale (e.g., trigger low-level alerts for LIGHT, but escalate for HEAVY and EXTREME).3
Trigger downstream automation 🤖
Send SMS/push notifications, schedule inspections, or store the event for exposure analytics together with
timeEpochMillis.