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Finnish Meteorological Institute CAP Warnings

FMI weather-warning RSS and linked CAP messages for monitoring official Finnish alert publications and validity.

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At a Glance

Difficulty
Intermediate — some data preparation helps
Size
Tiny · ≤0.01 GB
Formats
RSS, CAP
Access
API
API Key
Not Required
Provider
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Updates
Near Real Time
Last Verified
Sep 28, 2026
Source Type
Government Source
Data Terms
Finnish Meteorological Institute open data under CC BY 4.0 attribution.
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From Source to Product Signal

Test a Product Idea in Four Steps

FMI provides a CAP-backed RSS feed of current Finnish warnings. Start with one English feed response and inspect its channel update time and up to five entries. An empty feed is not proof that every location is safe.

1

Check the Setup

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • An internet connection
  • The requests Python package
2

Access the Data

  1. 1.Read FMI's CAP profile and CC BY open-data licence.
  2. 2.Fetch the English RSS feed once and record its publication time.
  3. 3.Follow a linked CAP message for full event, area, and validity details.
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3

Run the Python Example

Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.

python -m pip install requests

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import requests

response = requests.get("https://alerts.fmi.fi/cap/feed/rss_en-GB.rss", timeout=30)
response.raise_for_status()
channel = ET.fromstring(response.content).find("channel")
print(channel.findtext("pubDate"), len(channel.findall("item")))
for item in channel.findall("item")[:5]:
    print(item.findtext("title"), item.findtext("link"))
4

Test a Useful Signal

Inspect Current Finnish Warning Entries

Test a small official warning index before mapping CAP areas.

  1. 01Keep feed publication time and each item's official CAP link.
  2. 02Check CAP issue, expiry, and affected geometry before display.
  3. 03Explain why the RSS index is not a complete local all-clear.

Related Datasets

Dataset Details

Finnish Meteorological Institute is a government source. Last verified 2026-09-28. Temporal coverage: current official alert publications.

Geography

Finland

Formats

RSSCAP

Provider

Finnish Meteorological Institute

Data Terms

Finnish Meteorological Institute open data under CC BY 4.0 attribution.

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