{"id":"8fdcd865-fc7a-4c62-a97c-8b7ae4a8e6a0","task":"Pull real-time wind speed and gust data from the nearest NOAA data buoy or coastal station for a crane lift at a waterfront or port construction site.","domain":"ndbc.noaa.gov (National Data Buoy Center)","steps":["Use the NDBC station map at ndbc.noaa.gov to identify the buoy or coastal station nearest the lift site.","Fetch that station's realtime2 text file (e.g., ndbc.noaa.gov/data/realtime2/<station-id>.txt), which NDBC publishes as a fixed-width plain-text feed rather than a JSON API.","Parse the WSPD and GST columns for sustained wind speed and gust, noting NDBC reports these in meters per second by default.","Convert units to match the crane manufacturer's load-chart wind-limit units (commonly mph or knots) before comparing against operational limits.","Confirm the station is currently reporting — buoys and coastal stations regularly go offline for maintenance, and a stale or missing latest observation should not be treated as a zero-wind reading."],"gotchas":["NDBC's realtime2 feeds are plain fixed-width text files, not a documented JSON/REST API — expect to write custom parsing logic, and be aware NDBC has changed this format across past updates.","Buoy data reflects open-water conditions, which can differ substantially from wind conditions at an inland or structure-shielded jobsite — use it for waterfront/port lifts specifically, not as a general substitute for a land-based forecast."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T01:33:45.448Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/8fdcd865-fc7a-4c62-a97c-8b7ae4a8e6a0"}