Azure Maps Weather Services are now generally available

Weather Services use data from leading worldwide weather service provider, [AccuWeather](https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/accuweather-partner-professional-services-azure). From mission-critical enterprise applications to business-to-consumer-facing experiences, Weather Services offer a reliable and easy way to bring globally available weather content to your users. **Key features** * **Weather tile API:** Radar and infrared raster weather tiles formatted to be integrated into the Azure Maps SDKs. * **Current conditions:** Detailed current weather conditions such as precipitation, temperature and wind for a given coordinate location. * **Minute forecast:** Minute-by-minute forecasts for a given location. * **Hourly forecast:** Detailed weather forecast by the hour. * **Quarter-day forecast:** Detailed weather forecast by quarter-day. * **Daily forecast:** Detailed weather forecast such as temperature, humidity, wind by day. * **Daily indices:** Daily weather condition indices for specific outdoor activities for next 5, 10 and 15 days starting from current day. * **Severe weather alerts:** Severe weather alerts that are available worldwide from both official government meteorological agencies and leading global to regional weather alert providers. * **Weather along route:** Hyperlocal, up-to-the-minute weather nowcasts, weather hazard assessments and notifications along a route described as a sequence of waypoints. **Getting started** To get started with Azure Maps and the Azure Maps Weather Services, please go to the [Azure Maps documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-maps/index) or create an [Azure Maps account](https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.Maps) for free. * Azure Maps * Services * [ Azure Maps](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/services/azure-maps/)