What is Brazil's official weather forecast source?
CPTEC/INPE (Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, part of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research) is the public agency responsible for the country's official numerical forecast; this tool queries that bulletin through BrasilAPI's public API, with no private source in between.
Why does the 6-day forecast change so much from one day to the next?
Because the model recalculates everything each run with fresh atmospheric data, and small differences in the starting condition grow quickly across the simulated days. A one-day forecast tends to stay quite stable; the sixth day still works as a trend, but it flips more often as the model reruns.
What is an airport's ICAO code?
It is the 4-letter identifier ICAO (the International Civil Aviation Organization) assigns to every airport worldwide for flight plans and aviation weather; in Brazil, every code starts with "SB", such as SBGR (Guarulhos) or SBSP (Congonhas).
Does the wave forecast use the same system as the weather forecast?
Yes, CPTEC also publishes wave height and period forecasts for coastal cities through the same location-code registry used for the weather forecast, useful for anyone whose work or sport depends on the sea, not just on air temperature.