Usgs Water vs Weather Alerts & Forecast

In-depth architectural comparison of the Usgs Water and Weather Alerts & Forecast MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Usgs Water when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Environment & Nature domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: current_conditions, daily_values, find_sites.

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Choose Weather Alerts & Forecast when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Environment & Nature domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: get_alerts, get_forecast.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Usgs Water Environment & Nature	Weather Alerts & Forecast Environment & Nature
Summary	USGS Water Services (NWIS) MCP.	US NWS alerts by state and short-term (next 5 periods) point forecasts.
Category & Scope	Environment & Nature	Environment & Nature
Quality signal

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usgs-water": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-water"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "weather-alerts-forecast": {
      "url": "https://api.weather.gov"
    }
  }
}

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