Command line

The jharicast command assesses a route, compares alerts, or checks the sources. Until it is published, run it from a clone:

dotnet run --project tools/Jharicast.Cli -c Release -- route --from Birtamod --to Lumbini --date 2026-09-28 --contact ops@example.org

Command	What it prints
route --from <place> --to <place> [--via <place>] --date <yyyy-MM-dd> [--days N] [--json]	One row per leg and day: km and hill km, rain and gust maxima per model, and the flag; then each rule's reason, the districts crossed and their DHM levels, data times and source health.
alerts --date <yyyy-MM-dd> [--days N] [--json]	The ensemble rain level against DHM's, by province and day, and how often they agree.
sources check	Each source fetched once, with its health.

A place is a town in the gazetteer (every district headquarters, plus towns such as Birtamod, Butwal and Lumbini) or latitude,longitude. No geocoding service is called.

The contact mailbox

Live requests carry Jharicast/<version> (+https://github.com/sanamhub/jharicast; <contact>), so a site owner can reach whoever runs the command. Pass --contact <mailbox> or set JHARICAST_CONTACT. There is no default; without one nothing is sent. Use a project or team mailbox, not a personal address.

Options

Option	Effect
--fixtures <dir>	Answers every request from <host>/<path>.json files; never opens a socket
--now <time>	The clock for a replay
--disable-host <host>	Never requests that host
--osrm <url>	Your own OSRM server. The default is the public demo server, for light personal use only
--snapshots <dir>	Where fetched snapshots are kept

Exit codes

Code	Means
0	Done
1	sources check found an official source failing or drifting
2	The command could not run, for example the router or Open-Meteo was refused