Real-time weather forecasting for transportation systems

A high speed weather forecasting system configured to produce transportation forecasts, comprising:

• a data collector that provides at least one of (a) signal attenuation-based weather data and (b) high frequency weather data,
• at least one processor connected to receive the provided data, the at least one processor being configured to:
• identify a location of interest,
• produce a new transportation forecast for the identified location of interest at least in part based upon the provided data organized by a time-based cadence,
• infer fog based on weather parameter estimates calculated from microwave attenuation measurements, and
• make the new transportation forecast of weather data and the inferred fog available for use using a publishing operation.

A high speed weather forecasting method for producing transportation forecasts, comprising:

• providing at least one of (a) signal attenuation-based weather data and (b) high frequency weather data,
• identifying a location of interest,
• producing a new transportation forecast for the identified location of interest at least in part based upon the provided data organized by a time-based cadence, wherein the provided data comprises (a) the signal attenuation-based weather data and/or (b) the high frequency weather data, and
• making the new transportation forecast of weather data available for use using a publishing operation.

A high speed weather forecasting method for producing transportation forecasts, comprising:

• providing at least one of (a) signal attenuation-based weather data and (b) high frequency weather data,
• identifying a location of interest,
• producing a new transportation forecast for the identified location of interest at least in part based upon the provided data organized by a time-based cadence,
• inferring fog based on weather parameter estimates calculated from microwave attenuation measurements, and
• making the new transportation forecast of weather data including the inferred fog available for use using a publishing operation.