Systems and methods for localized hail activity alerts
AssigneeDynamic Weather Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDaron Sneed, George Baugh
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to system and method of forecasts, displays, and alerts for localized hail activity. An exemplary method comprises the steps of selecting a region to monitor, receiving meteorological data for that region, processing the meteorological data for storm cell and hail activity in order to determine hail risk activity. The system forecasts the direction of an active storm as well a user position. Probability bands of hail risk activity are created for display. Optionally, an alert is generated when the user position is in or proximate a threshold probability band.
Claims20
A method for monitoring and notification of localized hail activity comprising:
- receiving contemporaneous user position information, defining a weather monitoring zone encompassing said user position, defining a user travel zone encompassing said user position and within said weather monitoring zone;
- receiving meteorological data for said weather monitoring zone from at least one meteorological data source;
- determining hail risk within a storm cell for the user travel zone;
- projecting a subsequent user position;
- projecting a subsequent storm cell position;
- comparing the position data of said user travel zone with the position data of said hail risk in said storm cell for overlap, and determining user hail risk as a function of said projected user position and said projected storm cell position.
A system for monitoring and notification of localized hail activity comprising:
- a processor and memory configured embedded with the following instruction set:
- to receive contemporaneous user position information, define a weather monitoring zone encompassing said user position, define a user travel zone encompassing said user position and within said weather monitoring zone;
- receiving meteorological data for said weather monitoring zone from at least one meteorological data source;
- determining hail risk within a storm cell for the user travel zone;
- projecting a subsequent user position;
- projecting a subsequent storm cell position;
- comparing the position data of said user travel zone with the position data of said hail risk in said storm cell for overlap, and determining user hail risk as a function of said projected user position and said projected storm cell position;
- comparing said user position with said storm cell position and transmitting data for display, said data comprising hail risk activity within the weather monitor zone by probability bands;
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- generating an alert where user position is in or near a threshold probability band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.