Probabilistic weather severity estimation system

A method of implementing a probabilistic weather severity estimation system, the method comprising:

• generating a matrix containing nodes and vehicles monitoring meteorological conditions within an space volume, each node associated with a select part of space volume within the space volume;
• tracking the coverage of the monitoring of meteorological conditions by each vehicle and associating nodes of the matrix with vehicles monitoring of meteorological conditions coverage;
• implementing an optimization process to remove at least one of at least one node and at least one vehicle from the matrix;
• requesting aircraft monitoring meteorological conditions in accordance with the then optimized matrix to transmit their then current monitored meteorological conditions;
• assigning probabilistic weather severity values to each node in the then current matrix based at least in part on received meteorological information from the vehicles monitoring meteorological conditions;
• and
• generating a probabilistic weather severity estimation for future weather conditions within the space volume based at least in part on the assigning of probabilistic weather severity values in the matrix.

A probabilistic weather severity estimation system, the system comprising:

• a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals;
• a memory to store at least operating instructions and a matrix including nodes associated with parts of a space volume and vehicles gathering meteorological conditions within the space volume;
• and
• a controller in communication with the transceiver and the memory, the controller configured to execute the instructions in the memory to populate the matrix with probabilistic weather severity values associated with the nodes based at least in part on received meteorological information from the vehicles gathering meteorological conditions within the space volume, the controller further configured to generate probabilistic weather severity estimation information based on the probabilistic weather severity values and a model forecast, the controller further still configured to implement an optimization process before updating the probabilistic weather severity values in the matrix.