THE COMMON ALERTING PROTOCAL CAP INTRO Samuel MUCHEMI

THE COMMON ALERTING PROTOCAL (CAP) INTRO Samuel MUCHEMI (SDD, WMO)

Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)

Presentation Outline 1 What is CAP 2 Benefits of CAP 3 Features of a CAP Message 4 Alerting Authorities 5 Opportunities for implementing CAP-101 Introducing CAP 3

17 th Session of WMO Congress (Cg-17, 2015) • Requested WMO Secretary-General to provide further guidance to Members on converting weather warnings into the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standard format

What is CAP? • The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) is a standard message format CAP 101 - Introducing CAP 5

The CAP Format • • Event Categories Urgency Severity Certainty CAP 101 - Introducing CAP 6

The CAP Format • Event Categories (Meteorological, Fire, Health, Transport, etc) • Urgency: (Immediate, Expected, Future, Past) • Severity: (Extreme, Severe, Moderate, Minor) • Certainty: (Very Likely, Possible, Unlikely) CAP 101 - Introducing CAP 7

All-Hazards, All-Media CAP 101 - Introducing CAP 8

Structure of a CAP Message 1. 2. Text for humans to read Coded values for machines useful for filtering, routing, and automated translation to human languages Use of CAP in Disseminating Warnings 10

The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) An XML-based data format 11

Example CAP Message Example: Coded values for machines CAP 101 - Introducing CAP 12

Alert with Stylesheet Example: Text for human to read CAP 101 - Introducing CAP 13

Implementation of CAP • WMO through PWSD programme assists Members through the «CAP Jump-start» arrangement o Experts visit NMHSs and provide training and freeware o LDCs and developing countries are supported • There is a need for resources for advancing implementation of CAP WMO CAP Jump-start (Link to more information) 14

Training • Saudi Arabia and Middle Eastern Region (Under discussion) • CAP Workshop, Lao and Vietnam (Oct 2018) • RA III IBFWS and CAP Workshop 10 -14 Sept 2018 • CAP Jump-Start Workshops Curaçao, Grenada, St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis & Sint Maarten (18 Feb to 14 March 2018) • Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Jump-Start Workshop SIDS, Pacific (Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Tuvalu, Niue, and Nauru) July-August 2017

CAP Jump-Start Workshop, Vacoas, Mauritius, 31 August – 4 September 2015 • WMO Organized 16 CAP-Jump Start workshops by PWSD Programme

CAP Implementation • https: //www. preparecenter. org/sites/default/ files/cap_implementations_28. pdf

WMO Online CAP Editing Platform WMO PROVIDED SERVER MET SERVICE

WMO Online CAP Editing Platform • Now working to have an on-line CAP editor on WMO Web • Targeting NMHSs where Web server access is an issue • There is a private cloud-based CAP Editor facility of offer but there is no formal administration yet for its use with regard to WMO

Online Training Platform cap. wmo. int

The WMO Register of Alerting Authorities

WMO Register of Alerting Authorities • Purpose: To provide an authoritative register of organizations authorized to issue alerts in each country • PRs nominate editors to maintain respective country register pages

WMO Register of Alerting Authorities https: //alerting. worldweather. org/

Application of CAP And The Register of Alerting Authorities

WMO Global Multi-hazard Alert System (GMAS) • GMAS under development as an authoritative source of warnings and information related to high-impact weather, water, ocean and climate events • To provide authoritative information and advice to UN agencies, humanitarian communities, national disaster management etc

WMO Global Multi-hazard Alert System (GMAS) • Live Feed Widget developed through collaboration of PWS and CPA of WMO and Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) • You can see it at: https: //www. wmo. int/pages/index_ en. html#alertwidget

Guidelines for Implementation of Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)Enabled Emergency Alerting

https: //library. wmo. int/pmb_ged/wmo_1109_en. pdf

Next CAP decision? • WMO Technical Regulations – CAP as a recommended (or mandatory? ) standard

The Impact-based Forecast (IBF) and CAP • Question of communication of format of IBF in relation to CAP format • how the Forecasting and Warning Services Initiative that takes into account the impacts can take better advantage of CAP

Presentation Outline 1 What is CAP 2 Benefits of CAP 3 Features of a CAP Message 4 Alerting Authorities 5 WMO Alert Hub 6 Opportunities for implementing CAP-101 Introducing CAP 33

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