Zentralanstalt fr Meteorologie und Geodynamik Adoption of CAP

Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik Adoption of CAP in Meteo. Alarm Alerts from Europe’s National Weather Services Alexander Beck, Michael Staudinger CAP Implementation Workshop, Geneva, 6 April 2011

Contents § Introduction to § Recent activities § CAP implementation: Status & plans § Summary Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

What is Meteo. Alarm? Request of EUMETNET to the EMMA Meteo. Alarm Group: Provide pan - European alert information on an Online Internet platform for a variety of weather parameters, understandable by all actors from the private and public sector – harmonized as far as possible Sources of the information: The National Meteorological and Hydrological Services Who are the users? Locals and European professionals and travellers, in need of understandable (=homogenous) information across Europe Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Meteo. Alarm operational maps for today + tomorrow Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Meteo. Alarm operational maps for today + tomorrow Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

3 rd level information Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Response to Meteo. Alarm § 4 – level colour code seen as understandable „language“ § Links to Meteo. Alarm from more than 1000 websites § 2 Bio hits since start § High acceptance with public institutions Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

METEOALARM warning schedule – Redagno matrix Redagno 2006 Colour One word Damage / Impact What to do? Used how often? (Area approx. 300 000 km 2) Meteo Treshholds e. g. Rain (area + impact related) Green Weather report --- usual phenomena Examples yellow Be aware! exposed objects (avoidable) caution with exposed activities > 30 per year > 54 mm/12 h orange Be prepared! general damages (not avoidable) keep informed in detail, follow advice of authorities 1 to 30 per year > 80 mm/12 h red Take action! extreme damage and /or casualties follow order of authorities under all circumstances be prepared for extraordinary measures less then 1 year > 140 mm/12 h extreme damage (mostly) on large areas, threatning life and properties (not avoidable, even in otherwise safe places) + large (5000 km 2) scale phenomena Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Meteorology and damage concepts (Civil Protection) tuned Meteo threshold Green Yellow Orange Red Damage criteria No damage Exposed objects/ Exposed acivities general damages (not avoidable) extreme damage and / or casualties Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Meteorology and damage concepts (Civil Protection) untuned Meteo threshold Green Yellow Orange Red Damage criteria No damage Exposed objects/ Exposed acivities e. g. Heat wave in Greenland Wind warnings on mountains Forest fire in Sahara. . . general damages (not avoidable) extreme damage and / or casualties Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Meteorology and damage concepts (Civil Protection) untuned Meteo threshold Green Yellow Orange Red Damage criteria No damage e. g. Heat wave in Greenland Wind warnings on mountains Forest fire in Sahara. . . Exposed objects/ Exposed acivities general damages (not avoidable) extreme damage and / or casualties e. g. Flood without rain Multiple parameter situation Missing area / intensity relation. . . Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Examples for Meteorological Threshold concepts Changing with: • time of the year, • area climatology, • vulnerability Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Recent and ongoing activities: additional parameters § Coastal warnings (possible features) § § Wind, thunderstorms, visibility, icing, storm surge, water level Flood warnings Rain and/or floods Flood warning Carinthia: local flooding possible Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Activities for the coming year § Coastal area warnings Possible warned features: Wind Thunderstorms Visibility Icing storm surge water level Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Recent and ongoing activities § 5 -day warnings for closed user-group (password protected) § Using the same color scheme as 36 h forecasts § Defining a scheme of probabilities for alerts Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

5 -day warnings (restricted access) Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

5 -day forecast: EPS + impacts expressed in probabilities e. g. rain forecasts Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

and warning levels for a time range of >36 h to day 5 Impact Probability Green Yellow Orange Red <5% <30% 30 – 60% >60% Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

CAP in Meteo. Alarm (restricted access to CAP messages on www. meteoalarm. eu) Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

CAP messages available (internal pages) CAP message feed Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Recent example from meteoalarm. eu <? xml version="1. 0" encoding="UTF-8" ? > - <alert xmlns="urn: oasis: names: tc: emergency: cap: 1. 1" xmlns: xsi="http: //www. w 3. org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi: schema. Location="http: //niem. gov/niem/external/cap/1. 1/cap. xsd"> <identifier>2. 49. 0. 0. 40. 0_2011 -04 -01 T 08: 10: 32+02: 00</identifier> <sender>2. 49. 0. 0. 40. 0</sender> <sent>2011 -04 -01 T 08: 10: 32+02: 00</sent> <status>Actual</status> <msg. Type>Alert</msg. Type> <source>Meteoalarm. eu</source> <scope>Public</scope> - <info> <language>de-AT</language> <category>Met</category> <event>Wind</event> <response. Type>None</response. Type> <urgency>Immediate</urgency> <severity>Moderate</severity> <certainty>Likely</certainty> - <event. Code> <value. Name>awt</value. Name> <value>1</value> </event. Code> - <event. Code> <value. Name>level</value. Name> <value>2</value> </event. Code> <onset>2011 -04 -01 T 06: 00+02: 00</onset> <expires>2011 -04 -01 T 13: 00+02: 00</expires> <sender. Name>Germany, Deutscher Wetterdienst</sender. Name> <headline>meteoalarm warning for avalanches</headline> <description>Erneute Verlängerung: In Lagen oberhalb 1000 m treten weiterhin Sturmböen von 65 bis 85 km/h (18 bis 24 m/s, 34 bis 47 Knoten, Stärke 8 bis 9 Beaufort) aus Südwest auf. </description> <web>http: //meteoalarm. eu/index 2. php? country=DE</web> </info> Main issues: identifier sender source (minor) technical issues: - language - headline Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

CAP in Meteo. Alarm: Identifier Similar to Deutscher Wetterdienst DWD-CAP Example <identifier> 2. 49. 0. 1. 276. DE_DWD_OMEDES. 2011 -03 -30 T 14: 34: 04+02: 00. 1234 </identifier> 2. 49. 0. 1. 276 -> alerting message from Germany (country code 276) DE_DWD_OMDES -> office code including ISO alpha-2 code 2011 -03 -30 T 14: 34: 04+02: 00 -> date/time in UTC incl tz 1234 -> sequence number Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

CAP in Meteo. Alarm: Sender and source <sender>CAP@DWD. DE</sender> -> Use email-address as sender, extracted from incoming messages <source>Meteoalarm. eu</source> -> (proposal) use meteoalarm. eu as <source> for CAP message in common Meteo. Alarm-CAP-Format Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Summary § Response to Meteo. Alarm extremely positive and encouraging § § § Community is growing Additional warning parameters CAP in Meteo. Alarm § Technical implementation ongoing and almost completed § CAP messages available on internal webpage for selected countries § Technical issues -> Guido Schratzer is in the audience Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

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