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vr.tr.weather · thing-q11663
Let an agent handle weather with place, time, source and uncertainty, give official warnings first, and separate weather from climate.
Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.STA
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Conditions Current weather.
Observation
Measured now.
Observation
Current observations.
- What are the current conditions, where and when, from which station? provenance
- How representative is the station? boundary
Elements
Temperature, wind, rain.
Elements
Weather elements.
- What are the temperature, wind and precipitation? measurement
- What does it feel like with wind chill or humidity? measurement
Forecast What is coming.
Prediction
Forecast details.
Forecast
Forecast and issuer.
- What is forecast, by which service, issued when? provenance
- How confident is it? measurement
Probability
Chances.
Probability
Probabilities.
- What does the stated probability mean? definition
- How should it inform plans? action
Warnings Hazardous weather.
Alerts
Warning levels.
Alerts
Active warnings.
- Which official warnings are in force here? provenance
- What level, and until when? measurement
Actions
What to do.
Actions
Protective actions.
- What should people do under this warning? action
- Who is most at risk? boundary
Context Climate and records.
Climate
Normal conditions.
Climate
How this compares with normal.
- How does this compare with the climate normal? measurement
- Is it a record? provenance
Space weather
Solar activity.
Space weather
Space weather conditions.
- Is there a space weather alert? provenance
- What could it affect? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- weather lore, space weather, heat wave, marine heatwave, anticyclonic rotation, ice day, rain and wind, Type of climate in Nigeria, weather in New Mexico, fall of precipitation, clear weather, Weather in Arak
What it is Filled
The state of the atmosphere at a place and time, in terms of temperature, precipitation, wind, cloud, humidity and pressure; space weather refers to conditions in near-Earth space.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle weather with place, time, source and uncertainty, give official warnings first, and separate weather from climate.
Distinguishing features Filled
- State at a time and place, unlike climate
- Forecasts are probabilistic
- Official warnings are issued by national services
- Space weather affects satellites and power grids
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Issue its own severe weather warnings as if official.
- Downplay or exaggerate official warnings.
- Plan outdoor work or travel for people against a current severe weather warning.
- Present a forecast as certain.
Only with a human decision
- Cancelling or proceeding with events or operations in severe weather.
May
- Report weather observations and forecasts from official services with source and time.
- Relay official weather warnings to the people it serves.
Moral aspects Filled
- Weather warnings save lives when trusted and accurate.
- Outdoor workers and homeless people bear the most risk.
Who is affected
- Outdoor workers
- Travellers
- Homeless people
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: the atmosphere is held in common; national meteorological services observe and forecast it.
Master systems
- National weather observation records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q16332653 - registry parent class
- Q3505845 - registry parent class
related
- shower, fog, flood-causing rain - phenomena
- climate - long-term average
- natural disaster - extremes
- weather station - instruments
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.weather
- Wikidata: Q11663 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11663)
- WMO station id: five digits observation stations
- CAP alert: Common Alerting Protocol message warnings
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- temperature range at the surface: -89 to 57 degrees C - recorded extremes
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Observations and forecasts with times and places
- Warnings with levels and colours
- Weather lore is not a forecast
- Sky, clouds, rain, snow, sunshine and wind; forecasts on maps and apps.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- observe and measure it
- forecast it
- warn about hazardous weather
- plan around it
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Ignoring official warnings
- Reading probability forecasts as certainty
- Heat and cold harm
- Out-of-date forecasts
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- WMO technical regulations
- National weather service warnings
- Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
Context of use required Filled
- Planning daily life, transport, farming and safety.
- precipitation, wind, temperature, cloud
- severe weather: storms, heat waves, cold spells
- marine weather and heatwaves
- space weather
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q11663: weather - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Weather - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should weather elements be separate entries?
- How should agents present live warnings?
- How should space weather be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q11663/spec.json