extreme weather event
Let an agent explain extreme weather events and how they are defined, relay official warnings and safety guidance, present attribution to climate change with appropriate uncertainty, and support preparedness.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain extreme weather events and how they are defined, relay official warnings and safety guidance, present attribution to climate change with appropriate uncertainty, and support preparedness.
A weather event that is rare or severe for a place and season, such as heavy rainfall, downbursts, heatwaves, cold spells, unusually mild or cold winters and cool summers, defined statistically relative to climatology and posing risks to people, infrastructure and ecosystems; extreme weather events are monitored and warned by meteorological services and are increasingly analysed for links to climate change.
What it is for: Rare or severe weather and its risks.
It can be explain definitions and types; relay warnings and safety guidance; present climate attribution with uncertainty; support preparedness.
Distinguishing features
Statistically rare or severe
Hazardous
Warned
Climate-linked
What it looks like
Storms, floods, heat, cold and other severe conditions.
How it is recognised
Rare or severe relative to climatology
Warned by meteorological services
Ordinary seasonal weather is not extreme
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - winter extremes
is related to - associated hazards
In practice
Families and kinds
extreme rainfall and flooding
heatwaves and cold spells
downbursts and severe storms
anomalous seasons such as mild winters and cool summers
compound events
Standards and regulation
Meteorological warning systems
Civil protection and emergency plans
Climate attribution methodology
Failure modes and hazards
Ignoring warnings
Overstating or understating climate links
Infrastructure failure
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Safety During an event.
Warnings.
Warnings
Current warnings.
Warnings
Warnings.
- What warnings are in force for this area, according to the meteorological service, and what do they advise? provenance
- Is someone in immediate danger requiring emergency services? boundary
Act
What to do.
Act
Actions.
- What does official guidance say to do before, during and after this kind of event? provenance
- Which vulnerable people need extra care? provenance
Understand What makes weather extreme.
Science.
Definition
Definitions.
Definition
Definitions.
- How are extreme weather events defined statistically, and how do definitions vary by place and season? definition
- What kinds of event exist, from downbursts to anomalous seasons? definition
Causes
Meteorological causes.
Causes
Causes.
- What meteorological conditions produce this kind of event? definition
- How are events forecast? provenance
Climate Links to climate change.
Attribution.
Attribution
Event attribution.
Attribution
Attribution.
- What do attribution studies say about the role of climate change in this event or event type, with uncertainty stated? provenance
- How is attribution done? provenance
Trends
Trends.
Trends
Trends.
- How are extreme events changing in frequency and intensity, according to assessments? provenance
- Are positions attributed neutrally? boundary
Prepare Preparedness and records.
Resilience.
Prepare
Preparing.
Prepare
Preparedness.
- How can households, businesses and communities prepare for extreme weather here? action
- Which insurance and support schemes exist? provenance
Records
Past events.
Records
Records.
- What were the notable extreme events in this area, and what records exist? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific event? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each event type be a separate entry?
- How should warning feeds be linked?
- How should attribution studies be linked?