TMC Road Weather Advisories and Warnings Functional Area

Description

'TMC Road Weather Advisories and Warnings' provides road weather advisories to drivers and other travelers. Advisories are based on environmental information collected from a variety of data sources, including data collected from roadside sensors and connected vehicles.

Included In

WSDOT SWR Traffic Management Center
Clark County Traffic Operations Center

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
01The center shall collect environmental data (air temperature, exterior light status, wiper status, traction control status, etc.) from appropriately equipped vehicles using short range communications equipment.
02The center shall aggregate collected environmental data and disseminate the aggregated environmental probe data to other centers.
03The center shall develop short term weather warnings or advisories that can be provided to motorists through field equipment.