Weather observations

REQUIREMENTS
Permission	All users
Connectivity	Online and offline

This is the standard weather observation from a permanent weather site as described in OGRS (2007) sections 1.1 to 1.4.

Fig. 1: Default format of weather observation entry form

Mandatory fields

Mandatory field are highlighted with a red outline and label. Incorrectly completed mandatory field will result in a validation error on submission.

NOTE	If you cannot see the highlighted field in the favourite section of your observation entry form, open all of the sections at the bottom to find the field that is causing the issue.

Name	Mandatory	Comment
Location	Always	Location of observation; needs to be a single weather site
Date	Always	Date of observation
Time	Always	Time of observation
Interval	Always	Interval since the last weather observations at the particular site
HST Cleared Date	Conditional	Only mandatory is HST or HSTW is included in submission
HST Cleared Time	Conditional	Only mandatory is HST or HSTW is included in submission

All supported fields

Name	Mandatory	Comment
To be completed

==Special functionality Weather site specific HST Cleared Date and HST Cleared Time values are stored to prefill these fields after the location of the weather observation has been selected. These default values are updated whenever they are changed in a submission.

Related documents

• Difference between observations and assessments
• Weather observations
• Field summaries
• Avalanche observations
• Avalanche summaries
• Snow Profiles
• Terrain management
• General messages
• Avalanche control (additional subscription required)
• Customizing observation entry forms

Functionality tested by

• Jan. 2, 2014: Pascal Haegeli