STRUCTURE OF TYPHOON ADVISORY IN CAP (COMMON ALERTING PROTOCOL) FORMAT
RSMC TOKYO - TYPHOON CENTER
Identifies a CAP message, in UUID format.
[0-9a-f]{8}-([0-9a-f]{4}-){3}[0-9a-f]{12}
Currently fixed, using email address.
[\-\w]+@[.\w]+
Time of dissemination of the message.
[\d\-]+T[\d:]+\+00:00
Operational status,
currently chosen from three options.
Actual
Exercise
Test
Currently fixed.
Alert
Currently fixed.
Public
! element "restriction" not used
Currently fixed: profile to CAP format.
CAP-RSMCTK
[
! element "note" not used
! element "references" not used
! element "incidents" not used
An "info" element is created for each time level
(analysis or forecast hour).
]
indicating English
en-US
Word "Met" for Meteorology.
Met
Type of event,
actually machine-readable type of "info" block.
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY/ANALYSIS
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY/FORECAST
! element "responseType" not used
Currently fixed.
Unknown
Curently fixed.
Unknown
Word "Observed" for present position.
"Likely (50% or more)" for forecast position,
having circle of 70% likeliness in mind.
Observed
Likely
- element eventCode[1]
Machine-readable type of "info" block.
EventType
TC_Analysis
TC_Forecast24
TC_Forecast45
TC_Forecast48
TC_Forecast69
TC_Forecast72
TC_Forecast96
TC_Forecast120
Time at which the message take effect.
[\d\-]+T[\d:]+\+00:00
Time for which this "info" block is describing.
[\d\-]+T[\d:]+\+00:00
Time at which the message is to be superseded by newer message.
[\d\-]+T[\d:]+\+00:00
Currently fixed: human-readable sender.
RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center
Human-readable headline, preferably shorter than 160 letters.
160
Human-readable description.
! element "instruction" not used.
Link to web resource.
Currently fixed.
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/index.html
! element "contact" not used.
- element parameter[1]
RSMC Tokyo's internal identification number of the tropical cyclone.
Note: if you are looking for the number associated with name,
use parameter[@valueName = 'TC_CycloneID'] instead.
TC_Number
9999
parameters
See parameter.xsl for contents
! element "resource" not used.
area description
- element area[1]
estimated position of the tropical storm
(shown as point regardless its confidence)
-?\d+\.\d,-?\d+\.\d 0
- element area[position()>1]
storm warning (if any) and gale warning
(shown as circles, which may be biased from the centre)
-?\d+\.\d,-?\d+\.\d \d+
- element area[1]
forecast position of the tropical storm
(shown as circle of 70% probability)
-?\d+\.\d,-?\d+\.\d \d+