The importance of highway traffic weather stations

Some mountain roads are high in elevation, complex terrain, and changeable climate, especially natural disasters such as heavy rain, landslide, debris flow, and strong wind in summer flood season, and bad weather such as snow, fog, and ice in winter, which seriously affect the normal passage of roads. Therefore, it is necessary to set up multiple sets of traffic weather stations beside the highway. After the highway traffic weather stations are built, they are mainly used for automatic real-time monitoring and collection of various meteorological information such as rain, snow, fog, wind and haze. And through the background calculation, analysis and judgment, the release of accurate highway traffic meteorological information, so as to effectively conduct severe weather early warning on the road, so that the relevant departments can take scientific and effective measures to prevent and protect the smooth travel of passing vehicles and personnel.

According to statistics, about 30% of traffic accidents occur due to bad conditions. Fog, wind, heavy rain, high temperature, ice and other meteorological disasters will affect travel, but also cause secondary disasters, such as valley wind, road water, low visibility, and even geological disasters, such as landslides, collapses, debris flows, etc., these disasters will affect the safety and efficiency of highway transportation, leading to highway blockage, road closure or transportation disruption. Causing casualties and economic losses.

Therefore, it is necessary to carry out highway traffic meteorological monitoring, forecasting and early warning services.

In this respect, foreign countries started early and provided meteorological monitoring information and early warning information through the establishment of highway meteorological monitoring system. The traffic and highway meteorological service in our country has also made great progress, and has initially formed a highway traffic meteorological service system.