SNOWFALL FORECAST APPARATUS AND SNOWFALL FORECAST METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To highly accurately forecast snowfall in a localized area.;SOLUTION: A snowfall forecast apparatus includes: a weather forecast part 11 for forecasting weather forecast data concerning a plurality of snowfall determination elements for each of areas divided into meshy parts, using a weather forecast model; a data accumulation part 12 for accumulating the weather forecast data, and weather observation data being actual measurement data corresponding to the weather forecast data; a determination value database 14 for storing determination values set previously concerning the snowfall determination elements; and a snowfall determination part 13 for acquiring a determination value for each snowfall determination element based on the weather forecast data and the weather observation data, and determining an area as a snowfall area when the total value of the obtained determination values is not smaller than a previously-determined threshold or above.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT