Roadway Weather Information System

The vendor is required to provide roadway weather information system (RWIS) with location, surface condition, and traffic data for material choice and application rate decisions for weather events.
- Web hosting and data services
1. Site grouping, filtering and 24-hour archived timeline slider. 
2. Map display of all sites and the state interstate highway network to include but not limited to:
•    Conditional icons for site locations based on reported data
•    Display of non-PennDOT owned RWIS networks
•    Weather satellite and radar displays
•    Toggle for terrain and satellite imagery base maps
•    National weather service advisories watches and warnings layer; and, meter station layer
3. Summary table of latest reported data for all sites to include a conditional display of critical data fields. 
•    Surface temp
•    Air temp
•    Dew temp
•    Water layer
•    Ice layer
•    Snow layer
•    Rain state
•    Visibility where possible
•    Grip or friction coefficient
•    Surface state (ice warning)
•    Wind speed; and wind direction
•    Precipitation intensity above one inch per hour.
•    24-hour precipitation total (12am to 11:59pm Est)
4. “Station wall” display of all RWIS sites’ latest images.
5. Single-station view of one site’s latest data and imagery to include but not limited to:
•    A snapshot view of critical data and latest image
•    24-hour history of data and imagery for that site; and, a chart-view of all data for past 24 hours. (User should have option to select what shows on the chart view.)
5. Conditional alerts include but not limited to:
•    Create alerts for self or multiple recipients based on any data for any condition
•    Availability for SMS, email or in-app-only alerts
•    Page to view all triggered alerts and active and inactive status; and,
•    Alert management (add/edit/delete)
6. Reports include but not limited to:
•    Region (group) report for a group of sites’ latest current data
•    Station data report for single-site’s current data
•    Metrological monthly report for viewing data trends for different data types
•    Winter performance index (WPI) report which uses data and algorithm to determine surface performance at each site; and,
•    Winter severity index (WSI) report which uses data and algorithm to determine severity of winter precipitation at each site.
7. Administrative functions to include but not limited to:
•    Create and manage groups of sites
•    Create and manage alert distribution lists
•    Traffic base map.

- Contract Period/Term: 3 years