Turing Registry · TR-09621

SPATE 2

Flood forecasting. Operated by Western Ranges Meteorological Service.

Summary

Forecasts river levels at 83 gauges across the Western Ranges catchment.

License conditions

  1. Warnings are reviewed by a duty forecaster before release.
  2. Forecast uncertainty is published with every warning.

The Registry’s standard conditions also apply:

  • 4.2 The system’s ethical constraints remain active and unmodified at all times.
  • 6.1 Any incident affecting the system is reported to the Registry within 72 hours.
  • 7.3 A named human contact is reachable and answers for the system.

Filing history

  1. Licensed for flood forecasting.

  2. Human contact changed. Isaac Romero now answers for the system.

  3. Renewal filed and approved after an independent evaluation.

  4. Operator reported a scheduling error affecting 71 people. Corrected, and those affected were notified.

  5. Review opened after an independent evaluation could not reproduce the operator’s accuracy figures.

Also filed by Western Ranges Meteorological Service