Weather Risk Levels
DrillerDB reads the forecast for a job site and marks the weather that can stop a drilling job. The marks are text and badges on the screen. This page lists each mark and the rule behind it.
DrillerDB does not send weather warnings. No email, text message, or push notification goes out. You see a risk only when you open the project, the project list, or the Weather page.
Quick Start: Check the risk for a job site
- Open the project.
- Click the weather card on the Overview tab.
- Read the Risk alerts section. If the section is missing, the forecast has no risk for the next 3 days.
- Read the Ground conditions section for the rain in the last 7 days and the saturation estimate.
- Move the job if the site is at risk.
A wet site can stop heavy equipment. Check the ground conditions before you dispatch a crew, because DrillerDB does not warn you.
Risk alerts in the weather detail
The Risk alerts section of the weather detail looks at the next 3 days of the forecast. It lists a risk when one of these rules is true:
| Risk alert | Rule |
|---|---|
| Heavy rain expected | More than 0.5 inches of rain in one day |
| Extreme cold | A low below 20°F |
| High winds | Wind faster than 30 mph |
| Winter weather | Snow, ice, sleet, a blizzard, or freezing conditions in the forecast |
Each alert names the day. The section does not appear when no rule is true.
Risk labels on the Weather page
The Weather page puts one label on each open job. The label uses the same four rules on the forecast for tomorrow.
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Safe | No rule is true |
| Caution | One rule is true |
| Danger | Two or more rules are true |
Ground wetness badge
The ground wetness badge on the project list uses the rain total for the last 7 days at the job site.
| Badge | Rain in the last 7 days |
|---|---|
| Dry | Less than 0.25 inches |
| Damp | 0.25 inches or more |
| Wet | 1 inch or more |
| Muddy | 2 inches or more |
When a modeled soil moisture value is available for the site, DrillerDB compares it with the rain total and shows the wetter of the two results. The value comes from a weather model, not from a sensor at the site.
Ground conditions in the weather detail
The Ground conditions section shows four numbers:
- The rain in the last 7 days.
- The rain expected in the next 24 hours.
- A saturation estimate. It is the 7-day rain total as a percentage of 2 inches, up to 100%.
- The number of days since the last rain.
The saturation estimate is a calculation from the rain total. It is not a measurement of the soil at the site. Look at the site before you move heavy equipment onto it.
Limits
- DrillerDB does not send weather warnings by email, text message, or push notification.
- The weather feature has no lightning detection.
- You cannot change the thresholds in the rules.
- The weather feature has no step where a user must acknowledge a risk.
Related Topics
- Weather Dashboard - Where the forecast appears and how to read it
- Scheduling Impact - How to check the weather before you schedule
- Scheduling - Job scheduling
- Field Operations - Field work management