恶劣天气会对地面运输系统产生重大影响。由于能见度低，或道路潮湿或结冰，可能会给旅行者带来危险。气象应用有可能为地面运输基础设施所有者和运营商提供额外数据，使他们能够更好地评估天气环境对道路或道路周围的影响，并更好地管理地面运输系统。此类天气应用程序可以:从连接的车辆和移动设备收集道路天气数据，增加可用数据源的数量。 通过连接的车辆和设备向旅行者提供道路天气相关的旅行者信息，例如何时何地存在危险状况。提供在特定道路上管理道路天气响应的能力。本SAE标准规定了车辆与气象应用基础设施之间的接口要求，包括详细的系统工程文件（与适当的信息交换对应的需求和要求）。本SAE标准的目的是通过与通信技术无关的接口实现支持这些气象应用的互操作性。

Inclement weather can have a significant impact on surface transportation systems. It can result in hazardous conditions for travelers due to poor visibility, or wet or icy roadways. Weather applications have the potential to provide additional data to surface transportation infrastructure owners and operators, allowing them to better assess the impacts of the weather environment on or around the roadway and to better manage the surface transportation system. Such weather applications can:Collect road weather data from connected vehicles and mobile devices, increasing the number of data sources available.Provide road weather related traveler information to travelers via connected vehicles and devices, such as when and where a hazardous condition exists.Provide the ability to manage road weather response on specific roadways.This SAE Standard specifies interface requirements between vehicles and infrastructure for weather applications, including detailed systems engineering documentation (needs and requirements mapped to appropriate message exchanges). The purpose of this SAE Standard is to enable interoperability supporting these weather applications over a communications technology agnostic interface.