Patent ID: 7949330

Claim:
A method for receiving weather data at a vehicle, comprising: receiving a first broadcast signal at the vehicle, the first broadcast signal containing weather data referenced to a plurality of cells arranged in a grid corresponding to a geographic map, the weather data including one or more assigned warning numbers linking the plurality of cells to at least one weather warning; receiving a second broadcast signal at the vehicle, the second broadcast signal containing weather warning information, the weather warning information including the weather warning associated with said one or more assigned warning numbers; determining a current location, speed, and direction of the vehicle; using the current location, speed, and direction of the vehicle to calculate a future location of the vehicle, the future location of the vehicle being different from the current location of the vehicle; correlating the future location of the vehicle to at least one of the plurality of cells; identifying a portion of the weather data referenced to said at least one of the plurality of cells; filtering the weather data to yield at least filtered data referenced to said at least one of the plurality of cells correlated to the future location of the vehicle; and formatting the filtered data for display to vehicle occupants.