Severe Weather Archive of the Philippines (2010~Present)

Severe Weather Archive of the Philippines (SWAP) is a project that archives the severe weather events focused on Tornadoes, Hails, and Waterspouts with its underlying information within the Philippine Archipelago from 2010 to Present, may extend prior to 2010. Given the lack of severe weather research in the country, most of these data were obtained and compiled from various sources; mainly from news reports/records and their photographic and videographic evidences, eyewitness accounts, including a recent and formal/undergraduate case study by Capuli (2024) on a tornadic event. The goal of this project is to map the locations and time of these hazardous weather events, although researching youtube, wikipedia, or any other social media platforms for these information can be difficult for rare or older events, hence sparce. While there is no official source for such data and information in the country, this project through its severe weather documentation hopes to serve as a key starting point on such research field and historical record within the area of interest. Thus, accessible to researchers, policymakers, and the general public. Furthermore, while the meteorological data can exist and so do the severe weather reports, bouncing back and forth between these two datasets or attempting to unearth evidence of climate links and evolution is a largely manual and tumultuous process. In future versions, we are hoping to perform rigorous quality control on these records by attempting to review and verify radar reflectivity and radial velocity scans (assumming availability) and include their respective proximity sounding/vertical profile.菲律宾极端天气档案库（Severe Weather Archive of the Philippines，SWAP）是一项旨在归档菲律宾群岛范围内极端天气事件的项目，聚焦龙卷风（Tornadoes）、冰雹（Hails）与水龙卷（Waterspouts）三类事件，并收录相关背景信息，数据覆盖时段为2010年至今，亦可延伸至2010年以前。 鉴于菲律宾国内极端天气研究领域的匮乏，本项目的多数数据均通过多渠道搜集整合而来，主要来源包括新闻报道/记录及其配套的影像、视频证据，目击者证词，以及Capuli（2024）针对一场龙卷风事件完成的最新正式本科案例研究。 本项目的目标是绘制此类极端天气事件的发生位置与时间分布图。不过针对罕见或历史较久的事件，通过YouTube、维基百科或其他社交媒体平台检索相关信息往往难度较大，因此相关数据较为稀少。由于菲律宾国内暂无此类数据与信息的官方来源，本项目通过系统性的极端天气归档工作，有望成为该研究领域及目标区域历史记录的重要起点，可供研究人员、政策制定者与普通公众获取使用。 此外，尽管气象数据与极端天气报告均可能存在，但在这两类数据集间交叉比对，或试图挖掘气候关联与演变的相关证据，在很大程度上仍需依靠人工完成，且过程繁杂繁琐。 在未来的版本更新中，我们计划对现有记录开展严格的质量控制工作，具体包括审核并验证雷达反射率、径向速度扫描数据（若可获取），并补充对应的近地探空/垂直廓线信息。