Make sense of the map.

Find weather exposure, identify the mapped assets and companies involved, and inspect the evidence.

Start here

For geography-led context, open the global energy outlook. Regional briefs separate recurring hazards from five-day reference-location forecasts and available alert exposure. Forecast locations do not represent whole regions.

Open a segment such as Upstream, or search for a company and choose Show network.
Turn weather layers on or off. Use Map / Split / Table on desktop, or Map / Table on a phone.
Open an alert and choose Show exposed assets. Or use EXPOSURE to rank events by exposed asset records or hazard start time, then open matching assets.
Inspect the companies, hazard windows and match types. Export CSV for your own follow-up.

Company pages have shareable URLs, such as /oilandgas/upstream/chevron. A link identifies that page; it does not capture every temporary layer, filter or time setting.

Read an alert in four parts

Illustrative example—not a live alert

NWS · Flash Flood Watch · Upcoming · Starts 6 p.m.

Issuer: Who issued it: AccuWeather, NWS or another named source.
Hazard and product: The original alert title says what weather and product are involved. Keep it intact.
Classification: The issuer’s category, where recognized in the source title. “Not classified” does not mean low risk. We do not invent a PTI level for an unrecognized title.
Timing: Issued is when the message was published. Hazard onset and end describe the weather window. Effective and expiry describe product validity; these can differ. Missing timestamps stay missing.

Upcoming is not an alert level. It means the relevant window begins after the selected map time. An already-issued warning can have a future start. An outlook can cover today. “Active” means valid at that time—not proof that the hazard is occurring at every location in the polygon.

AccuWeather PTI and NWS categories

An outlook assesses possible hazardous weather in a forecast period. It provides planning information, not confirmation of an event at every location.

AccuWeather’s PTI stands for Potential, Threat, Imminent. NWS uses its own products and criteria. The comparison below is a rough communication guide, not an official equivalence or automatic matching rule.

Similar planning intent; different issuing criteria
Planning intent	AccuWeather PTI	NWS rough comparison
Be aware	Potential: an early heads-up to prepare for possible hazardous weather.	Outlook: assessment of possible hazards in a forecast period.
Be prepared	Threat: a more focused threat; prepare to act.	Watch: risk has increased, but occurrence, timing or location can remain uncertain.
Take action	Imminent: dangerous weather approaching or occurring; immediate action is needed.	Warning: hazardous weather occurring, imminent or highly likely; follow the bulletin’s instructions.

Advisory is not an earlier step before Watch. It generally describes less severe conditions than a warning, which can still be dangerous. NWS also issues statements and hazard-specific products. These do not all fit a three-step ladder.

Do not assign a fixed lead time or probability to these broad comparisons. Read the specific product. To compare two alerts, check hazard, geography, hazard window and issue time. Overlap does not prove that their thresholds or forecasts are identical. Either provider may issue a product with no counterpart from the other.

The app does not automatically pair equivalent AccuWeather and NWS alerts. It preserves their source titles. A severity field such as “Severe” is separate from a classification such as “Watch.”

Read the map symbols

Use Light / Dark / System in Map options to change the basemap and controls together. Your choice is remembered on this device. Theme changes keep the map position, filters and selected time; weather imagery keeps its original colors.

Shaded polygon: AccuWeather alert. A solid stroke with a hazard-colored fill, including upcoming products.
Outline only: National Weather Service. A solid stroke and no fill. The panel shows an NWS chip and the issuer line.
Color: hazard family. Green indicates flood/rain; pink indicates tornado; see the map legend for all colors.
Line weight and fill: the recognized issuer-native classification—not a shared severity score. Upcoming AccuWeather polygons use lighter fill.
Bolder solid outline: the alert you selected. On the light basemap the stroke is a darker shade of the hazard color.
Amber asset outlines: direct overlap with an active loaded alert at the selected map time. Not confirmed damage.
Circle + number: a group of asset records at this zoom. Select it to zoom in. Counts are source records, not unique facilities.
Lightning bolt + number: a cluster of returned strikes. A single bolt represents an individual strike; fainter bolts are older within the displayed window.

Alert boundaries stay solid in Light and Dark. Dashed tropical paths are forecast tracks, not alert boundaries. Tropical cones represent track uncertainty—not the storm’s full impact area.

History, Now and Forecast

History: available imagery and captured alert evidence. A gap is missing coverage, not proof of clear weather.
Now: the latest available data, including already-issued upcoming AccuWeather alerts. Check each layer’s source time.
Forecast: available forecast imagery plus already-issued alerts and storm-track data valid at the selected time.

Radar ends before the full timeline may end. Beyond its last available frame, radar is hidden. A longer timeline does not create extra radar forecasts, future lightning or new alert polygons. Point forecasts have their own available horizon.

Use Local / UTC for map time controls and alert details. Local means your browser’s time zone, not necessarily the asset’s. Check timezone labels; the hourly forecast table is labeled UTC, and CSV timestamps are UTC.

What “exposed assets” means

Pipelines remain faint along their full route. Solid amber sections overlap loaded alerts; dashed amber sections are nearby only. “Show on map” fits the matching sections; “Show full route / asset” restores the whole route. A selected section can pulse briefly, except with reduced motion enabled. Section checks that fail are reported as unavailable, not as no exposure. Geometry is simplified source mapping, not surveyed length or confirmed damage.

Loaded event → geometry match → asset records → associated company labels

Inside alert area: The mapped asset geometry intersects the alert polygon. A crossing pipeline or boundary touch can count. It does not mean the entire route is inside.
Nearby: The asset does not directly intersect the polygon but matches within the selected 25, 50 or 100 mile buffer. Nearby is not direct overlap.

Results follow the loaded alerts, enabled issuers, selected map time and current asset selection. Counts distinguish asset records, alert overlaps and company labels. One asset can overlap multiple alerts. Unmapped records are excluded; geometry errors are reported separately.

Matching uses full alert geometry, not the weather display mask. Use Fit matches, open an asset or event, filter by company, and export CSV. Exports include match type, alert times, source references and original asset names. The map identifies possible exposure; it does not verify shutdowns, losses or contacts, and does not send outreach.

Company networks and asset data

The catalog covers upstream fields, pipelines, LNG terminals/phases, refineries and chemical plants. It is not a complete inventory of every well, platform, compressor, storage terminal or service company.

Company searches can include owner and operator labels, legal-name variants, subsidiaries and joint-company records. Review included names before treating a network as a current corporate portfolio. Similar names and a shared brand do not prove ownership. A company can span several segments.

Records may represent a site, phase, unit or approximate location. Counts are not verified unique facilities. Where no field name is supplied, the exposure table shows company, asset type and source location; original source names remain in CSV exports.

Weather near assets

The optional mask estimates a footprint from selected mapped assets and routes, with a 25, 50 or 100 mile buffer. Distant groups remain separate. It is not an official operating boundary. Outside weather is hidden, not absent. Choose All weather to restore the broader context. Company portfolio regions can filter the map and table together.

Sources, freshness and limitations

Asset records are saved from Overwatts with source metadata. Upstream sources include Global Energy Monitor and other record-specific sources. Many infrastructure datasets are periodic releases, not live ownership feeds. Location precision and completeness vary. Public availability alone does not establish unrestricted reuse; consult the record’s attribution and source terms.

Weather layers identify their providers separately. NWS products are government alerts; AccuWeather proprietary products are separate. Some government weather information is delivered through a commercial API, so the delivery provider is not always the issuer.

Use Data coverage & evidence and the timeline information control to inspect source ages and gaps. An alert with no usable polygon may not be drawn. Lightning samples can be capped. No visible alert, no matched asset, or an unavailable layer must not be read as an all-clear.

This is an independent visualization for exploration and planning. For protective action, read the official bulletin and follow your organization’s procedures.

Troubleshooting

I cannot see much of the map.

Choose Map view and close the portfolio, exposure or detail panel. On desktop, Split places the asset table beside the map.

Weather disappeared after choosing a company.

Check Weather only near assets, selected region, enabled layers and map time. Try All weather. A blank area can reflect filtering or unavailable data.

Playback stopped or tiles are missing.

Connection failures pause playback and retry after recovery. Rate limits enforce a cooldown. Once imagery returns, resume playback manually. If you are on an old tab, refresh after your connection is stable.

Why does the same company or facility appear several times?

Source records can name owners, operators, subsidiaries or separate phases. Review the source and company-name selection. Do not add these counts together as independent facilities.