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Welcome to the SPCBot Wiki 🛰️

SPCBot (v5.13.0) is a high-performance, severe weather monitoring Discord bot. Built for enthusiasts and researchers, it delivers near-zero latency alerts, real-time analytics, and automated scientific plots.

🚀 Key Features

• Gold-Standard Alerting: NWWS-OI (XMPP) integration for sub-second latency on NWS products.
• Warning Lifecycle: Real-time tracking of SVR, TOR, and FFW warnings including status updates (CON, EXT, EXA).
• Tornado Dashboard: Automated damage survey detection, official DAT photo carousels, and local OSM track rendering.
• Scientific Analysis: Automated RAOB/ACARS sounding plots, VWP hodographs, and CSU-MLP/WxNext2 AI forecasts.
• High Availability: Active/Standby failover with leader election and state synchronization.

📖 Wiki Sections

Getting Started

Learn how to install SPCBot via Docker or systemd, configure your environment, and get the bot online.

Core Features

• Alerting & Authority: Hierarchy of data sources and latency advantages.
• Warning Lifecycle & Updates: How VTEC products are parsed and tracked.
• Tornado Dashboard & DAT Integration: Survey tracking and photo carousels.

Scientific Tools

• Soundings & Hodographs: Observed data plotting and auto-posting logic.
• Forecast Models: CSU-MLP, NCAR WxNext2, and SCP graphics.

Advanced Architecture

• High Availability & Failover: Primary/Standby logic and Upstash leases.
• State Persistence Model: Hybrid Upstash Redis + SQLite architecture.

Reference

• Slash Command Reference: Complete guide to bot interactions.
• Maintenance & Operations: Monitoring tools and admin commands.