Abstract: A system for in-situ forecasting including a first vehicle including a measuring device recording weather data correlating to an external environmental condition of interest, a storage device on the first vehicle in which the weather data is received, the storage device being operatively connected to the measuring device, a processor on the first vehicle, the processor operatively connected to the storage device, the processor accessing an automatic detection algorithm to generate environmental event condition data to be stored on the storage device, a forecast algorithm accessed by the processor wherein the processor accesses the environmental event condition data for use in the forecast algorithm, a forecast created by the processor, the processor accessing the forecast algorithm and wherein the forecast is stored on the storage device, and a risk mitigation instruction created by the processor wherein the risk mitigation instruction in based on the forecast.