Alarm Clock with Automatic Advance

Idea for Alarm Clock with Automatic Advance

Why doesn't someone invent an alarm clock that would automatically advance the clock wake up signal if there were adverse weather conditions? Example - The alarm goes off 15 minutes early because of bad weather. 

I did some brief searching on the Internet and did not find much. Here is the search string I used - (alarm-clock (inclement OR bad OR adverse)-weather). 

In my searching, I found a mobile phone app that has this feature but has limitations, mostly that the phone has to be "on". 

Why can't someone make a regular alarm clock I could get at the local store to do this?

To make this scheme work, the local radio station could send an extra signal on their carrier wave to alert of bad weather conditions. This alert could be in the form of severity index. 

Example - The station would send a "one" signal for light snow and a "ten" signal for heavy snow.

I suppose an Internet Weather Service could do this too, but I like the idea of a weather person determining the local severity index.

The user could adjust the clock profile to pre-program how much extra time to give for each event. Example - One driver may need more time for a few inches of snow than another driver may.

For more information, use search string above. 

Also, see USPTO Class/Subclasses for "How-To" ideas - 340/825, 368/10. Existing concepts for alarm clocks, weather radios, TV information feeds, cable TV feeds, weather monitors, etc. might give you invention building blocks. 

Disclaimer - Article is for information only and is not advice of any kind.