TIRE HIGH TEMPERATURE FORECASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD

A tire high temperature forecasting system and method is disclosed. The system (10) comprises: at least one tire (12) supporting a vehicle (14); at least one sensor (30) mounted on the tire (12) for measuring a temperature (58) of the at least one tire (12); an electronic memory capacity in a unit (34) mounted on the at least one tire (12) for storing tire identification information; a processor (38) in electronic communication with the at least one sensor (30) and the electronic memory capacity, wherein the processor (38) is configured to receive and correlate the measured temperature (58), a time of the temperature measurement, and the tire identification information; and transmission means (40) for transmitting the measured temperature, a time of the temperature measurement, and the tire identification information to a remote processor (48). The remote processor (48) is configured for executing a forecasting model (70), the forecasting model (70) generating a forecast estimate (104) and an alert (112) if the forecast estimate (104) includes a predicted high temperature (108) that is greater than a predetermined high temperature threshold (62) for the at least one tire (12).