meteoDSS Severe Weather Centers: Keeping you informed of severe weather
meteoDSS Severe Weather Centers
meteoDSS is a specialist and innovation leader in early severe weather warning and as the only private weather service operates its our own Severe Weather Centers. meteoDSS' weather experts observe the weather and provide warnings of extreme weather conditions such as storms/hurricanes, heavy rain, thunderstorms, hail, heavy snow, freezing rain and extreme temperatures worldwide in a uniform warning system up to 48 hours in advance. A perfectly adjusted four-step warning concept informs you of the intensity of the severe weather to be expected. With the help of severe weather warnings risks can be reliably minimised and planning optimised, thus saving costs. More...
Innovative warning system
meteoDSS has developed and operates an innovative warning system that can be implemented worldwide and allows all severe weather warnings to be provided with geo-coordinate accuracy. In contrast to an inflexible warning grid, meteoDSS' concept is a flexible polygon principle. This allows warnings to be defined individually and according to requirements for a defined area (e.g. post code, district), line (e.g. rail lines, power lines) or geo-coodinates (e.g. buildings). The warning thresholds can be adjusted for the individual warning levels according to customer preferences.
Sophisticated early severe weather warnings
A significant part of our warning system is our own private weather station measurement network which includes over 830 stations. All in all, our weather experts can draw on data from 17,000 weather stations worldwide. meteomedia thus has one of Europe's densest weather databases. What is more, radar, satellite and lightning data in a high spatial and temporal resolution allow a detailed view on weather situations. The basis of professional and exact severe weather forecasts is the evaluation of leading weather models - both national and international - as well as company-own prediction methods.
International severe weather warnings
meteoDSS' warning system can be implemented worldwide. meteoDSS has established the Severe Weather Center Europe based on our innovative warning system. Both individual countries in Europe and overseas territories receive warnings. The first Severe Weather Center in Asia, the Severe Weather Center Philippines is currently under construction. More Severe Weather Centers are constantly being built in other countries. Our international customers thus profit from a one-stop service for unique and reliable severe weather warnings.
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Weather Cockpit
Weather and geographic information systems (GIS)
The use of geographic information systems (GIS) allows detailed spatial analysis. The spatial component is crucial, especially for the assessment of natural hazards. All meteoDSS weather data can be provided for GIS integration - from accurate severe weather warnings and up-to-date measurement data to statistical comparison values. In particular, the combination of up-to-date severe weather warnings and inventory data allows accurate delineation of the affected and non-affected areas and properties, thus making reliable assessment of risk possible. The combination of GIS and weather data offers all weather-dependent companies as well as fire brigades and catastrophe staff useful support.
Our services
- International severe weather warnings from a uniform warning system
- Accurate worldwide weather data via 17,000 weather stations
- International modelled climate database
- Individual data deliveries: regular or event-dependent
- Highest quality in accordance with the international WMO (World Meteorological Organization) standard
Your benefits at a glance
- Reliable assessment of severe weather hazards
- Efficient warning system and real-time monitoring
- Development of spatial contexts
- Optimised damage and risk management
- Introduction of targeted measures to prevent danger
Severe weather mobile services
Severe weather mobile services offer companies and catastrophe staff decisive advantages as regards damage precautions, customer retention and internal process control. If customers receive reliable severe weather warnings they are in a position to take targeted action in order to reduce or completely avoid damage. As a provider of an innovative and reliable customer service, you also profit from continuous customer contact and customer acquisition. Internally, the severe weather mobile services serve to actively warn company and control centre employees. It is thus possible to introduce the necessary measures in good time in order to guarantee perfect preparation for severe weather situations and optimum control over processes. meteomedia develops customised severe weather services entirely according to requirements.
Our services
- Delivery of up-to-date severe weather warnings to your customers and/or employees
- Delivery with alarm function via email, SMS and/or smartphone app
- Delivery of all severe weather warnings, severe weather types and warning levels
- Individual profile settings
- All services branded according to preferences
Your benefits at a glance
- Opportunity to save material assets and, in extreme cases, human life
- Continuous customer contact and customer acquisition
- Reduced willingness to switch to competitors
- Optimisation of internal processes and deployment of staff and materials
- Raised awareness of severe weather
Severe weather web service
All up-to-date meteomedia Severe Weather Center warnings can be accessed via the Severe Weather web service: as often and for as many geo-coordinates, post codes or other areas as you desire. This allows direct integration into IT systems and fully automated processes to be controlled dependent on the current severe weather situation. All that is required to retrieve the severe weather warnings is internet access and an access code (apID) from the Severe Weather Center. The Severe Weather web service automatically sends XML files containing all active severe weather warnings for the area entered. The XML format allows the warnings to be easily processed - whether for your own needs or forwarding to customers.
Our services
- Provision of all warnings from meteomedia's Severe Weather Centers
- Individual warning areas and thresholds
- Constantly updated warnings in accordance with the weather situation
- Web services in accordance with the REST method
- Protection via HTTP authentication
Your benefits at a glance
- Access to warnings as often and for as many areas as you desire
- Direct coupling of processes with active severe weather warnings
- Simple data processing due to provision of XML files
Severe Weather Center subscriptions
Everyone has free access to the Severe Weather Center Germany at www.unwetterzentrale.de. We also offer companies, authorities, fire departments, etc. special subscriptions with access to the Severe Weather Centers' services in the closed online user area. The subscriptions include access to all extensive warning texts and further weather data. Some subscriptions include proactive delivery of the warnings via email, SMS and/or fax. You can find more information here.
Our services
- Detailed warning reports for all areas of Germany
- Precipitation radar data and accumulated precipitation charts
- Up-to-date lightning detection
- Google Earth layer including smoke dispersion forecasts
- Delivery of warnings via email, SMS and/or fax if required
Your benefits at a glance
- Opportunity to save material assets and, in extreme cases, human life
- Early conducting of targeted measures
- Reduced costs due to reduced damage
- Optimisation of planning deployment for control centres
Severe Weather Centers
As the only private weather service, meteomedia operates its own Severe Weather Centers and provides accurate international severe weather warnings in a uniform warning system. Comprehensive country-specific weather information is made available to citizens, public authorities, companies and all internet users via the online portals of the Severe Weather Center Europe and the Severe Weather Center Philippines.
Examples of special severe weather events from germany you can find here: Severe weather events.
An comprehensive range of free services has been developed: they are specifically tailored to the needs of individual countries and leave nothing to be desired. In addition to severe weather warnings every portal has a wealth of other weather information. This includes animations such as streamline and cloud/precipitation films as well as precipitation radar and accurate point forecasts - from local weather situations to international weather.
Our services
- Warnings for storms/hurricanes, heavy rain, thunderstorms, hail, heavy snow, freezing rain, etc.
- Extensive warning text
- 48-hour advance warnings
- Animated information, e.g. streamline, cloud/precipitation films and precipitation radar data
- Warnings for Europe and the Philippines
Your benefits at a glance
- Accurate, early severe weather warnings
- Uniform warning system for the whole of Europe and the Philippines
- Additional, detailed information as required
Severe Weather Center Weather Cockpit
The meteomedia Weather Cockpit is a web-based planning and risk management tool that contains extensive information and can be accessed on the go at any time from a smartphone or tablet. It contributes significantly towards helping you optimise the planning of your activities and tasks in accordance with the weather. The Weather Cockpit has a modular structure comprising a large number of weather widgets and can if required include both severe weather warnings and other weather data. Users have the option to create, configure and add their own data to "their" weather information individually. This way, the Weather Cockpit can easily be configured as an individual special application for planning and risk management entirely according to requirements.
Our services
- Extensive international weather information
- Access to measurement data, weather forecasts and severe weather warnings
- Individually user-compiled and -configured
- Clear, user-friendly display
- Mobile access on the go
Your benefits at a glance
- Quick and reliable decision support
- Weather-adjusted, optimised deployment planning
- Reduced damage in severe weather and, in extreme cases, reduced loss of human life
- Cost savings
