MeteoGroupMeteoGroupEurope’s largest independent weather Europe’s largest independent weather

providerprovider

| page 1

Aisling CreeveyMeteoGroup UK

www.meteogroup.com

Contents

1. History2. Clients3. Weather Products4. Weather

| page 2

4. Weather Forecasting Tools

5. My day to day tasks

1. History• Founded in 1986

– PA WeatherCentre 1997

• Acquired by PA in 2005• Offices in nine European

countries + USA• 230 staff, more than 100

| page 3

• 230 staff, more than 100 meteorologists

• 25 meteorologists in London• Extensive data sources• Investment in MRD• Total support 24/7/365• Europe’s Largest private

sector weather business

2. Client baseTrading names…. • RoadCast• AviaCast• RailCast• BuildCast

| page 4

• BuildCast• LeisureCast• HydroCast• PortCast

Client Examples

• Roads• Rail• Energy

| page 5

Roads

| page 6

• Over 50% of the market• Highways Association • Local Authority clients• National Traffic Control

Centre

RoadCast

| page 7

Centre• Full client support 24/7• High quality road model –

extensive MRD research/development

• Client training

RoadCast•Text forecasts•Graph Forecasts and monitoring•Site specific forecasts•24 hour monitoring

| page 8

Rail

| page 9

RailCast

| page 10

RailCast

| page 11

Network forecasting

• Allows temperature variations to be mapped

• Tables can show

| page 12

• Tables can show forecasts for ‘ghost runs’

• Potential for selective salting by route

RailCast

| page 13

Network Rail

• Full forecast service– General weather– Hazards– Conductor rail icing

| page 14

• Observations• Autumn adhesion

forecast

Energy

| page 15

Energy

• Trading• Power production

– Gas/coal– Nuclear

| page 16

– Nuclear– Wind– Wave

3. Weather Products

• Raintoday• Weather Pro• Meteoearth• Weather Video

| page 17

• Weather Video• Vodcast• Web Graphics• Page Ready

RainToday.co.uk

| page 18

WeatherPro

| page 19

MeteoEarth

| page 20

| page 21

MeteoEarth

| page 22

Weather Video

| page 23

Vodcast

| page 24

Web Graphics

| page 25

| page 26

| page 27

Page Ready

• In-house design

• Ready to print

| page 28

• Customised panels

• 365 days a year

• Over 100 titles

| page 29

| page 30

| page 31

4. Weather Forecasting

• Data Sources• Midas• Satellite• Precipitation Type Radar

| page 32

• Precipitation Type Radar• MOS• Observations

Data sources

| page 33

MIDAS - ECMWF

| page 34

Automatic fronts

| page 35

Global model output

| page 36

Global observations

| page 37

Satellite imagery

| page 38

Precip type radar

| page 39

MM-MOS

• Model Output Statistics

• Site specific forecasts

• 100+ elements

| page 40

• 100+ elements

• Climatology

• World-wide coverage

• Forecaster intervention

Observations

| page 41

5. My day to day tasks

• Media – Interpreting models and ensuring a concise weather

story– Forecasting!– Writing weather stories

| page 42

– Writing weather stories– Dealing with media calls– Dealing with clients

• Interpreting Charts– Winter Charts– Summer Charts– Recent Example

Media Calls

| page 43

| page 44

Winter Charts

| page 45

| page 46

| page 47

| page 48

| page 49

Summer Charts

| page 50

| page 51

| page 52

| page 53

| page 54

Recent Example

| page 55

High Pressure Situation

| page 56

| page 57

High pressure situation 27 th January 2011. North-easterly winds.

| page 58

| page 59

Precip Type

| page 60

Final Thoughts

• The Advantages– Love what I do– Everyday is completely different– Great team– Observe weather history in the making

| page 61

– Observe weather history in the making– Private industry

• Disadvantages– Unsociable hours– High pressure– Private Industry– Your mistakes are very public!

| page 62

Questions?

Useful Links

• www.meteogroup.co.uk• www.raintoday.co.uk• www.weatherpro.eu

| page 63

• www.weatherpro.eu• www.wetterzentrale.de• www.eumetsat.int

SilverLining

| page 64