PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES SOLUTION
Find out how to reach and alert your end-users in three steps with the MeteoFactory© package
- 1. Use reliable meteorological data by :
- Initializing data base with data available from your Information System
- Adding forecasters expertise, including in case of severe weather events
- Feeding a meteorological data base dedicated to production
- 2. Understand your users needs by :
- Identifying potential users (market studies)
- Defining required products and services (users listening)
- Designing each product (layout, frequency, graphics,...)
- 3. Deliver high quality products by :
- Using native and/or tailored products templates (press, fax, web)
- Scheduling and disseminating products automatically
- Displaying products through all modern technologies
How Does It Work?
MeteoFactory© is based on an integrated state-of-the-art system available on a friendly web interface that allows a very easy use of all features.
Early Warning Solution
Early Warning Solution (EWS) - Generation and dissemination of meteorological alerts and awareness maps
AwareMet – Specific editor for meteorological alerts
Management of meteorological alerts in case of forecasted severe weather
Selection of event type (heavy rainfall, strong winds, sand storms, heat-cold waves, snow, ...)
Alert level allocation (based on Météo-France's 4 levels : Green, Yellow, Orange, Red)
Regular follow-up in case of red and orange alerts
Automatic dissemination of Early Warnings (awareness map and reports) to defined public (authorities, medias, civil security, general public) under the adequate format (fax, email, ...).
Fully compliant with PWS (Public Weather Services)
Early Warnings dissemination
- Using all available means of telecommunications and supports MeteoFactory© disseminates alerts and follow-ups accordingly to your required processes.
Specific assistance to set-up your Early Warning System
- Specific trainings such as Media skills, presentation techniques, Crisis communication
- Transfer of knowledge from Météo-France
- Assist in definition of relevant dissemination policy with authorities
Forecaster’s Expertise
MetEditor : Forecaster's expertise input interface for Public Weather Services (PWS)
- All existing and expected wethar features available on digital format
- Validation or modification of raw data by the forecaster according to his experience
- General forecast reports writing
- Optimization of forecaster(s) work, uniqueness of data capture
- Ability to work at national or local scale (regional, provincial, local areas) from headquarter or by integration with regional centres
- All expected weather features available on digital format
- Regular update of 48-72h forecasts (according to local forecasting organization).
MeteoFactory© is specifically meant to be plugged to SYNERGIE (the expert's tool for forecasting and warnings) and it opens the solution to the production of added value information through the MetEditor interface.
Product Set Up & Customization
MeteoFactory© integrates transfer of knowledge and team support from Meteo France International thereby ensuring an extensive distribution of your services.
Because we are an integral part of Météo-France (leader in meteorology services in terms of commercial revenues), we have necessary experience and resources to conduct with you :
- market studies,
- client needs analysis,
- product benchmarking,
- definition and conception of required products.
Automatic Production Engine
The production heart of MeteoFactory© hosts a central production data base that stores and makes constantly available and updated all information necessary for automatic production of defined products.
- Storage of all raw and analysed (via MetEditor) meteorological data
- Integration of products specifications as defined with end-users (format, data, frequency, dissemination media)
The production server is composed by a set of different production modules enabling generation of specified products according to different formats, such as:
- Text (suitable for any languages)
- Voice (phone or radio messages in any languages)
- Printable images
- Television broadcasting
- Newspapers (through NewsMeT)
- Warnings
MeteoFactory© is installed with some native products templates created by professional graphic designers (fax, ready-to-print press formats, extranet...). These formats will be adapted on demand to match your organization's or your customers' specific graphics requirements.
To complete this automatic production set, MeteoFactory© is equipped with an automatic scheduling and dissemination server that correlates end-users required deadlines and frequency of availability of new observed and forecasted data to guarantee delivery of up-to-date information. It uses all means of communication to reach your users (Web, fax, ftp, voice, email, public screen displays, sms...).
Product Outputs
To enable creation of all tailored products in specified formats MeteoFactory© gives access to an array of optional modules such as :
Support Services
As your partner Meteo France International will assist you during all marketing and installation process of the MeteoFactory© in order to ensure end-users satisfaction :
- Market surveys to identify your end-users
- Benchmarking to specify products layouts
- Assist in definition of relevant dissemination policy with authorities
- Transfer of knowledge from Météo-France, specifically for Early Warning Systems applications
- Specific trainings such as Media skills, presentation techniques, Crisis communication
- Technical support to set up the system and products specifications.