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Sensor PointTM Precise, Site specific Forecast Data
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| Why would anyone use Virtual Sensor PointTM Precise, Site-Specific forecasts rather than free government forecasts? |
The National Weather Service's (NWS) forecasts are posted every six hours with hour-by-hour forecast data limited to selected US regions only with no central distribution site and no international support. No customer service is provided and the NWS output may be modified, reformatted, or extended with little or no notice to users. With Sensor Point™, we can provide completely customized, localized, hour-by-hour data anywhere in the world, and work with you to make sure you get it how and when you need it
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| What about other free online forecasts? |
Free data comes with no customer service or technical support. It is also restricted to non-commercial use. No verification or reliability statistics are shown; free data is provided 'as is', can disappear or change and cannot be customized to meet your needs. |
| How does Precise, Site-Specific forecast data differ from that offered by other commercial providers? |
Competitor forecast data is updated once each six hours. Sensor Point™ Precise, Site-Specific forecast data, in the form of an hour-by-hour time series, is updated once per hour and with higher frequencies available with proprietary sensors. Forecasts are made available for on-line automatic data delivery/extraction or web data service access to support software systems and devices (fixed or mobile).
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| How does Sensor PointTM forecast accuracy compare with competitor forecasts? |
Competitor model data tends to be for areas rather than point sites and have a rather large 'latency' compared to Sensor PointTM Site-Specific forecast data. This is partly because updates are provided only once each six hours. Sensor Point™ system forecasts perform dramatically better, especially within the first 12 - 18 hours. |
| How does Sensor Point™ system make this happen? |
Government models are very accurate, but are 'area rather than location' oriented. The Sensor Point™ system's forecast process uses certified ground station (or on-site proprietary sensor) observations and sophisticated physical modeling techniques to 'localize' and eliminate the latency of government forecast model data. |
