What is Deep Thunder?
Deep Thunder is a service that provides local, high-resolution weather predictions customized to business applications for weather-sensitive operations up to a day ahead of time. In particular, the goal is to provide weather forecasts at a level of precision and fast enough to address specific business problems. Such forecasts can be used for competitive advantage or to improve operational efficiency and safety. Users want access to the forecasts in an “on-demand” fashion — disseminated to them the way they want them, when they want them. In reality, improving the effectiveness of a customer’s weather-sensitive operations is not really about the weather. Rather, it is one of optimization of business processes such as resource allocation, scheduling and routing, which are constrained by specific weather events. Long-term, the real value is when the forecasts are integrated into business processes.
