Meteomatics bespoke drone weather forecasts

For any kind of aerial operations exceeding flight heights of a couple of metres, the knowledge of vertical changes in weather conditions can make the difference between success and failure. Especially the factors wind speed, temperature, precipitation and humidity show to be crucial. As estimating these changes by eye or neighbouring measurement platforms turns more and more into a lottery with increasing height,

Meteomatics has developed the Meteomatics UAV Flight Weather (http://flightweather.meteomatics.com). The unique data quality enables precise and global forecasts for heights of up to 2.5km above ground.

For professional users we also provide:

• High altitude weather forecasts up to 20km
• Radar and satellite images
• Route planning and optimisation

Currently, the Meteomatics Flight Weather is already in operational use prior to conducting flights with the Meteomatics Meteodrones. Thereby, the Flight Weather has shown to be a reliable tool in thousands of UAV flights around the globe ranging from alpine areas in wintertime to pre-convective severe storm scenarios in Oklahoma.

About Meteomatics:

Meteomatics is a company based in St. Gallen, Switzerland and offers meteorological products and services for industries such as the energy and trading sectors, which have a demand for extremely accurate weather forecasts. Here Meteomatics has an excellent reputation of market-leading accuracy in temperature, solar power and wind power forecasts. In June 2015 Meteomatics was awarded for the Meteodrone project with the STARTFELD Diamant, a price for the most innovative company of Eastern Switzerland. The development of the Meteodrones is supported by MeteoSwiss, the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), the Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI) and the STARTFELD foundation in St. Gallen.