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Facility & Plant Weather

Predict lightning risks and

dangerous weather conditions to maintain safe,

uninterrupted operations at large facilities

such as factories.

Predict lightning risks and dangerous weather conditions to maintain safe, uninterrupted operations at large facilities such as factories.

Facility & Plant Weather challenges
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Tired of Product Waste and Rework from Voltage Sags?

In production facilities such as factories, manufacturing lines may stop due to voltage sags or power outages.
Early detection of lightning strikes is necessary to prevent manufacturing delays and rework.

Available solutions

Weathernews' Voltage Sag Countermeasure Service

Early identification of voltage sag risks from lightning, supporting decisions to stop production lines or switch to backup power generation.

Key Benefits

Monitor lightning strike risks near factories

The lightning risk monitoring function of Weathernews for business monitors lightning risks within an arbitrary radius around the factory (distance can be set in two stages).
When lightning risks overlap within the specified range, it immediately notifies smartphones via push notifications.

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Voltage Sag Countermeasure Concerns?
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Need to Protect Employee Lives from Heat Stroke?

Following amendments to the Industrial Safety and Health Regulations by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, employers are now required to implement Heat Stroke Prevention.
Particularly for worksites operating in high-temperature environments during summer, continuous monitoring of factory and facility temperatures and WBGT (heat index) is essential for implementing appropriate risk-based measures to protect employee health and safety.

Available solutions

Weathernews' Heat Stroke Prevention Support Service

Monitor heat stroke risks at your factory and provide timely alerts to keep your employees safe.

Key Benefits

Pinpoint Heat Stroke Risk Assessment Based on High-Precision Forecasts for Work Sites

Weathernews for business displays heat stroke risks around factories nationwide using an easy-to-understand color-coded system for instant recognition.
Additionally, real-time temperature and WBGT (heat index) measurements are taken at work sites using our weather observation device 'Soratena Pro'.
When heat stroke risks increase, workers and supervisors on-site receive push notifications through our dedicated app on their smartphones for immediate alerts.

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Soratena Pro®︎

Heat Stroke Prevention Concerns?
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Want to Quantitatively Assess Weather Impacts on Outdoor Properties?

While typhoon information can be checked through free weather forecasts, it's difficult to understand how much impact there will be on properties that your company maintains. When will it rain or snow? How much? How strong will the wind be? We want to correctly understand the scale of severe weather risks and implement comprehensive preventive measures.

Available solutions

Weathernews' Severe Weather Risk Countermeasure Service

Pinpoint monitoring of maintenance target properties. Push notifications when risks from linear precipitation bands or guerrilla thunderstorms occur, helping with preventive measures.

Key Benefits

Pinpoint risk assessment for properties

Alerts when severe weather risks such as typhoons, linear precipitation bands, and guerrilla thunderstorms occur at properties.
After receiving alerts, you can check detailed rainfall and wind speed at the pinpoint location of the property through the app.

Key Benefits

Unify information sources among employees for rapid response support

During severe weather, if each employee collects information from different sources, decision-making may be delayed and response actions may become inconsistent.
By constantly sharing reliable specialized weather information with staff, it becomes easier to unify intentions and enables rapid response.

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    Weather damage assessment and business impact

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Severe Weather Risk Concerns?
- Contact us for details

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How do you Ensure Employee Safety during Extreme Weather Commutes?

Large commercial facilities and factories have many employees commuting to work.
When typhoons, disaster-level heavy rain, or heavy snow occur, we want to make early decisions about employee attendance and early departure.

Available solutions

Weathernews' Commuting Decision Service

Make decisions before severe weather affects employee transportation routes.

Key Benefits

Check transportation impact risk forecasts for commuting decisions

The transportation impact risk function of Weathernews for business predicts the occurrence of transportation impacts on roads and railways up to 72 hours ahead.
When the possibility of transportation impact risks is high, you can notify employees early.

Key Benefits

Accurately understand facility and store operating hours

Information about what will happen next is essential to determine how long stores can stay open or factories can operate. Weathernews' flooding, inundation, and cumulative rainfall predictions allow pinpoint confirmation of risks at each location, enabling optimization of your customers' business operating hours while ensuring employee safety.

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Soratena Pro®︎

Commuting Decision Concerns?
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Looking to Implement Wave Overtopping Countermeasures for Coastal Warehouses?

Coastal warehouses may experience flooding inside due to overtopping, causing human damage and water damage to products.

Available solutions

Weathernews' Flood Risk Countermeasure Service

Provide nearby marine information to protect employees working in warehouses and products.

Key Benefits

Advance understanding of wave flooding impacts on warehouses

The marine weather information service of Weathernews for business predicts wave heights and wind strength up to 72 hours ahead through proprietary advanced wave forecasting.In addition to land-based measures, you can plan for wave risks coming from the sea and implement advance safety measures.

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Flood Risk Concerns?
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