Cross Industries Articles

Using Consistent Weather Coverage to Operate Efficiently in Food Manufacturing

When weather threatens food production & distribution, manufacturing plants must mitigate any risk.

U.S. Winter Hazards Forecast

Winter weather forecast for October 2021-March 2022. Identifies risk areas for winter hazards including Pacific winter storms, snowfall accumulation and hard freeze.

StormGeo Q&A: How Organizations Can Ensure Business Continuity During a Severe Weather Event

Alison Svrcek, Global Director of Client Services and Manager of Business Continuity for StormGeo, sat down with Continuity Insights to discuss how organizations can ensure...

5 Tips to Ensure Business Continuity During a Winter Storm

When severe weather is in the forecast, businesses turn their focus to safeguarding life, mitigating risks, and reducing operational and financial costs.

Critical Keys for Business Continuity During Storms Like Ida

For businesses and other organizations to develop the sort of resilience needed to withstand a disaster like Hurricane Ida, having a plan for employees and...

Five Steps to Prepare Your Event for Severe Weather

The wrong weather can be disastrous for an event, especially if that event is outdoors or your guests/speakers are travelling in.

StormGeo Q&A: Making Preparations for Mother Nature

In this Q&A with the DRJ, our VP for Cross Industry, Courtland Keith, offers her advice on how entities can best prepare when Mother Nature...

Weatherproofing Your Business Continuity Plan

Watch this on-demand webinar to hear from two business continuity experts on how they weatherproof their companies' plans to continue operations before, during and after...

Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast 2021

In this regularly updated forecast, we look at water temperatures across the Atlantic and Pacific as well as long-range patterns to identify where and how...

Tips for Planning Construction Projects Around Severe Weather

We spoke with Construction Executive about our top tips for the construction industry in maintaining safe, timely operations during severe weather season.

How to Be Last to Close & First to Open this Hurricane Season

The 2021 hurricane season is forecast to have above-normal levels of activity.

5 Tips for Hurricane Season [Video]

Hurricane season is here. Is your business ready? Here are 5 tips from our storm experts to stay ahead of the storm!

Hurricane Preparedness Webinar & Outlook

Join StormGeo for the online Hurricane Preparedness Webinar and Outlook, featuring sessions from Hurricane experts and professionals.

U.S. Wildfire Forecast

Fire weather forecast for July–Sept 2021. Identifies risk areas for large-scale wildfires based on analysis of current temperatures, precipitation, soil moisture and drought category.

What to Expect & How to Protect Your Business This Hurricane Season

StormGeo's hurricane experts give their outlook for the 2021 hurricane season, plus tips for how businesses can protect themselves.

Five Ways to Prepare Your Hospital for Hurricane Season

Is your hospital ready for severe weather, including hurricanes?One of the toughest jobs in healthcare administration is anticipating worst-case scenarios, with weather playing a big...

Top 5 Problems in Most Hurricane Response Plans (and how to solve them)

StormGeo's hurricane experts have years of experience helping businesses develop hurricane response plans.

Spring 2021 Outlook for Large Hail, Damaging Wind and Tornado Events

Fred Schmude, Senior Long Range Scientist at StormGeo looks at the Spring 2021 Outlook for Large Hail, Damaging Wind and Tornado Events

[On Demand Webinar] How 3 Banks Safeguard Their People and Facilities from Weather

Watch our on-demand webinar: A business’s most valued assets typically fall into two categories: facilities and people.

What is the Polar Vortex and how does it influence recent extreme winter weather events?

Why is it important to have an enhanced weather action plan for your business?

As our climate continues to change at a steady pace, and weather patterns change as a result, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to assume...

How Can School Districts Protect Themselves Against Severe Weather?

With the number of public weather sources available, there is always the potential that members of the community will disagree with your decision.

2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Chris Hebert takes a look back at the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Europe 2020-2021 Winter Weather Outlook

StormGeo Forecasters share what weather can be expected across Europe this winter season:

Guide: Building Policyholder Trust in the Insurance Industry

While we can’t control the weather, we are getting better at predicting it! Private weather forecasts are revolutionizing how companies prepare and respond to severe...

Applying Weather Intelligence to Your Business Decisions

Register for this webinar on how to apply predictive weather response to your business decision guidance.

Right-size your Claims Response with Advanced Weather Insights

Over the past decade, the US has experienced a record number of billion dollar disasters.

Hurricane Isaias

During the course of Isaias' development through the storm's landfall, the StormGeo TropicsWatch team will closely monitored the storm—developing real-time, daily video updates with forecasts...

Weathering the Storm: Three Ways Banks Can Prepare for Severe Weather

Despite the fact that suspending business for a period of just a few days can lead to permanent closure within three years, only 25 percent...

Hurricane Hanna

Forecast updates on Hurricane Hanna. See how StormGeo can help your business before, during and after major storms.

Hurricane Douglas

During the course of Hurricane Douglas' development through the storm's landfall, the StormGeo TropicsWatch team will closely monitored the storm—developing real-time, daily video updates with...

[On Demand] How to Become a TropicsWatch Expert

The StormGeo Vortex Portal grants you access to the TropicsWatch tools and forecasts to ensure that you understand the direct potential impact for your locations...

Tropical Storm Cristobal

During the course of Tropical Storm Cristobal's development through the storm's landfall, the StormGeo TropicsWatch team will closely monitored the storm—developing real-time, daily video updates...

Seven steps manufacturing can take to reduce damage from severe weather

In 2019, severe weather caused USD 232 billion in global economic losses.

[On Demand Webinar] Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook for Onshore Business | April 23, 2020

Watch our on-demand webinar and get an update from Lead Hurricane Forecaster Chris Hebert on the key global and regional indicators that shape the Atlantic...

Manufacturers Walk a Minefield of Severe Weather Risks

In 2018, severe weather resulted in USD 215 billion in economic losses globally.

Preparing Your Business for Severe Weather During a Crisis

To help support you in this hectic time, we’ve listed some steps you can take to better distribute your resources to stay ahead of any...

How Hospitals Can Prepare for Severe Weather in a Time of Crisis

While it’s hard to focus on anything but COVID-19, this year’s severe weather isn’t going anywhere.

How Your Business Can Survive the Rising Flood Waters of Climate Change

With climate change, flooding is occurring more frequently and catching us unprepared.

How Can the Public Sector Protect Itself Against Severe Weather?

Without proper planning, agencies like schools and government can be vulnerable to natural disasters.

StormGeo Joins Urban Flood Open Knowledge Network Project Team

The UFOKN will empower decision makers and the general public by providing information on how much flooding can occur from a future event, as well...

[Webinar] Responding to Storms: Continuity Experts Share Their Lessons Learned

We gathered three emergency management experts from the top healthcare systems – HCA Healthcare, Medxcel and Texas Children’s Hospital - to share their key lessons...

Storm Warning: What Banks Need To Do When Severe Weather Strikes

A bank's response in these situations can have far-reaching implications on bottom-line variables such as customer retention, loan terms, and community engagement.

[Webinar] North America Winter Weather Outlook

Watch the webinar to learn more about the winter weather forecast for North America, plus tools to help your business plan around the weather at...

These Patterns are to Blame for Year-Round Wildfires in California

California has more fires, more properties at risk (over two million) and has had the 10 costliest wildfires in U. S. history.

Yes, We’re Open: How Staying Open During the Storm Can Benefit Your Bank

Following the record-breaking 2008 flood which saw the river crest at 31 feet, the City of Cedar Rapids made changes to their emergency response plans...

Hurricane Recovery: Restoring Business Operations

Part 3: We outline what you’ll need to relocate your operations if there has been a significant loss.

Guide: Under the Weather

Prepare your healthcare facility for severe weather events with: solutions to the 5 major challenges emergency planners face, ways to overcome the 4 most common...

Hurricane Recovery: Phased Return to Work

Part 2: We list the necessary steps associated with returning to your primary work location following a hurricane.

Guide: How to Harness the Lifesaving Power of Twitter

Twitter could literally save your life during an emergency.

Hurricane Recovery: Assessing Damage and Staying Accountable

Part 1: We cover the steps associated with damage assessment and accounting for personnel.

Tips on How to Stay Safe in a Heat Wave

Heat is the number one weather-related cause of death in the US and a leading hazard worldwide.

Balancing Safety and Productivity in Dangerous Weather

A severe storm can destroy a facility, wipe out a job site, or put lives at risk. Appropriately responding to weather is essential.

Guide: Tracking Storms to Keep Your Business on Track

"Tracking Storms to Keep Your Business on Track: Hurricane Preparation Guide" will educate you about hurricanes and how they form, plus provide crucial checklists, resources...

How to Prepare Your Business For Hurricane Season

According to the American Red Cross, 97% of Americans have not taken the basic steps toward disaster preparedness.

Emergency Planning For Healthcare Professionals

Fortunately, the hospital's emergency plan calls for back-up generators to keep the power on during such emergencies.

Keep Your Business Open During an Outage

Some patrons walk out, while new ones are turned away. Without electricity, staffers can’t ring up meals customers already ordered.

Health, Wealth and Weather

While Mark Twain makes two very excellent points in the grand scheme of weather and preparedness, it is true that you cannot alter the course...

Preparing Your Employees for Hurricanes

Part 3 of the Hurricane Prep for Business Series. In any business, people are your most important asset.

Planning For Recovery After a Hurricane

Part 2 of the Hurricane Prep for Business Series. According to the U. S.

Ensure Your Hurricane Plan Has the Right Timeline and Triggers

Part 1 of the Hurricane Prep for Business Series.

Will Machine Learning Make Us Rethink Chaos Theory?

“Long-term climate forecasting is impossible.

Reading Your Audience: How to Use Web Analytics to Enhance User Experience

I have always been interested in the information science field, specifically, discovering and mitigating extraneous web activity.

Protect Your Hospital From Future Storms

For hospitals and healthcare facilities, one day of weather impacted operations can mean losing millions of dollars.

Overcome 3 Common Mistakes in Your Preparedness Strategy

Though most businesses have a preparedness strategy in place, these strategies are particularly vulnerable to complacency.

Make Sure Your Small Business Stands Tall When Weather Bears Down

More than three months after the storm’s initial destruction, many business owners are still trying to find their feet, paying recovery expenses out of their...

Vulnerability Assessments: Poke Holes Beforehand So Nothing Falls Through

Unexpected events have a way of shining a bright light on a business’s greatest deficiency.

Prepare Your Business for Weather Disasters

We often overlook the risks associated with events of any magnitude until they arrive, but consider what a lack of preparedness could engender.

Prepare Your Company And Supply Chain For Hazardous Weather

Unsurprisingly, natural disasters carry heavy financial burdens. Research done for the “Annual Disaster Statistical Review” in 2013 shows these occurrences cost the U. S.

Supporting Employees Is the Most Important Part of Emergency Planning

Emergency weather planning is important for business.

Three Tips for Countering Human Error When Weather Shuts Your Facility Down

If a business has never been through a weather disaster, management and employees might not believe it until they see it or downplay the effects...

Weather Technology May Be the Key to Winter Productivity

Try as you might, you can't stop Mother Nature.

How Analyzing Weather Data Can Benefit Your Project Deadlines

Missed deadlines happen—sometimes, it’s unavoidable.

Four Ways Leadership Can Prepare Facilities for Weather Disruptions

If not, there is the very real risk for huge revenue losses, crippling facility damage, staff and operational turmoil, and compromised customer service, all of...

Emergency Weather Preparedness: Lessons from Hurricane Hermine

As it lingered in the Atlantic and threatened the Jersey Shore, Gov. Chris Christie declared a state of emergency.

3 Ways Customized Weather Solutions Pay Off for Businesses

Companies do this even when stakes are high, relying on free weather apps and TV forecasts to track storms in their areas, thinking they’re saving...

Prepare Your Hospital For Tornado Season

In this guest post, Scott Jeffries, industry manager of onshore corporate services for a provider of professional weather services, provides advice on key areas for...

How Hospitals Create Unbreakable Supply Chains During Storms

And while hospitals are required to be stocked and self-sufficient for up to 96 hours, that doesn't mean all of those supplies are on site.

Predicting Marine Fog Means Fewer Shut-Downs for Refineries

This type of fog can impact ports all around the world, at just about any time of year, as is the case in San Francisco...

Don't Let the Next Weather-Related Outage Leave You Light on Recourse

Whether it’s sending executives to travel abroad or trying to not to strand employees due to facility breakdowns, Target uses advanced weather technology and other...

Fog Forecasting Service

Imagine having as much as 120 hours to reschedule incoming supplies and outgoing product, or avoiding a shut-down because of the foresight to clear warehouses...

[Webinar] Why You Need More Than a Simple Weather Forecast

Watch the webinar to learn about the tools you need to strategically respond to weather’s effect on your operations.