MeteoGroup Offshore
The weather risk solution that keeps
you working profitably
Learn how MeteoGroup Offshore can help keep you working profitably
You are in a tough business, and we are here to help. It is your responsibility to keep operational costs to a minimum while ensuring high productivity of your assets and the safety of your crew.
Control your operating costs with MeteoGroup Offshore by determining with more accuracy when you can start working, how long you can continue for, and when you need to interrupt work due to adverse weather conditions. The capacity to plan more effectively, weeks or even months in advance, will allow you to increase asset productivity. MeteoGroups complete range of operational safety services will also allow you to improve crew safety.
Backed by industry-leading ISO certifications, our optimal, 24/7 performance makes MeteoGroup Offshore the weather solution that keeps you working profitably. We can help you to:
Reduce operating costs
Increase asset productivity
Improve crew safety
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Learn how MeteoGroup
Offshore can help keep you
working profitably
You are in a tough business, and we are here to help. It is your
responsibility to keep operational costs to a minimum while
ensuring high productivity of your assets and the safety of
your crew.
Control your operating costs with MeteoGroup Offshore by
determining with more accuracy when you can start working,
how long you can continue for, and when you need to interrupt
work due to adverse weather conditions. The capacity to plan
more effectively, weeks or even months in advance, will allow
you to increase asset productivity. MeteoGroups complete
range of operational safety services will also allow you to
improve crew safety.
Backed by industry-leading ISO certifications, our optimal, 24/7 performance
makes MeteoGroup Offshore the weather solution that keeps you working
profitably. We can help you to:
Reduce operating costs
Increase asset productivity
Improve crew safety
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Reduce operating costs
While youre keeping your eye on your costs, you need an expert keeping an eye on the weather. Interrupt work too soon, and
you lose valuable workable days. Interrupt too late, and you can incur costly damage, or even compromise safety. MeteoGroup
Offshores reliable forecast data and expertise keeps your team on the job as long as possible.
MeteoGroup Offshore combines multiple
local and global weather models, enriched by
in-house meteorologists totalling over 200 years
of experience. This results in a marine forecast
model that outperforms any alternative. Over
25 years of Offshore industry experience brings
our forecasts and expertise to the high standard
you expect.
MeteoGroup Offshore provides a full spectrum
of essential marine parameters, including spectral
data and tidal current to cover all your needs. Our
advanced nowcasting capability allows you to
make the right decisions with confidence. Make
comfortable waiting on weather decisions with
the operational planning tool Nowcasting Pro6,
which will help you plan and manage your offshore
operations efficiently. Our detailed and relevant
metocean research and reporting can be tailored
specifically to your needs.
Our longstanding experience and expertise has
taught us to simplify your decision-making in
challenging, low-bandwidth environments. We
provide easy to read but comprehensive forecasts
incorporating your operational thresholds. If you
want to drill-down, our offshore portal offers
detailed map visualizations, customizable tables,
your own observations, and even ensemble
forecasts just a click away.
Expert forecasts from the global weather
authority
Offshore-specific tools and expertise Rapid decision-making with drill-down to
detail
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Increase Asset Productivity
Maximizing asset productivity requires a view into the weather for weeks or even months ahead. MeteoGroup Offshores
long-term forecasts and weather window planner let you find the next feasible windows for deploying or operating key
assets. When your horizon is months rather than weeks, our ultra-long-term planning support brings in climatology and re-
analysed data to give you the insight you need. Whatever your time horizon, MeteoGroup Offshore helps you see over it.
You can easily plan ahead with the interactive Weather
Window Planner, which gives you detailed self-service
workability reporting up to 15 days out. WWP allows you to
specify your own parameters, including required weather
windows (hours), weather thresholds, acceptable project
risks and the earliest start and latest finish date/times. The
weather window planner is based on ensemble forecasts
and provides you an easy to read go/no-go presentation of
complex probabilistic forecast data.
Keeping an eye on all prevailing weather conditions
at locations relevant to you is extremely important
when planning your offshore operations months ahead.
MetoceanPro offers you a self-service tool that gives you
the data on the atmospheric and oceanic conditions that
you critically need. It contains 25 years of monthly updated,
re-analysed weather and climatology parameters from
various global institutes, calibrated and validated by expert
metocean engineers, to ensure we give you the most reliable
data on the market. We can also offer you full-service
through workability reports and consultancy services.
The majority of offshore projects follow the DNV Offshore
Standards DNVGL-ST-N001 guidelines. MeteoGroup
Offshore supports your teams with the right tools and
solutions to comply these guidelines and gain valuable
working days. Our Long-Term forecasts combine
deterministic and ensemble forecasts with up to 15 days
anticipation. Skilled meteorologists highlight weather
patterns, risks, and confidence on the forecasts by adding
model discussion to graphical presentation. These extended
outlook forecasts allow you to confidently plan your
operations.
Interactive Weather Window Planner Ultra-Long-Term Planning Support
Long-Term Forecasts for Project Planning
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Improve Crew Safety
You wont compromise when it comes to the safety of your team, and neither will we.
MeteoGroup offers severe weather monitoring and a set-your-own-alerts lightning tool.
And because MeteoGroup also includes aviation experts, we help you keep your crews
safe in the air as well as offshore. Most importantly, you can rely on MeteoGroup
Offshore 24/7.
Cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons pose a significant threat to your personnel and
equipment. MeteoGroup proactively alerts you to potential threats with our Tropical Storm
Warnings wherever you operate. Thunderstorms and squalls can develop very quickly,
but we make sure you are never caught unprepared. Our experienced meteorologists will
monitor possible threat with our detailed squall forecast service for tropical latitudes. With
the tool LightningTracker you can assess the impact of lightning on your operations and be
alerted (you can set your own alerts) of oncoming strikes to ensure the safety of your crew.
Dedicated aviation briefings and forecasts, including wind shear and icing conditions, help
you ensure your helicopter operations run smoothly and safely and help you adhere to
rules and regulations set out by the CAA. We support your in-air connections through
a team of professionals, including MetObserver instructors and experienced aviation
briefers.
You can rely on MeteoGroup Offshore 24/7. With redundant systems, a 24 hour
Operations Centre for incidents and issues, and a 24 hour weather room with forecasters
on call, MeteoGroup Offshore is here to support you and your crew in literally all kinds of
weather conditions. Our commitment to enhancing customer satisfaction and to delivering
consistent quality in our services has helped MeteoGroup earn the necessary ISO
certifications, covering for example Business Continuity and Information Security.
Severe Weather Monitoring Tools
Aviation Expertise
24/7 reliability and responsiveness
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MeteoGroups weather forecasting
services, including their lean operations
and digitalization, are enabling Vattenfall
to deliver to our principle power climate
smarter living.
Armin Braatz, Project Manager Installation Logistics,
Horns Rev 3 Offshore Wind Farm.
Vattenfall
Success story
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MeteoGroup Offshore
MeteoGroup Offshore is the weather risk solution that keeps you working profitably. The solution includes:
Site-specific forecasts
Delivered by email or visible any time via our offshore portal, you and
your full team can accurately plan your tasks and avoid costly unexpected
downtime.
Current & Tidal Forecasts
2D and 3D current forecasts and tidal forecasts adapted to your project
location help you manage the impact of water and tidal velocity on your
operations more efficiently.
Spectral Data Forecasts
Daily spectral forecasts help you better understand the impact of all
components of the wave spectrum on vessel motion and stability.
Squall Forecasting
Thunderstorms and squalls can develop very quickly. Our squall-forecast
service for tropical latitudes uses high-resolution satellite imagery to
identify and track the development of these convective systems, alerting
you of any threats.
Towing & Route Forecasts
Towing forecasts by mail or presented through our offshore portal, with
waypoints according your speed and given route. Route forecasts for
fixed routes and defined waypoints are complemented by high-resolution
current forecasts.
Tropical Storm Warnings
MeteoGroups tropical storm service proactively alerts you for cyclone,
hurricane and typhoon threats.
Long-Range Ensemble Forecasts
Long-range forecasts to confidently plan your operations up to 15 days
ahead. With ensemble and deterministic forecast data, to ensure you are
working with the most accurate information at all times, our forecasts help
create a safer, more efficient working environment.
Aviation Forecasts
Dedicated aviation forecasts, including wind shear and icing conditions,
help you ensure your helicopter operations run smoothly and safely and
help you adhere to rules and regulations set out by the CAA. Plan ETAs
and deadlines more accurately by avoiding unplanned downtime, reducing
costs and manpower.
Offshore Customer Website
Our comprehensive and easy-to-understand offshore web portal system
presents observations and all forecast types, including fixed location, squalls
and ensemble forecasts. Set the thresholds most important to your operations
start making more confident decisions.
Weather Window Planner
Easily plan ahead with the Weather Window Planner forecasting tool. Set
weather thresholds so that you can more accurately plan your operational
weather windows 3 to 15 days in advance. This interactive web-based
forecasting tool takes complex weather information and translates it into a
simple graph of percentage of opportunity vs. time, clearly laying out go/no-
go times. Select your own parameters, including required weather windows
(hours), weather thresholds, acceptable project risks and the earliest start and
finish date/time.
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Nowcasting Pro6
Make comfortable waiting on weather decisions with this operational
planning tool, which will help you plan and manage your offshore
operations efficiently and safely. Featuring high-resolution metocean
data, this planning tool provides quality forecast information to make
your waiting on weather decision-making easier, increasing safety and
lowering the environmental impact of offshore operations. Nowcasting
Pro6 provides forecasts based on the most advanced metocean forecast
models available. Get hourly data and forecasts for up to five days ahead,
updated four times per day and tailored to micro-regions down to 10 km
wide.
MetoceanPro
Your one-stop shop to find all the latest oceanic and climatologic
conditions, MetoceanPro offers reliable metocean data, essential for pre-
operational planning. Get the statistical data, extreme-data calculations and
climate studies in an easy-to-understand format. Its extremely important,
when planning your offshore operations, to have an eye on all prevailing
weather conditions at the various locations relevant to you. MetoceanPro
offers you all the global climatologic and oceanic conditions in one place,
providing a comprehensive overview of all possible adverse conditions
affecting your site(s), and thus allowing you to plan your operations with
confidence.
Metocean Consultancy Reports
Whether you are calculating weather factors into pricing or planning, or
need design criteria, our bespoke metocean reports are tailored specifically
to your needs to help you make the best planning and design decisions with
the best data and analysis at your fingertips. When it comes to designing
an offshore structure and planning your daily operations, you need access
to the most comprehensive metocean data. Failing to include this data
(accurately) could lead to severe safety issues and serious economic
consequences. MeteoGroup creates metocean consultancy reports
tailored to your individual requirements, focusing on the parameters that
are most important to you, when confidently planning your structural
designs and day-to-day operations.sources, and choosing from a variety of
projections.
MetObserver Training
We are experienced in giving MetObserver Training courses, to help you
ensure the safety, regularity and efficiency of your offshore helicopter
operations at all times.
LightningTracker
You need to assess the impact of lightning on your operations and be
warned of oncoming strikes to ensure the safety of your team. Our real-
time lightning data allows you foresee possible dangerous situations and
take the necessary precautions. Alerts, monitoring and more with the most
advanced lightning-detection technology. Providing accurate real-time
lightning data, LightningTracker helps you mitigate the impact of strikes by
giving you the warnings you need to postpone or temporarily shut down
operations.
Support and Consultation
Our expert team of more than 150 meteorologists is available and 24/7/365
to provide consultation and support, pointing out critical weather incidents
before they happen and providing the trend information that will help you do
your work better.
About MeteoGroup
MeteoGroup, the global weather authority, combines
accurate science with advanced technology and local
expertise with global reach.
MeteoGroup is trusted by hundreds of government agencies,
thousands of companies and millions of consumers. MeteoGroup is
ISO 9001 and BS OSHAS 18001 quality certified. Learn more about
how our solutions can benefit you at www.meteogroup.com.