ForecastWatch November Wrap-up and News

November Wrap-Up

A look back at ForecastWatch blog posts and ClimateWatch newsletters over the last month. We also released a new report: Europe Best Places to Live 2024!

We wish everyone who celebrates a very Happy Thanksgiving!

NEW REPORT: Europe Best Places to Live Report 2024

Most people have an interest in knowing what the weather will be like in the coming days. Everyone is affected by it. Some businesses depend on accurate weather forecasts to make crucial decisions. Regardless, if you want or need to know what the weather will be like tomorrow or in the next few days, we’ve analyzed the past year of accuracy and skill of weather forecasts for 599 locations across Europe.

Pelmorex Corp. Develops AI Weather Model for Energy Traders

One of our clients, Pelmorex Corp., recently unveiled Gaia Energy, a cutting-edge AI weather model developed specifically for energy traders. Pelmorex hopes to revolutionize weather predictions and analysis within the natural gas, electricity, agriculture, and weather derivatives space.

Gaia is Pelmorex’s proprietary Deep Learning Numerical Weather Prediction model that provides advanced predictive modeling, real-time weather insights, historical weather data, and customizable data visualizations which can help energy traders make informed and strategic trading decisions faster and with greater accuracy.

Early Winter Weather Predictions

Now that fall is in full swing, forecasters, businesses, and the public alike are turning their attention to the upcoming winter and what conditions may be in store for the United States. We take a look at winter outlooks from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, AccuWeather, and The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Which provider do you think will be most accurate this winter?

Subscribe to the ClimateWatch newsletter!

Earlier this year, our parent company Intellovations LLC launched a newsletter called ClimateWatch!

The goal is to bring you the week's most pressing climate issues, impacts, trends and forecasts, groundbreaking innovations, and actionable tips in our weekly newsletter dedicated to keeping you up-to-date on climate information. In the future, the plan is to include in-depth analyses from our experts in the newsletter. 

Check out the newsletters from November:

• Ozone Hole Shrinking, Catastrophic Flooding in Spain, and University Climate Efforts

• Renewable Electricity, Trump's Climate Roll Backs, and Livestock Pastures

• Weather Means Business

• Where is La Nina?

FEMA to Consider Climate Change When Rebuilding

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is overhauling its disaster rules in an attempt to end the cycle of rebuilding in areas that are unsafe. In the past when an event like a hurricane damages an area, FEMA would help rebuild communities and try to help them be more resilient than before the storm.

Following a new executive order, FEMA will be required to factor in climate change on future flood risks when it decides where and how to rebuild. Ideally, this will result in higher-elevated and better-fortified buildings, which would hopefully help break the continuous cycle of destruction and reconstruction that we’ve seen in the past which costs billions of dollars.

NWS Changes Winter Weather Headlines

The National Weather Service (NWS) made changes to its winter weather watch, warning, and advisory products as part of its hazard simplification project. The official Service Change Notification was released on March 26, 2024 and the revisions went into effect on October 1, 2024.

The changes aim to clarify that cold can be dangerous with or without wind, addressing a common misconception that extreme cold is only tied to colder temperatures when there is wind. Dangerously cold weather can accompany or follow wintry precipitation, but is often overshadowed by the precipitation.

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