Confident winter operations for communities
Wx Horizon uses advanced forecasting models and local sensor data from your roads to provide precise insights into current and upcoming weather conditions. Finally, a solution that helps you make truly informed and confident decisions for every weather event!
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How will you benefit from Wx Horizon?
Deliver targeted treatments with confidence
Ensure you treat when and where needed by capturing the nuances that other, more generic forecasts miss. Get 72-hour forecasts for specific locations, routes, and entire regions, driven by the latest readings from fixed and mobile data sources across your network.
Increased assurance and network awareness
Gain full network-wide awareness of current road conditions and an understanding of driver experiences out on your network. Monitor the current road conditions from road sensors and vehicle data from across your network.
Always informed, instantly alerted
Access real-time weather insights across your entire network, updated every 10 minutes from stations and sensors, with comprehensive network-wide updates every 30 minutes. Wx Horizon continuously monitors all incoming data, notifying you instantly when conditions become hazardous anywhere on your network.
Everything you need to know to get started with data-driven winter maintenance
As a decision-maker responsible for the safety of your community's roadways, you face the daily challenge of ensuring safe travel during winter conditions. There is both a pressing need and an excellent opportunity to improve and upgrade your methods and approaches.
This guide explores and compares a variety of data sources available to you. It will help you develop a truly data-driven approach that is not only efficient and effective but also tailored to the unique needs of your road network.
Features for efficient winter maintenance planning
Alert notifications
Create and receive alerts for your road network to keep you and your team informed at all times.
10-day atmospheric weather forecasts
The forecast includes information on weather conditions, wind speed and direction, air temperature and precipitation.
Status layers for critical parameters
View data layers showing surface condition, surface temperature, grip, and air temperature.
72-hour road weather network forecast
Determine where and when weather conditions will affect your roads up to 72 hours in advance. Identify affected areas and target treatments selectively.
Live grip data from connected cars
Access data from vehicle sensors on your roads to assess the effectiveness of your winter maintenance operations and identify sections that require further treatment.
Radar, wind speed, satellite and more
Use radar, satellite, wind speed and “feels like” temperature data to get more comprehensive information.
See how drivers experience the road conditions
How did you do with your ice and snow removal actions? Access sensor data from cars* driving on your roads to see whether your winter maintenance actions were effective and identify road sections that may need further treatment.
*Feature available as an add-on
Tire grip information
See where cars are experiencing low friction to target treatments and validate the effectiveness of your ice and snow removal actions
Air temperature
Know real-time air temperature in different parts of your city or municipality
Unmatched forecasting accuracy with Xcast
Imagine receiving observations and forecasts for key areas across your road network—easily and affordably. Look no further. Xcast is a synthesis of high-precision measurements from the sensors and weather station across your network and sophisticated forecasting models.
The sensors provide high-quality observations and up to 72-hour forecasts across your road network. Now, you can make data-driven winter maintenance decisions with true confidence and maximum situational awareness.
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