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Wx Horizon for transportation agencies

Understand the impact of winter weather on your entire road network with accurate, actionable insights into current and future conditions.

Smarter winter maintenance with full awareness of current and future weather conditions for your road network

Wx Horizon uses advanced forecasting models and local sensor data from your road network to provide precise insights into current and upcoming conditions, empowering you to make well-informed decisions for every weather event.

Take actions exactly when and where needed

Deliver targeted treatments with confidence

Get 72-hour forecasts for specific locations, routes, and regions, powered by the observations from fixed and mobile data sources across your network. These hyperlocal observations improve your forecast accuracy to ensure you treat when and where needed by capturing the nuances that other, more generic forecasts miss.

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 weather insights across your network, updated every 10 minutes from stations and IoT sensors, with network-wide updates every 30 minutes. Wx Horizon continuously monitors all incoming data, notifying you instantly via SMS, email, or voice mail when conditions become hazardous anywhere on your network.

"Wx Horizon gives us the ground truth plus accurate near-term forecasting in one place. We can be a lot more efficient and accurate in maintaining the road network, and it’s cost-effective."

Ken Colvert

West Central Region TMC Manager

Alabama Department of Transportation

Enhance your forecasts with sensors and stations

Your Wx Horizon subscription unlocks observation-enhanced forecasts for all your sensor locations.

Road weather stations

Vaisala RWS200 is a reference-grade weather station that has been validated in the harshest winter weather conditions. It’s highly configurable, easy to use, and supports intelligent system integrations and operability.
Learn more about RWS200

Mobile sensors

The Vaisala Mobile Detector MD30 is the first device designed specifically for snow plows to accurately collect and transmit data on road surface state, grip, and surface temperature along the route.
Learn more about MD30

Xcast sensors

Vaisala Xcast sensors are wireless, battery powered, and maintenance free. With proven performance and quality you can count on, these IoT sensors integrate seamlessly with Wx Horizon.
Discover Xcast sensors

Features for efficient winter maintenance

Insights dashboard

Access tailored weather briefings whenever you need them. The dashboard transforms complex weather data into clear, visual insights, allowing you to quickly identify critical scenarios across your network—no constant monitoring required.

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. 

Status layers for critical parameters

View data layers showing surface condition, surface temperature, grip, and air temperature.

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.

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, radar, wind speed, satellite and more

The forecast provides weather conditions, wind, temperature, and precipitation. Use radar, satellite, and “feels like” temperature data for additional information.

Real-time road conditions from connected cars

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. *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

See real-time air temperature in different parts of your road network

Security built in

ISO 27001

Xweather maintains continuous risk management processes and rigorous information security protocols, ensuring that all data in Wx Horizon is handled securely.

SOC2

Xweather aligns with SOC 2, which requires us to manage and protect the security, confidentiality, privacy, integrity, and availability of customer data.

Cyber Essentials (UK)

This certification ensures that Xweather maintains effective defenses against the most common cyber threats and vulnerabilities.

See it in action

Book a one-to-one guided demo to see how Wx Horizon helps transportation agencies.

Other use cases

Cities and municipalities

Minimize unnecessary salt usage, make smarter call-out decisions, and receive timely notifications when conditions change.

Airports

Understand the impact of winter weather on your runways, taxiways, and apron with accurate, actionable insights into current and future conditions.