Alerts
for lightning, storm ETA, high winds, and gusts
99.9%
of thunderstorms detected worldwide
<100 m
lightning location accuracy with precision network
Severe weather monitoring and alerts
Xweather Protect, part of the Xweather Insight weather confidence platform, delivers an all-in-one solution for weather risk management, real-time storm monitoring, and alert automation for all your locations worldwide.
Add locations, alerts, and users
Add assets and locations as points, polylines, or polygons for complete coverage.
Create asset-specific severe weather alerts to meet or exceed industry standards for safety and compliance.
Add users and create contact lists to get the right alerts to the right people at the right time.
Add more assets, alerts, and users as needed.
Real-time lightning alerts
Real-time alerts activate when lightning occurs near your asset. You can configure three levels of alerts (Information, Warning, and Alarm) and set a specific alert distance, clear time, and contact list for each level. Active alerts and all-clear notifications are sent automatically by email and SMS to your contact lists. You can also trigger external devices connected to web relays, such as flashing lights, sirens, and display screens.
Lightning forecast alerts
Xweather Protect offers the unique ability to forecast lightning risk up to 60 minutes in advance. A forecast alert activates when lightning is forecast to occur near your asset. You can choose how far ahead of the forecast to activate the alert in 10-minute intervals up to 60 minutes in advance.
Lightning forecast alerts are powered by Xcast, our enhanced forecasting technology that uses data from Vaisala sensors to significantly improve short-term accuracy.
Wind forecast alerts
High winds and gusts can result in safety risks, operational disruptions, and physical damage. Xweather Protect alerts you about site-specific wind risks up to 72 hours in advance—ideal for businesses with complex operations that are difficult to reschedule at short notice.
Wind forecast alerts warn you of upcoming threats, giving you time to plan, prepare, and adapt your operations to mitigate the risks. Each alert notification lists the hours in the forecast horizon that meet your alert criteria, together with the forecasted wind speed and/or gust values for each of those hours.
Review recent storms
Jump to any point in the last 7-days to view lightning activity and alerts for post-event analysis and reporting.
See where storm cells developed and moved with an animated timeline of lightning, radar, and satellite infrared map layers.
Validate the timing of storms, strikes, and alerts against operational decisions and alerting criteria.
Evaluate safety procedures and operational impacts to identify opportunities to optimize alert distances and all-clear timing.
Maximize safety, minimize downtime
Improve your situational awareness and make operational decisions with confidence with automated multichannel alerts and all-clear notifications.
Real-time alerts for any location
Our high-precision lighting detection networks provide real-time coverage for every location—including oceans, mountain peaks, and other areas not covered by radar.
All-in-one solution with no capital costs
Monitor severe weather and get real-time alerts for your sites without the need to buy, install, or maintain your own lightning detection equipment.
Costs from severe weather are rising. Can you afford to leave weather to chance?
Use cases
Aviation
Maximize airport safety with automated alerts and all-clear notifications while monitoring nearby lightning events in real-time to minimize downtime and delays.
Renewable energy
Improve wind farm safety and protect technicians with real-time storm tracking and automated lightning alerts. View local weather for enhanced situational awareness.
Grid resilience
Enhance electricity grid reliability and protect field personnel with real-time weather monitoring and automated severe weather alerts.
Prepare for lightning season with Xweather Protect
See how you can protect your personnel while minimizing operational downtime in this recorded demo of the Xweather Protect severe weather alerting solution. Watch now with instant access to see:
How to set up real-time lightning alerts for your locations
How to get ahead of danger with lightning forecast alerts
Examples of alert configurations for different industries
Get started with a free trial
Experience Xweather Protect with a hands-on 30-day free trial. All features will be available during your trial period.