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Decision Support for Weather Sensitive Operations

StormGeo provides decision support for weather sensitive operations, offering services such as long range forecasting, critical temperatures, and tropical forecasting.

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Decision Support for Weather Sensitive Operations

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  1. SAC Safety Meeting - TMCSeptember 22, 2016 Decision Support for Weather Sensitive Operations

  2. Group Offices Decision Support for Weather Sensitive Operations

  3. Agenda About StormGeo / Company Snapshot Client Services Team Forecast Services Onshore Long range, severe wx, lightning Critical Temperatures TropicsWatch Services Trigger Report Flood Potential Index (FPI)

  4. A CompanySnapshot • Founded in 1997 • Worldwide operations in Offshore Oil & Gas, Onshore, Renewables, Shipping, Aviation and Media. • Headquarters in Bergen, Norway • 22 offices, 15 countries, 6 forecasting offices • Shareholders • EQT 56.2 % • DNV GL 26.4 % • Mgmt, BoD, Employees 15.5 % • StormGeo Holding AS 1.9% • ISO 9001:2008 Certifiedsince 2007

  5. About our Houston office • Your Weather Department • Open 25+ years • Outstanding reputation and leading position in offshore and onshore weather monitoring, forecasting and alerting • Wide range of industries: petrochemical, electric utilities, hospitality, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, retail, banking, hospitality, & others • Common denominator throughout our client base is working with companies who realize significant benefit from aligning weather expertise with business requirements & continuity

  6. Meet your StormGeo Team Alison Svrcek Manager, Client Services Meteorologist Nathan Stanford Manager, Onshore Meteorologist Scott Jeffries Industry Manager, Healthcare

  7. Unique Business Model Commercial Solutions Publicly-Available Resources StormGeo, is the full-time weather department for thousands of companies around the globe, providing business decision guidance to protectPEOPLE, PRODUCT, PROPERTY & BOTTOM LINE.

  8. Long Range Solutions

  9. Onshore Services - worldwide StormWatch Daily Briefing • A daily bird’s-eye view of relevant weather events: • This daily email provides a graphical view of a regional weather event that could occur in the next 1 to 10 days. • Available on Web • It includes a discussion of the expected impacts from the event, with an added emphasis on potential business interruptions. • Your organization has control of the subscription areas for which you will be notified of Events occurring within. • This can include StormGeo’s ever-expanding service for International locations, in collaboration with our global forecast offices.

  10. Location Specific Solutions

  11. Onshore Services Graphical ALERTS Phased Alert System Definitions • Alerts are available via email push and by logging into Your Weather Website. • Alerts are issued and color coded by threat, with your organization having control over the actual color used for each alert parameter/type. • Alerts are further customizable with the ability for your organization to include safety notes or guidelines that correspond to each parameter and threat level. • - Time of issuance will depend on the severity of the weather expected and the forecaster's confidence that the severe weather will actually affect your site.

  12. Phased Alert System

  13. Gmaps – Interactive Mapping

  14. Location Specific Solutions Lightning Solutions

  15. Lightning Proximity Alerts meters

  16. Lightning Visualization System

  17. Critical Temperature Advisories • ALERT FORMAT: CRITICAL TEMPERATURE ADVISORY • Temperature, apparent temperature, or specific heat index are forecasted, which highlight extended extremes. • Forecast includes up to 7 days of hourly temperatures. • Details the duration and intensity of major heat and cold events. • Depicts timeline until next phase of prevention program is predicted to trigger. Current configuration: • Texas Medical Center Critical Thresholds: • Temperature <= 32F • Temperature <= 28F • Temperature <= 20F

  18. Critical Temperature Advisories Standard Cold Thresholds: 32/28/20F Deliveries Via: Email Web

  19. Tropical Forecasting Services

  20. TropicsWatch Client Weather Website Overview Headline and Discussion Active Storms and Significant Disturbances Latest Videos

  21. Streaming videos help to provide clarity of the situation Watch a daily review of the tropics and/or get details on current hurricane activity Daily Briefing Video(issued by 8am CDT) Critical tropical updates supplemented by videos Regular updates on named storms that are threateningany client locations

  22. Track forecasts issued at least every 6 hours

  23. Model graphics can help illustrate track confidence or lack of it StormGeo’s computer model plots allow you to see some of the same data that our hurricane meteorologists are viewing as they prepare the track forecasts. Model tracks can be added or removed at the click of a button. Update Frequency:Generally updated every 6 hours, but some models only update every 12 hours.

  24. Forecasts of hourly wind, rainfall and storm surge are provided ImpactWeather’s forecast for conditions at a site in the pathof a tropical cyclone. Includes: Hourly breakdown of wind speed, direction, and gusts. Discussion of rainfall amounts andexpected times Discussion of storm surge heightand duration at a site Update Frequency:Every 6 hours, immediately following our track forecast updates.

  25. Rainfall graphics detail expected amounts along path of storm Update Frequency: Since projected rainfall only changes when the forecast track and landfall point is adjusted, the rainfall maps may not be updated with each 6-hour forecast cycle. They will generally be produced once a tropical cyclone is several days from landfall.

  26. Storm surge graphics detail potential surge height and inundation Typical SLOSH (Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes) forecast for the storm surge in a particular coastal basin. It represents the highest potential storm surge at any location, given that the exact point of landfall may change in the days prior to the arrival of the storm center. Update Frequency:A storm surge map will be generated once we are relatively confident in the landfall forecast for a tropical Cyclone. This could be one or two days before the arrival of the center. The map will only be updated if there is a change in the projected intensity at landfall or if there is a significant change in the point of landfall.

  27. Tropical Timeline Tools Response Plan Activator Worst Case Scenario Prob. of Wind Impact PWI RPA (+/-) WCS Forecast Time of Arrival Hurricane Severity Index FTA HSI (50 pt scale)

  28. Hurricane Severity Index

  29. Hurricane Severity Index

  30. Single-Site Tropical Trigger Report Current Conditions and Your Current HRP Phase Storm-relevant graphics Current and Projected HRP Phase Timeline

  31. Multi-Site Tropical Trigger Report Current Conditions and Forecast Conditions Storm-relevant graphics List of Locations and Current HRP Phase

  32. Flood Potential Index FPI “Helping Clients Operate Safely, Effectively and Efficiently in all Weather Conditions”

  33. Flood Potential Index WHY FPI? Rain chances aren’t enough

  34. Flood Potential Index FPI Report

  35. Flood Potential Index FPI for the event Chance of rain Color code definitions (flood risk specific to TMC) Areal flood risk (slight, moderate and high) Past Events Discussion

  36. Flood Potential Index Color code definitions specific to TMC

  37. Flood Potential Index Past Events

  38. Flood Potential Index Factors Considered: • Atmospheric Stability • Rising/Sinking Air • Shear • Difference in wind speed and direction above the ground • Effects storm life span • Available Moisture • More moisture…more potential rain • Wind • Storm speed, training/back building storms • Seasonal norms • A little moisture goes a long way in the winter. Conversely…need more available moisture in the summer

  39. Flood Potential Index Scenario

  40. Flood Potential Index 7/12/2012 FPI: 7.1

  41. Flood Potential Index 7/12/2012 FPI: 7.1

  42. Client Outreach - Overview • Typically from SG to main POC • Operations/Weather Hotline • Available on Request • Available on Request

  43. Your Weather Department Consulting Services 24x7x365 Toll-Free Weather Hotline 24x7x365 Support Email

  44. 24/7 StormGeo 24/7 Weather Support Phone: 877.792.3225 Email: support.houston@stormgeo.com Web: stormgeo.com

  45. The 27th Annual Hurricane Seminar for Business and Industry Hurricanes 101 What you need to know about tropical cyclones Building A Better Plan Best practices for business continuity and safety Employee Preparedness Presentation Hurricane safety tips every employee can use today The Future of Forecasting Innovative tactics, tools, and technology Hurricane Outlook Stay up to date on the season’s forecast Hurricaneseminar.com

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