WeatherBug Overview
Parent Company: AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc.
Brand Name: WeatherBug®
Headquarters:
12410 Milestone Center Drive, Suite 300
Germantown, MD 20876
(301)250-4000
(800)544-4429
Founded: 1992
Primary Web Sites:
WeatherBug, the leading provider of weather information services, manages and operates
a proprietary network of over 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and more than 1,000
cameras that are strategically placed at schools, public safety facilities and television
stations throughout the U.S. These professional-grade weather stations generate
live neighborhood level reports every second (unlike other weather providers; their
data is up to an hour or more old).
Who uses WeatherBug Products and Data
WeatherBug was developed with the purpose of delivering live local weather conditions,
forecasts and life saving severe weather alerts from its exclusive network of WeatherBug
Tracking Stations. Today, the mission remains the same. WeatherBug data is used by…
- Consumers: 17 million unique at-home and at-work visitors.*
- Government: accessible to Homeland Security personnel for plume modeling in the event
of a biological or chemical attack and by over 100 government agencies at
the state and local level.
- Schools and School Districts: used in over 8,000 schools across the U.S. for teaching
math, science and geography with real life data.
- Broadcasters: used by meteorologists at over 100 television broadcast stations like
ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CW and Univision, to bring “neighborhood” weather forecasts
and conditions to communities every day.
WeatherBug is the 3rd largest News and Information site in average daily visitors*,
with millions looking to their WeatherBug desktop application for live local weather
conditions, forecasts and severe weather alerts. The WeatherBug service is available
at WeatherBug.com as well as via our
partners — NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, CW and Univision television stations,
Netscape, Logitech, HP/Compaq, and America Online — to name just a few.
The Company
Founded in 1992, WeatherBug manages and operates the world's largest proprietary
weather network with over 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and more than 1,000 cameras
strategically placed at schools, public safety facilities and televisions stations
throughout the U.S. WeatherBug data is used in over 80 million households a month,
both on-line and on-air, to help plan the day ahead, protect communities and educate
our children.
WeatherBug started in the education market by pioneering a program which included
installing professional-grade automated weather stations at schools to help teachers
apply real-world technology for math, science and geography. All schools were networked
together and soon WeatherBug introduced a rigorous curriculum to the package that
covered grades K-12 and met National and State Education standards.
The TV broadcast partnership model was introduced next in 1993. The WeatherBug ‘on-air'
solution connected schools to broadcast meteorologists across the U.S. Today, local
broadcast meteorologists at over 100 NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, CW and Univision television
stations are utilizing WeatherBug's live local weather conditions in their weather
newscasts, offering a unique look at the weather from within viewers' neighborhoods.
In 2000, the WeatherBug desktop application was launched to consumer and business
users with the purpose of delivering live local weather conditions, forecasts and
life saving, severe weather alerts; all leveraging the existing WeatherBug Tracking
Station network. Within eight months of the initial launch, 1.5 million users had
downloaded WeatherBug to their computers. In addition, since 2002, WeatherBug's
application has come pre-installed on HP and Compaq computers, and Logitech peripherals.
In 2004 WeatherBug and AOL brought millions of people the “Instant Message that
could save their life,” through the AIM co-branded WeatherBug partnership. To date,
WeatherBug has registered over 78 million users for the free product.
In 2002, WeatherBug developed a strong private/public partnership with the National
Weather Service, aiding Homeland Security. This relationship bolstered the government's
ability to aid emergency managers in precisely assessing the impact of current weather
conditions on hazardous situations and natural disasters, helping them determine
which municipalities to evacuate, select approach routes for first-responders, and
choose the type of equipment to dispatch to a disaster site. In addition, the program
provides more accurate and up-to-date data for plume models.
Have More Questions?
For more information on WeatherBug company and technologies or to request more information,
check out the Questions & Answers page.
*comScore, March 2008
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