Advanced weather and environmental data enabling confident, data-driven decisions

Improve situational awareness with robust, quality controlled weather data to enhance operational efficiency, preparedness and more.

Trusted by SDG&E, Exelon, PacificCorp and more

Solutions for Utilities and Energy Companies

As severe weather becomes more frequent and extreme, energy and utility companies are relying on Synoptic’s robust and scalable Weather API and Data Viewer platform to prepare and respond to weather and its impact on people and infrastructure.

Be Better Prepared with Access to Data and Decision Tools

Wildfire Risk

Wildfire Risk

Reduce ignition from utility crew operations and get alerts of current fire weather and fuel conditions

Flooding

Flooding

Uncover regions with the heaviest rain leading to impassable roads or increased risk of debris flows

Storms

Storms

Understand where the strongest winds are and the trend of winds

Heat Stress

Heat Stress

Get alerts of current temperature and heat index values allowing you to taking extra precautions

Benefit

Reduce ignition from utility crew operations and get alerts of current fire weather and fuel conditions

Key Synoptic Offering

– Weather API
– Push Streaming,
– Dashboards + Notifications

Relevant Observations

Temperature, Relative Humidity, Winds (speed, direction, gust), fuel moisture

Relevant Networks

RAWS, utility networks

Benefit

Uncover regions with the heaviest rain leading to impassable roads or increased risk of debris flows

Key Synoptic Offering

– Precipitation Service

Relevant Observations

Precipitation (last hour, day, week, etc)

Relevant Networks

All

Benefit

Understand where the strongest winds are and the trend of winds

Key Synoptic Offering

– Weather API
– Push Streaming,
– Dashboards + Notifications

Relevant Observations

Winds (speed, direction, gust)

Relevant Networks

RAWS, utility networks, ASOS/AW OS, state and federal networks

Benefit

Get alerts of current temperature and heat index values allowing you to taking extra precautions for hydration equipment

Key Synoptic Offering

– Weather API
– Push Streaming,
– Dashboards + Notifications

Relevant Observations

Temperature, Relative Humidity, Heat Index, Black Globe Temperature, Winds (speed)

Relevant Networks

All

How Synoptic Adds Value

Improving Situational Awareness

Improving Situational Awareness

  • Monitor outages better with real-time weather conditions and stay informed about potential weather impacts’ locations and timing.
  • Leverage historical data to identify vulnerable points in the grid that may require reinforcement due to frequent storms.
Infrastructure & Resource Planning

Infrastructure & Resource Planning

  • Protect assets and infrastructure and ensure employee safety with real-time quality controlled weather observations
  • Set-up notifications for weather conditions and get better visibility into staffing and resource planning
Data Integration

Data Integration

  • Integrate Real-Time in-situ Weather and environmental observations into your own apps and dashboards
  • Host your weather networks on the Synoptic platform and get access to a world-class viewer and dashboard tools

The Synoptic Difference

  • A low-latency RESTful API ensuring real-time observations
  • Quality controlled data eliminating erroneous values
  • Access to 25+ years of robust Historical Data
  • World-class Data Viewer platform for spatial visualization
  • Dashboards & Notifications tools to monitor past & current conditions, including station health
150,000+
Weather Stations Globally
80+
Advanced Quality Control Checks
320+
Data Networks

What Our Customers Have to Say

What Our Customers Have to Say

"Without the ease of the Synoptic API, the data query for studying fire weather risk in southern California would have been extraordinarily labor intensive"

Chris Arends at SDG&E

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