THE
PERSONAL
METEO CENTER
Meteotime – the Personal Meteo Center
Throughout history, the weather has always been one of the major interests of humanity. With the
invention of the barometer in the 17th century, it became possible to base a forecast on physical
measurements. Such a barometric pressure observation allows a forecast for the coming 24-48 hours.
However, the reliability is limited.
Today, in the 21st century, the available technology goes far beyond a simple barometer. A whole network
of meteorological information, satellite images and computer based weather models provide a forecasting
of a very high standard. New technologies and developments will continue to make forecasts better and
better.
The weather stations available for personal use are fine instruments measuring the air temperature and
humidity in and around your home. They also record the barometric pressure and its trend from which an
algorhythm calculates a weather forecast displayed in 4-5 icons and, same as 300 years ago, with a time
horizon of 24 hours, a reliability up to 70% and in an area of about 30km around your home. Added
features like rain- and wind-gauges make the current observation more complete, but do not add anything
to the quality of the forecasting.
The Personal Meteo Center is the solution for a complete weather forecast on your desk for almost the
whole of Europe, available 24 hours, 365 days a year, without any subscription fee for the user! A forecast,
which is transmitted by radio signal from Switzerland and Germany and it is updated daily. It is always state
of the art, using the best and newest forecasting technologies! For more details, please check the feature
list.
Meteotime – a step into the future of the communication of weather forecasts
Features
1) Full Data Regions provided by METEOTIME
- 60 meteorological areas with up to 4 day forecasts covering the following countries: Full coverage of
Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, France, Monaco, Benelux, Denmark. Partially covered
are Sweden, Norway, Italy (incl. Vatican and San Marino, except Sicily, England, Slovenia and Czech Rep.
- Forecasts: 8 (4 days, day and night each day)
- Number of weather icons: 15
- Temperature forecasts (day and night for 3 days, plus day temperature for day 4). Range: -21°C .. +40°C
- Max wind speed (8 Steps, based on Beaufort 0...>=10) and 8 wind directions plus "changing" units
- Risk of precipitations in % (8 Steps: 0...15...30...45...60...75...90...100%)
- Special alpine weather conditions (Föhn, Biese, Mistral, Scirocco, Tramontana, plus 2 spare)
- Information about critical weather conditions (10 situations). Some are split to morning,
afternoon and evening)
- Ready for short term input for critical conditions
- Forecast for Day 1-3 transmitted twice a day, day 4 once
- Radio controlled clock. Reception from HBG (Switzerland) and DCF (Germany)
- Sunrise and Sunset for 60 cities in Europe
2) Extra Regions provided by METEOTIME
- Areas with 2 day forecasts: Sicily / Corsica , Andorra, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, North Sweden,
Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Norway, 2 alpine regions in Switzerland, Poland, Hungary
- Forecasts: 4 (2 days, day and night each day)
- Number of weather icons: 15
- Temperature forecasts (day temperature for day 1 and 2). Range: -21°C .. +40°C
- Radio controlled clock. Reception from HBG (Switzerland) and DCF (Germany)
- Sunrise and Sunset for 30 cities in Europe
ISOPROGNOS-Regionen
Tag / Day Nacht / Night Gruppe / Group Tag / Day Nacht / Night Gruppe / Group
sunny sunny - dry heavy rain
slightly cloudy sunny - dry thunder storm
thunder storm
sunny - dry thunder storm
mainly cloudy scattered
thunder storms
clouds snow
covered
snow/rain
shower
snow
high altitude covered
snow shower
fog
fogy covered mix of snow snow
and rain
Schnee
rain shower wet snow
snow
wet
slightly rainy
Licences
The licence to use the weather information is ruled by the Meteotime Licence Contract.
The licences to be paid are split into 3 steps
1- Basic Licence
The Basic Licence gives the client access to the Meteotime Information network and the right purchase a
Decoding IC (DIC). This includes support and guidance in the technical design of a LW receiving hand
and desktop device as well as support in the use and application of the available data.
2- Licence by unit to be built
In the making of a product, 3 levels of a licence by piece, which includes the supply of an IC which is
decoding the weather information sent out by the LW signals HBG and DCF,
a- Entry: All infos provided by "Full Data Concept" for day 1 (“Today“)
b- Extended: All infos "Full Data Concept" for day 1 and 2 (“Today“ and „Tomorrow“)
c- Premium: All infos "Full Data Concept" for 4 days (“Today“ plus next 3 days) and "Extra Regions" for
2 days (“Today“ and „Tomorrow“)
3- Technical release
Any design has to be checked and approved by Meteotime before its release for production. By doing
this, the client is allowed to use the Meteotime Logo as a quality brand and call its device a:
„Personal Meteo Center with Meteotime“
For more infos contact:
Meteo Time GmbH
CH-3073 Guemligen / Bern
SWITZERLAND
Tel: +41 31 950 20 56
Fax: +41 31 951 71 80
email: info@[Link]
website: [Link]
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