© 2016 IBM Corporation
Forecasters of Feeling.Influencers of Behavior.
Bryson Koehler
Vice President & Distinguished Engineer, IBM
CIO & CTO, The Weather Company
For businesses and governments, actionable insights are a powerful tool.
The Weather Company, an IBM Business 2
When we don’t act…
The Weather Company believes we could all benefit from data-driven insights that predict future behavior.
The Weather Company, an IBM Business 4
100TB Daily - IoT & Weather Data
Over 530M Personal
Weather Station
reports each day
Over 9M webcam
uploads each day
Over 2M Crowd
Reports each month
Over 20M IoT
Barometric Pressure
Reports each day
We gather rich data from aircrafts in real time…
Onboard
computers
measure
turbulence
objectively
Onboard
computers
send a message
to ground when
turbulence
threshold exceeded
Data is assimilated
into forecasts of
flight route hazards
Flight routes
projected to fly
through “hazardous”
airspace are
identified
Alerts sent to planes
scheduled to fly
through that space
to re-plan their route
© 2016 IBM Corporation
7100TB a day, 800+ data sources and 345,000 API calls every second…
A data agnostic, 100% cloud-based platform for
Data Ingestion, Transformation, Storage,
Analytics, Insights, Triggering and Distribution.
Then, we
aggregate
151 forecast
model runs
To create forecasts on demand:
- 2.2B precise locations
- Updated every 15 minutes
Translating Weather Forecasts into Business Outcomes
Insurance:Hail Alerts
Precise, hyper-local forecasts
Hail detected in next 30 minutes
Actionable Alerts
52%of potential claim costs avoided
Retail:Weather-based Advertising
Precise, hour-by-hour data by location
Correlate weather & retail sales data to determine sales effect
Weather-triggered, geo-located ads
24%increase in sales YoY
Retail:Supply & Demand Planning
Historical data to calculate impact
Risk profiles by region/store to evaluate Wx impact
Foot traffic – real-time and future
10%reduction in out-of-stock frequency
Aviation:Turbulence Alerts
Real-time observations from the aircraft
Translate obs into predicted areas of flight risk
Reroute planes to avoid severe flight hazards
50%reduction in crew injuries & maintenance inspections
Aviation:Airport Congestion
Precise forecasts of weather and flight capacity by airport
Predict capacity imbalance, taxi time, & runway config 12 hours in advance
Make decisions to raise or lower aircraft fuel load
$4.3Mestimated annual savings
in fuel and flight time
Energy & Utilities:Load Forecasts
Short-term, high resolution accuracy
Translate forecast into prediction of electricity demand
Source generation of energy to meet demand vs. procuring at higher cost
$3Mreduction in operating costs
in the imbalance markets
Government:Emergency Management
15-day probabilistic forecasts
Understand impact –timing, location and significance
Better planning, positioning & logistical decisions
1 ½days of extra lead time
If we do this right…
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Come join the other 25,000 developers using Weather Data…
Thank You
@brysonkoehler