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 sunny slightly cloudy mainly cloudy clouds sunny - dry sunny - dry sunny - dry high altitude fog fogy rain shower slightly rainy wet wet covered covered covered heavy rain snow shower snow/rain shower mix of snow and rain snow snow snow snow thunder storm thunder storm Schnee snow Tag / Day Nacht / Night Gruppe / Group Tag / Day Nacht / Night Gruppe / Group thunder storm scattered thunder storms 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@meteotime.ch website: www.meteotime.com © METEOTIME and are registred trade marks by Meteo Time GmbH