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WSI
Customer Quotes |
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"BGE would like to commend WSI
forecasters on the fine job they did with Thursday's Ice Storm.
We found the forecasts to be accurate and consistent over a period
of days. We value that aside from hurricanes, ice storms are one
of the hardest weather phenomenon to predict." - Claude
E. Peacock, BGE |
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"As a meteorologist
working in the energy industry, I feel WSI’s forecast abilities
and model data is one of the best in the industry. Their current
model data is superior to other private weather companies as well
as the National Weather Services. Their timely driven model data
gets the information to me so I can pass the information onto
my traders just ahead of the market. I could not perform at the
outstanding level in my current job without WSI." Michael
T. Gasper, NRG |
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"Since Dr. Todd Crawford's arrival at WSI,
the scientific integrity of WSI forecasts has been second to
none. Dr. Crawford's occasional contrarian monthly and seasonal
outlooks, based more on good science than unreliable analogs,
have provided substantial opportunities for profit in the minefield
of longer term trading." Jason Lynn, Manager of Meteorology,
PPM Energy |
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"We
specifically like the updates on weather and storms. I think
the WSI Energycast NatGas site
is one of the best sites
I have seen." Brian Redd, Southwest Energy
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WSI
Forecast Skill |
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January 2006: WSI only major weather vendor
to forecast warm temperatures in the Northeast.
November 2005: WSI only major weather vendor to forecast
warm temperatures in the East.
Fall 2005:
WSI first weather vendor to mention that a La Nina was developing,
and would significantly impact the 2005-06 winter season.
Summer 2005: WSI successfully focused on
Great Lakes/Ohio Valley heat for summer 2005, while other weather
vendors forecasted a very cool summer.
June 2005:
After a very cold spring, WSI was the only vendor to correctly
capture the sharp transition to heat in June. The transition was
also noted in the medium-range forecast.
Winter
2004-05: WSI successfully forecasted a cold and snowy
Northeast.
December 2003: WSI forecasters
noted the onset of a stratospheric warming event, and were able
to use this information to correctly predict (in medium-range
and seasonal forecasts)a brutally cold January 2004.
April 2003: WSI used enhanced wording in its
European seasonal forecast to warn of the impending record hot
summer in Europe.
October 2002: WSI
successfully forecast the rapid transition to cold weather and
the change in Pacific ocean temperatures (PDO) ahead of the other
vendors.
Winter 2001-02: WSI only major
vendor to forecast a warm winter in the East. |
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