- Wind + Solar · GHI/DNI · Ramp Prediction · Yield Optimization
Renewable Energy Weather Solutions
CustomWeather is a one-stop weather data warehouse for companies involved in wind, solar, and hydro-power industries.
Support for Renewable Energy Facilities
As the world moves away from its dependence on oil, weather itself will dictate much of the world’s available energy supply.
CustomWeather supports businesses that establish and operate wind and solar farms
- Historical weather data to enable planning, optimum placement and anticipated capacity.
- Critical forecast expertise for on-going operations.
Solar Battery Optimization Bundle
Designed to support and serve utilities, module makers and integrators running XML systems, this bundle offers a cost-effective solution for operators the daily planning and real-time data they need to optimize performance.
ERA5 baselines, GFS next-day Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) data, and live estimated temperature and humidity. All data is global and available via API for reliable access and easy integration.
ERA5
ECMWF Reanalysis Version 5: A key dataset for machine learning applications, the ERA5 is also critical to the study of specific historical events, low-frequency variability and extremes in climate studies.
Estimator Grids
Developed by CustomWeather exclusively, our Estimator Grids provide a snapshot every 10 minutes at 10km resolution of the estimated conditions for any point on Earth, including essentials such as current temperature, humidity, dew point, wind speed/direction, and barometric pressure.
Solar Radiation Forecast
Features a 15 day forecast delivers the measure of solar radiation energy received on a given surface area from incoming short-wave solar radiation or ‘insolation’. Deliverable variables include the average irradiance flux in watts per square meter (W/m2) and total short-wave downward solar radiation. Updated 4 times per day.
- Portfolio Management
Optimize Every MW
Real-time and forecast weather coupled with asset-specific models — deliver
predictable renewable energy generation and mitigate grid imbalance risk.
Assets in Portfolio
Desert Solar
125 MW · AZ
Optimal
Prairie Wind
200 MW · TX
Optimal
Coastal Hybrid
150 MW · CA
Optimal
Mountain Valley
150 MW · CO
Caution
Real-Time Data Feeds
Sub-30-second data feeds covering current conditions, forecasts, severe alerts, and radar data — formatted for broadcast systems and CMS platforms.
- Current conditions feed
- Hourly + 10-day forecasts
- Severe weather alerts (NWS)
- SOAP, REST, JSON formats
Custom Weather Graphics
Fully customizable on-air graphics packages, animated weather maps, and branded widgets — aligned to your station or platform identity.
- On-air animated maps
- Station-branded overlays
- Mobile-ready widgets
- White-label web embeds
Radar & Satellite Imagery
NEXRAD composite radar, high-resolution dual-pol, and GOES-16 satellite imagery — as animated loops or static tiles for any resolution.
- NEXRAD composite
- Dual-pol storm products
- GOES-16 visible + IR
- Animated loop generation
Severe Weather Alerts
Instant NWS alert delivery — tornado warnings, severe thunderstorms, flash floods — formatted for ticker crawl, push notifications, and CG graphics.
- NWS cap alert feed
- CG crawl-ready format
- Push notification triggers
- County-level targeting
Digital & App Content
Full weather API for digital platforms — current, hourly, and daily data plus lifestyle indices (UV, pollen, boating, ski) for app and web.
- REST + WebSocket API
- UV, pollen, AQI indices
- Lifestyle weather data
- Personalized local forecasts
Interactive Map Layers
JavaScript-ready weather map layers — radar, temps, precip, alerts, wind — for embedding in web or mobile apps with a few lines of code.
- Radar tile overlays
- Temperature/precip layers
- Alert polygon overlays
- Storm tracking vectors
Built for Renewable Operations
Historical Weather Information
- 30+ years of hourly climate data for tens of thousands of weather stations around the world
- Access to multiple public and private networks of weather stations
- Gridded re-analysis data sets going back 40+ years that can be down-scaled to finer resolutions
Extremely High Resolution Weather Forecasts
- WRF model forecasts that can be customized and fine-tuned around on-site weather stations.
- Access to PhD meteorologists with modeling expertise
- Ability to capture local terrain effects that publicly available data simply misses
Wind Expertise
- Ability to model wind speeds at ground-level and tower height
- Diurnal wind cycles captured graphically or in data files
- Partnered with companies involved in the setup of remote, on-site weather stations (via satellite or cellular)
- Experience with offshore weather forecasting for marine wind farms
Solar Radiation Data Available
- Forecasted hourly incoming solar radiation values available for any point on the globe for the next 7 days
- Sunshine hour information
- Short-wave radiation maps available
- Flash charts with daily distribution
Detailed Hydrological Information
- Doppler-radar and satellite (TRMM)
- Real-time current conditions and river gauge information
- High resolution precipitation maps available
Industry-leading GIS Solutions
- All of CustomWeather’s content is available in GIS formats in addition to point data
- Shape files, OpenGIS-based map layers, NetCDF files
- Ability to plot hundreds of different weather variables for time frames from a few hours to a few weeks
Sample Maps and Reports
CustomWeather’s robust mapping and reporting capabilities can be customized to provide targeted information in a visually engaging format. For a comprehensive overview of our mapping and reporting capabilities, contact us.
US Wind Forecast Map
Incoming Long Wave Radiation Map
Montana Wind Ramp Map
Glacier Ramp Up/Down Map
US Wind Ramp Map
Short Wave Radiation Map
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Join 500+ renewable energy operators optimizing their assets with CustomWeather forecasts. Average yield uplift: +14%.