More provinces enjoy localized free weather forecast
Private weather information provider WeatherPhilippines has deployed a total of 777 automated weather stations (AWS) nationwide as of end 2015.
To date, WPF has 574 partners – 6 platinum and 22 gold donors, 12 service partners, and 534 site partners. These site partners, mostly meteorological sites that are vulnerable to frequent weather disturbances, receive AWS units for free.
An AWS measures its location’s rainfall, temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed and wind direction, and global solar radiation. These data are then processed through weather specialist MeteoGroup’s systems and uploaded as accurate five-day weather forecasts on WPF’s website www.weather.com.ph and WeatherPhilippines mobile app for both Apple and Android devices.
WPF initially set to roll-out 1,000 AWS nationwide to provide free, accurate, and localized weather information as a complement to the government’s effort to build a more resilient Philippines amidst a barrage of typhoons whole year round, by increasing community awareness and building capacity to prepare and respond to disaster.
“We are on a mission to build a #WeatherWiser nation; we want to encourage every Filipino to use weather information for decision-making, pro-active risk management, and disaster preparedness,” said WPF General Manager Dave Valeriano.
He noted that WPF is constantly seeking public-private partners to expand its AWS network and widen the scope of its educational initiatives.
In 2015, WPF signed partnership agreements with the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation and Ayala Corporation, and started operationalizing its agreement with the Department of Education with Weather 101 seminars to its disaster risk reduction and management council members.
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