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Rocket Lab has successfully launched its second flight into space. The flight, christened ‘Still Testing’, was launched from the Mahia Peninsula in January 2018. It saw the 17-metre Electron rocket successfully enter into orbit and deploy three mini-satellites on behalf of paying customers. The satellites are an earth-imaging satellite for Planet, and two Lemur-2 weather […]

Major Philippines broadcasters and China Southern Airlines are among clients from Asia using MetService’s weather technology – a little-known service export to the region. MetService is a household name for Kiwis as they decide what to wear in the morning or whether it’s safe to take to the road in challenging conditions. But its technology […]

KUCHING: A 26-year-old man was killed when he was struck by lightning at a construction site in Jalan Tun Abdul Rahman Yaakub here today. The construction worker, identified as Nansion Raby Tagik, died on the spot in the 2.30pm incident. District police chief Assistant Commissioner Abang Ahmad Abang Julaihi said Nasion and his colleagues, including […]

MetraWeather executives Peter Lowe and Murray Charteris are meeting with customers at IBC 2017 and presenting developments in the WeatherscapeXT™ Black Edition weather graphics presentation platform. IBC is the world’s leading Conference & Exhibition for media, entertainment and technology professionals. It covers fifteen halls across the RAI in Amsterdam and this year plays host to […]

View the above Weather Map at http://map.bloomsky.com Read more on the BloomSky SKY2 and Storm Examples of Current BloomSky Locations in ASEAN You may click on the below locations to view examples of real-time BloomSky weather stations and their functionality. Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia Johor, Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Changi, Singapore Bangkok, Thailand […]

Here is a video tutorial for the setup of the new BloomSky products: Read more on the BloomSky SKY2 and Storm

The weather. We all talk about it. We all complain about it. And we all obsess over it. Let’s be honest: we all check weather forecasts, and we check them pretty often. But here’s the problem: a weather forecast usually is only as precise as your city or town. That’s not too helpful when you’re […]

MetraWeather Sherlock™ is a new Small Data analysis and personal weather service that uses behavioural clues, direct user input and observations from smart devices to provide more useful and relevant information than traditional weather apps. Sherlock is based on the belief that people have unique relationships with their weather. The service interacts with users to […]

MetraWeather and TOA Systems, Inc., (TOA) the global lightning network company, will announce the expansion of a pan-ASEAN lightning network at InterMET Asia 2016. The network is designed to improve the region’s resilience to escalating extreme weather events and mitigate the risks associated with devastating lightning strikes. The network will be expanded in Brunei, Cambodia, […]

An analysis of the effectiveness of the DDCE device was performed in the context of direct lightning strikes on a telecommunications tower belonging to ANDORRA TELECOM, located in the area of ​​LAS PARDINAS in the Western Pyrenees, France at an altitude of 2,300 metres.  The Tower is located in an area with a high incidence […]