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Case Study #1 for Operational Forecasting Services
A roofing contractor in the Chicago Area is about to start a job at 6 a.m., involving an emergency repair of a leaking roof. The weather forecast on the radio is calling for a 40% chance of showers. The contractor checks the radar via the internet and notices that there are showers about 125 miles to the west of his location. He is starting a job where the roof over sensitive electronic equipment will be opened in order to make needed repairs. Any amount of rain while the roof is open could result in tens of thousands of dollars in damage to the equipment below. In order to make the repairs, the contractor needs 6 hours of dry weather. The contractor calls Weather Command’s staff of professional meteorologists to get their forecast. The meteorologist informs the contractor that those showers on radar to the west will move into Wisconsin and miss his work site. The earliest his site will see showers will be 1 p.m. The contractor went ahead and started the job and completed it before any showers arrived. This enabled the contractor to repair the leaking roof before any additional water damage occurred.
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