Weather Pro Overview

Critical Weather

Of all the variables encountered daily to operate a fleet, weather is perhaps the biggest. It has a tremendous impact on routing, customer services, profits, safety, unplanned downtime, and insurance. Real-time weather in relation to vehicles and assets enables better decisions before things go wrong. 

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Mobile App

The mobile app shows the driver where they are in relation to dangerous weather conditions. 

Current Weather

The web portal enables dispatchers to see vehicles nationally in relation to current and future predicted weather. Advanced weather data identifies hazardous driving conditions such as high winds that might turn over a semi. Snow fall accumulation data can identify areas likely to have significant traffic issues resulting in missed delivery times. 

Forecast Weather

Forecast weather is a game changer for fleet safety and time management. With HOS required limits to driving hours and rest periods, it is critical to profitability to avoid extensive weather delays. 

Read Weather Layer Definitions

Attentive dispatchers can monitor vehicle travel and contact drivers to avoid upcoming areas likely to impacted by weather. Weather layers range from snow, wind, tornado, hurricanes, tropical storms, wind chill, blizzards and thunderstorms. 

Weather and Accident

The most obvious expensive aspect of severe weather conditions is vehicle accidents. Truck accident costs go well beyond the cost of repairs. If your fleet could reduce accidents by just 5% due to weather, how would that change your profitability?

• Truck repair
• Lost cargo
• Roadside cleanup for hazmat
• Roadside goods transfer to a new truck
• Lost value of cargo (A truck of flowers can cost $100,000)
• Loss of customer due to their loss of sales
• Driver injury and workers compensation
• Cost to hire, train and replace a driver
• Cost to send a second truck to make the delivery