Kite Storm – Benefits:

• Understand your site’s risks due to thunderstorms and lightning
• Allows you to plan mitigation actions ahead of time – Proactive management of risks
• Keep your staff and equipment safe
• Empower your frontline decision-makers with reliable and easy-to-understand information

Kite Storm Risk forecasting system provides:

• 3 Hourly forecasts out to 48 hours
• Thunderstorm Probability and Severity
• Real-time lightning tracking
• Real-time lightning alerts (based on proximity to your site)
  • 3 configurable proximity warning zones (60km/30km/10km)
• last 60 mins playback of historical lightning
• Lightning characterisation (cloud-to-cloud, cloud-to-ground)
• Real-time rain radar (only available for sites covered by the Bureau of Meteorology Radar network)
• Severe weather warnings for the local area
• Real-time observations from BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) Automatic Weather Stations and sensors
  • Rainfall
  • wind speed/gust
  • River levels
• Easy-to-understand dashboard

Understanding Thunderstorm activity that puts your site at risk

Many industries such as Transport, Agriculture, Construction, Mining and Ports are subjected to the risk of thunderstorms.

Weather impacts from a thunderstorm include:

• Heavy rainfall –  potential flash flooding, reduced visibility and safety hazards

• Lightning strikes –  causing a safety risk to personnel operating outside or at heights

• High wind gusts – causing damage to infrastructure, and equipment, a safety risk for people working at height and an environmental risk due to wind-blown dust

Operating cranes, gantries, heavy equipment and outdoor activities are heavily regulated in many industries as these put the operators and the equipment at risk. Therefore, understanding the likelihood and severity of a thunderstorm as well as the location of lightning activity surrounding your site is vital for day-to-day planning and keeping your staff safe.

Kite Storm will provide you with a 3 hourly forecast of the probability of a thunderstorm, the ability to track lightning strikes in real-time, send proximity-based lighting alerts, and visualise real-time rainfall radar (when available) and severe weather warnings. This allows you to better plan your operational activities to remain compliant, navigate possible operational delays and most importantly manage the safety of your staff.