Winter maintenance made easy
with weather data from YOUR roads
Pricing
Save just one call out, and Wx Horizon pays for itself.
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30-DAY FREE TRIAL
Experience Wx Horizon for yourself. Numbers are limited, so sign up today and start your free trial next winter.
Free
What kind of solution are you looking for?
''We get almost 50 inches of snow plus thawing every winter, and that creates hazardous driving conditions. Vaisala's insight and onboard tools let us target treatments faster and meet our levels of service.''
Larry Schneider
Director of Transportation Operations
City of Fort Collins, CO
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PREMIUM
Expand your insights and get network-wide road weather information.
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PRO
Enhance your forecasts with high-quality IoT sensor measurements & alert notifications.
$6,500/yr
starting at
RECOMMENDED
No more guessing.
Get the definitive state of your road network. Wx Horizon Pro with Vaisala Cast™ sensing delivers high-quality data, giving you the ground truth to make decisions with confidence.
Reduce your environmental impact.
GroundCast, our state-of-the-art pavement surface monitoring device, delivers residual salt data, which means you use the optimal amount of treatment - no more, no less.
Easy, no maintenance installation.
Setting up the network is quick and easy with a wireless design and built-in cloud connectivity. No need to worry about power: Cast Sensors have minimum 3-year battery life.
Timing is everything. Relying on the best data makes planning easier as you know what to expect.
Plan your operations with confidence
Wx Horizon brings you pavement weather forecasts enhanced by integrated sensor measurements, radar, and alerts - all from one supplier. Get actionable pavement condition information at a price you can afford.
Atmospheric weather forecasts are useful. Targeted pavement forecasts are good. Ground truth observations are better.
Data-driven decision making.
QUALITY HARDWARE
Targeted pavement forecasts enhanced by ground truth observations and atmospheric forecasts are best.
CUSTOMER BENEFITS
All the information you need, in one place.
Book a demo of Wx Horizon to see pavement forecasts for your own road network.
Wx Horizon for cycleways and footpaths
We are looking for municipalities to experience Wx Horizon and provide feedback for our research initiative.
Fill out our form, and you may be selected to receive one year of Wx Horizon road weather forecasts, powered by a network of up to 20 local road sensors.
Tiers and features
Find a plan that works for you and your business.
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Top features |
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| Road weather forecast range |
12 hours |
24-72 hours |
24-72 hours |
| Road weather forecast |
Pre-defined points |
5 user-defined points |
Network-wide |
| Vaisala Cast™ Sensors on your network1 | |||
| Alert notifications by email, SMS and voice message | |||
| 10-day weather forecast | |||
| Radar and satellite data | |||
| National weather hazards | |||
| Unlimited users for each organization | |||
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Additional features |
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| Reference grade weather station observations (when available) | |||
| Mobile observation sensor data (when available) | |||
| 24 hr/365 phone and email technical support | |||
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1 5 Vaisala Cast™ Sensors are included in the standard Pro and Premium packages. Add more as needed. |
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Have Wx Horizon do the monitoring for you
Road weather changes constantly and it’s not easy to stay on top of the game all the time. Especially when things get serious.
Larry Schneider
Director, Transportation Operations
City of Fort Collins, CO
"We get almost 50 inches of snow plus thawing every winter, and that creates hazardous driving conditions. Vaisala's insight and onboard tools let us target treatments faster and meet our Levels of Service."
”We have found the Wx Horizon data to be invaluable in winter maintenance and after one season has shown significant cost savings in both overtime labor and materials."
Kelly Maurer
Director of Public Works
Cranberry Township, PA
Neil Robertson
Road Network Engineer
Shetland Islands, UK
"Before we put in GroundCast sensors, we had drivers getting up at 5 a.m. to check conditions in the most remote parts of the road network. Now, we can reduce the number of inspections needed - a quick glance of the parameters with a laptop is sometimes all we need to make the best road treatment decisions."
Wx Horizon is a road weather subscription service designed for winter maintenance professionals. It uses sensors to generate enhanced road weather forecasts for your roads. Now communities can easily and affordably access information that was previously only available to DoTs.
How Wx Horizon boosts your winter maintenance
- Set alerts for the conditions you want to know about, and choose how far in advance you want to be notified.
- Get notifications through SMS, email, and voice message.
Winter is inevitable, how will you respond?
Before, during, and after a storm, you have to make important winter maintenance decisions and know:
How much snow will be on the road surface?
Is snow sticking, or turning to slush?
Is there residual salt on the pavement?
How will surface conditions change in the next 72 hours?
When will roads freeze over?
Which roads will be hit by the storm first?
Should I call out the crew now?
Should I pre-treat?
If you had all the information needed to answer these questions, would you be able to make maintenance decisions with higher confidence?
See the future ->
- Our sensor data from your roads improves forecast accuracy by up to 70%
- Make the right decision even in marginal conditions.
Better data. Better forecasts.
The best way to enhance local forecasts is to get high-quality sensor data from your local roads. It is the only way to radically improve the forecast accuracy. We are obsessed with sensor accuracy because the forecasts will only be as good as the data you put into the models.
Vaisala Cast Sensors are the easiest way to get high-quality data from your local environment. They are based on the same measurement technologies that the top meteorological agencies are using in their reference networks.
TempCast sensor
- Road surface temperature (optional)
- Air temperature
- Dew point temperature
GroundCast sensor
- Road temperature from multiple depths
- Residual salt amount
- Road state: dry/ not dry
Know what's happening on your roads
Typical weather forecasts do not have accurate information about road conditions.
- Use sensor data from you own roads to plan and prepare for the next turn out.
- Get a 72-hour road weather forecast made specifically for your roads.