Weather Central, LP is a
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company that provides weather data and production tools to the media industry. It was founded in 1974 by Terry Kelly.
Overview
The company has 180 employees and 70
meteorologist
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s. It is the largest provider of broadcast and interactive web weather solutions for media companies in the
United States
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,
Canada
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,
Mexico
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, and the
Philippines
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. Weather Central has about 400 broadcast
television
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clients in 21 countries worldwide.
Weather Central also developed a free application for
iPhone
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s and Android devices called MyWeather.
Acquisitions
In 2011, E.L. Rothschild LLC, an
investment company
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, acquired a 70% stake in Weather Central. Nonetheless, the company will continue to operate under CEO and founder, Terry Kelly, as well as current management.
In 2012,
Weather Services International
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, a sister company to
The Weather Channel
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, announced an agreement to acquire Weather Central. Weather Central also launched the Radar 5™, a radar widget built using
HTML5
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.
See also
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Egain forecasting
References
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External links
Official WebsiteWeather Forecast
Weather forecasting
Companies based in Madison, Wisconsin
Mass media companies established in 1974
Software companies established in 1974