Transportation companies annually lose $3.5 million to severe weather events and must plan for, and adjust, when weather strikes
Though visibilities can play a role in water-based travel, areas of high-sustained wind speeds and associated wave heights offer unique challenges to shipping. each day, weather can cause problems and increase the costs of getting these items to their final destinations. Weather patterns all over the world can cause ripple effects in the way objects are transported between and within countries, and the amount of time it takes to transport the goods and parcels.
Trucking is one of the most commonly reported modes of transportation that is impacted by weather. While many consumers are sympathetic, significant delays are still frustrating. Heavy snowfall and ice can cause blocked roadways and traffic jams in colder climates. Large amounts of rainfall can cause localized urban flooding, often leaving roadways impassable for days. This leaves truck shipments delayed as drivers and dispatchers must adjust routes.
Weather is also one of the leading causes of delays in airline operations, particularly in the mid-latitudes, which are generally more prone to widespread thunderstorms.can offer a challenge when planning early-morning flights. Coastal areas tend to see the most consistent early morning fog, which can start a trickle-down effect the rest of the day.
Though visibilities can play a role in water-based travel, areas of high-sustained wind speeds and associated wave heights offer unique challenges to shipping. High ocean waves and squalls are usually associated with large tropical systems, but high-sustained wind speeds over the top layer of the ocean can also bring wave challenges for travel. Energy is transferred to cause higher waves when the wind speed is faster than the wave crests.
The shipping of goods is critical to many companies’ operations and with potential delays due to weather, both over land and sea, companies rely on accurate forecasts to get their products where they need to be.Jim Foerster is one of just 198 Certified Consulting Meteorologists in the world. CCMs are experts in the application of weather information to a host of practical...
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