ICE | Most Wx Providers | Most Desktops | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weather Forecast Models | |||
| GFS (Op) | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| GFS ENS | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| ECMWF (Op) | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| ECMWF ENS | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| ECMWF EXT | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| GFS ENS EXT | September | ✓ | No |
| SEAS (7mo) | August | ✓ | No |
| CFS (9mo) | October | ✓ | No |
| Weather Observations | |||
| Real-time Airport Weather (METAR) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 41 years of Hourly Obs data | ✓ | No | No |
| Trailing 10yr CLIMO | ✓ | No | No |
| Trailing 15yr CLIMO | ✓ | No | No |
| Trailing 30yr CLIMO | ✓ | No | No |
| Official 30yr CLIMO (81-10) | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| Weather Forecast Parameters | |||
| 450+ weather parameters | ✓ | No | No |
| Hourly parameters | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| "Early Look" Daily parameters | ✓ | No | No |
| Daily parameters | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| "Early Look" Multi-Day parameters (calendar weeks, gas weeks, etc..) | ✓ | No | No |
| Multi-Day parameters (calendar weeks, gas weeks, etc..) | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| CHNG fields (6,12,18,24 hrs ago) | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| ANOM fields (using 4 Climos) | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| Wx Data (Global Locations) | |||
| 1,000's of global airports | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| 179 US Power & Gas Regions | ✓ | No | No |
| Ability to add locations | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| Weather Data Delivery | |||
| Interactive Fin tech Desktop | ✓ | No | ✓ |
| Excel RTD | ✓ | No | No |
| API (ICEXL; Python, VBA, R, etc…) | ✓ | 1 Option | No |
| Consolidated Low latency Data Feed Delivery (IGN) | Coming soon | No | No |
| Advanced Symbology | ✓ | No | No |
| Comprehensive Weather Maps | |||
| Hourly Guidance | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| Daily Guidance | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| Multi-Day Guidance | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| Forecast Progression Maps | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| Forecast Accuracy / Bias Maps | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| Model Change Maps | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| ANOM & Observation Maps | ✓ | ✓ | No |
| Detailed Model Status Pages | |||
| Monitor forecast data delivery speed | ✓ | No | No |
| View previous data delivery times | ✓ | No | No |
| Monitor data delays | ✓ | No | No |
| Unique Weather Workflows | |||
| Advanced (patent pending) Weather Symbology (aka Weather Legos) | ✓ | No | No |
| Ability to create any desired weather table or chart or desktop functionality quickly (using Weather Legos) | ✓ | No | No |
| Customizable Weather Alerts on streaming weather forecasts, weather observations, market prices, etc | ✓ | No | No |
| Create high-value "weather vs commodity price" visualizations (patent pending) | ✓ | No | No |
| Be the first to identify new trading opportunities by quantifying "Weather Alpha" among a wide array of traded commodities | ✓ | No | No |
ICE Connect offers robust weather and price data archives to help drive your fundamental modeling needs. Weather forecast data and analytics archives include historical weather forecasts and 40+ years of observed weather (hourly and daily granularity are available for over 100 parameters and 6,000 global locations).
Where weather and markets meet
- Stream medium- and long-range weather forecasts from key government forecast models
- Very high spatial and temporal resolutions of all government forecast models
- 200+ weather forecast fields including Gas Weighted Degree Days, snow, wind, solar, soil moisture, liquid precipitation, temperatures, humidity, pressure, etc
- 1,000+ global locations and 6,000+ locations ready to add upon request
- 40+ years of daily and hourly weather observations for all 200+ forecast fields and all locations
- Pre-calculated climatology for trailing 10, 15 and 30 years as well as the official 30 year
- Robust archive of weather forecasts which also include timestamps as to when these forecasts were available in the public domain
- Design your own personal views using ICE’s weather symbology to help create trading edge
- Access ICE’s unique visualizations (patent pending) to view streaming weather and market prices
- Customizable weather alerts to notify you on fast-changing prices or weather perspectives
- Stream weather maps with over 1 million maps per day
- Streaming weather forecast grids tailored for your markets
- All weather data is accessible via the ICE Connect Desktop, ICE XL (Excel add-in) and Python (R & VBA coming soon)
- Directly link weather details to specific traded instruments to quickly visualize changing market conditions
- Understand how fast and how much your markets are influenced by changing weather through key visualizations
- Quickly assess weather forecast risk with efficient analysis as key weather forecasts begin to converge on accuracy
- Convert extremely large weather data streams into actionable knowledge to help provide trading edge (24x7x365)
- Reduce costs with a highly-efficient platform providing greater data access and superior functionality to your daily workflows
Weather forecast data and analytics comparison
Our ECMWF Extension maps provide visibility into weather conditions up to 45 days into the future.
Our ‘All in One’ maps are used to analyze storm systems including the pressure, cloud, rain, and snow fields.
Resources
WEBINAR REPLAY
Natural Gas Winter Fundamentals and Outlook
ARTICLE
Natural gas benchmarks: A global market has formed
ARTICLE
The role of markets in the Energy Transition
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