What weather is about to hit my sites, and what do I do about it?
Soter's Weather Risk Advisor workflow monitors verified weather data near your site ZIP codes, detects hazardous wind, hail, lightning, and winter conditions, and turns each alert into operational guidance. You get pre-event controls before the shift and a post-event inspection checklist after, compiled into one weather report.
What the Weather Risk Advisor workflow does
Severe weather is one of the few hazards a safety team can see coming, yet the warning often lands as a raw forecast with no instruction attached. The workflow closes that gap. It gathers verified weather data from sources like NOAA, NWS, SPC, and lightning and hail networks, detects conditions that matter for a specific location, and translates the forecast into actions a crew can take.
You start with a business name or a ZIP code. Soter handles the data, flags the site-specific hazard, and drafts the pre-event and post-event guidance. The Safety Professional reviews and confirms before anything goes to the field, and the result is one weather report instead of a forecast tab and a separate scramble to decide what to do.
Where weather response breaks down at scale
Across multiple sites, three problems show up again and again.
- Forecasts without instructions. A warning of high wind or lightning arrives, but nobody has written down which controls it triggers, so each shift improvises.
- Site blind spots. A region-wide alert says little about one yard or rooftop, and the conditions that actually threaten that location get lost in the noise.
- No post-event check. After the storm passes, the inspection that would catch loose roofing, flooded bays, or damaged equipment never happens because there is no checklist ready.
How the workflow runs
- Gather verified weather data. Enter a business name or ZIP code, and the workflow pulls current and forecast data from verified sources for that location.
- Detect site-specific hazard alerts. Conditions such as high wind, hail, lightning, and winter events are flagged for the specific site, not just the wider region.
- Generate pre-event guidance. The workflow drafts concise pre-shift actions and controls for the conditions ahead, ready for the assessor to confirm.
- Generate post-event guidance. A post-event inspection checklist is prepared so the team can verify the site once conditions clear.
- Compile the weather report. All findings, alerts, and guidance are assembled into one clear, actionable weather report.
Who uses this workflow
- Safety Professionals planning shift readiness ahead of severe weather
- Site supervisors deciding which controls a forecast triggers for their location
- Multi-site EHS leads keeping weather response consistent across yards and facilities
- Insurance loss-control consultants reviewing how client sites prepare for and recover from storms
What you get when you sign up
- Verified weather data pulled for your site from a business name or ZIP code, no manual forecast hunting
- Site-specific hazard alerts for wind, hail, lightning, and winter conditions
- Pre-event controls drafted for the conditions ahead and confirmed before the shift
- A post-event inspection checklist ready the moment conditions clear
- One compiled weather report covering alerts, pre-event actions, and post-event checks