Metro Weather Service

Metro Weather Service, Inc., commonly known as Metro Weather, is a privately held commercial weather-forecasting and meteorological consulting business based in Valley Stream, New York. Founded in 1974, the company was established to serve organizations that needed timely professional weather information but could not justify maintaining their own staff of meteorologists. Its client base has included businesses, radio and television stations, utilities, transportation organizations, event producers, and other weather-sensitive operations across North America. The company’s service model combines continuous forecasting coverage with specialized consulting. Metro Weather has described itself as maintaining meteorologists on duty around the clock, seven days a week, so that clients can obtain forecasts and operational guidance at any time. Its work has supported routine broadcast weather segments as well as decisions involving outdoor activity, transportation, public safety, production scheduling, and winter maintenance. Radio stations using its forecasts have operated in multiple U.S. markets, allowing Metro Weather forecasters and forecast products to reach audiences well beyond the company’s New York base. Metro Weather’s specialist work extends across film and television production, commercials, music videos, concerts, major sporting events, outdoor gatherings, airports, transportation agencies, utilities, and snow-removal companies. For productions and live events, weather information can help determine schedules, site logistics, safety plans, equipment protection, and contingency arrangements. For utilities, airports, transportation agencies, and winter-service contractors, forecasts can inform staffing and operational planning. The company has also provided forensic meteorology, a form of retrospective weather analysis used by law firms and insurance companies to assess past atmospheric conditions in connection with claims, disputes, and other proceedings. For nearly fifteen years after its formation, Metro Weather operated from facilities on the grounds of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. It later moved to Valley Stream, where it has remained based. The airport location was consistent with the company’s focus on operational forecasting and transportation-related clients, while the later Valley Stream base placed it within the wider New York metropolitan media and business market. The company has employed professionals with backgrounds in meteorology, atmospheric science, communications, and business management. Several former Metro Weather staff members later became television meteorologists, including John Bolaris, Chris Cimino, and Craig Allen. Metro Weather also served for several years as the principal weather-forecasting source for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, one of the most prominent recurring outdoor events in the United States. Metro Weather is best understood as a business-to-business meteorological services brand rather than a consumer weather-media brand. Its value proposition rests on professional expertise, continuous availability, localized and event-specific forecasting, and the ability to supply weather intelligence without requiring each client to build an internal meteorology department. Publicly available reference material provides limited information about its ownership, financial performance, corporate structure, and current leadership, so those details remain unspecified.

Metro Weather Service was founded in 1974 in response to a practical gap in the market: many businesses and broadcasters needed dependable, timely weather information, but could not afford to employ a full internal meteorology department. The company developed as an external forecasting provider, combining meteorological expertise with communications and business-management capabilities. This allowed clients to obtain professional forecasts and weather guidance as a service rather than building their own specialist teams. For approximately its first fifteen years, Metro Weather operated from the grounds of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Its airport presence reflected the operational character of its work and its involvement with organizations for which weather conditions could affect schedules, safety, transportation, and logistics. The company subsequently relocated to Valley Stream, New York, where the reference material identifies its continuing base. Over time, Metro Weather expanded its client work beyond conventional radio and television forecasting. It supplied weather information to national and international companies with varied meteorological requirements and developed a broad portfolio covering film and television productions, commercials, music videos, concerts, major sporting events, outdoor gatherings, airports, utilities, transportation agencies, and snow-removal companies. These assignments required more than general public forecasts: clients could need location-specific information, timing guidance, risk assessment, and operational recommendations. The company also developed a forensic meteorology practice. In that capacity, Metro Weather analyzes past weather conditions for law firms and insurance companies. Retrospective weather analysis can be relevant to claims, litigation, contractual disputes, accident investigations, and questions about whether particular atmospheric conditions occurred at a specified place and time. Public reference material does not provide details of individual cases, but identifies forensic meteorology as an established consulting service. Metro Weather has maintained a continuous-service model, with meteorologists available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Its forecasts have been used by radio stations in several parts of the United States, including stations serving Long Island and other New York communities, New Hampshire, eastern Connecticut, North Dakota, and Minnesota. Through those broadcast relationships, the company’s work has reached radio audiences across multiple markets while remaining primarily a professional services business. The company has also had a notable role in event forecasting. For several years, it was the main source of weather forecasts for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a high-profile event whose large scale and outdoor setting make weather planning especially important. Metro Weather’s staff has included professionals from meteorology, atmospheric science, communications, and business backgrounds. Former employees identified in reference material include John Bolaris, Chris Cimino, and Craig Allen, who later became television meteorologists. Available public information describes Metro Weather’s history and service scope but does not identify its founder, owners, detailed corporate leadership, financial results, or current legal structure beyond the company name Metro Weather Service, Inc. Accordingly, those elements are not included as factual claims here.

• 1974

  Company founded

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  Metro Weather Service was established to provide professional weather information to businesses, broadcasters, and other organizations that did not maintain their own meteorology departments.

• Relocation from JFK Airport facilities

  [1]Metro Weather Serviceen.wikipedia.org

  After operating for nearly fifteen years on the grounds of John F. Kennedy International Airport, the company moved to Valley Stream, New York.

• Expansion into specialized forecasting

  [1]Metro Weather Serviceen.wikipedia.org

  Metro Weather broadened its work to include production, event, transportation, utility, airport, and winter-maintenance forecasting, along with forensic meteorology.

• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade forecasting

  [1]Metro Weather Serviceen.wikipedia.org

  For several years, Metro Weather served as the primary weather-forecasting source for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

A professional, continuously available business-to-business weather service that supplies forecasts and retrospective meteorological analysis to organizations whose operations are affected by weather.

• Weather forecasting · 1974

  Commercial weather forecasts

  Forecasting services supplied to businesses and organizations that need professional weather intelligence without employing a full internal meteorology team. The company’s stated coverage model includes meteorologists on duty continuously, supporting clients across North America and helping them plan operations affected by timing, location, and severity of weather.

• Media services

  Broadcast weather services

  Weather information and forecasting support for radio and television stations. Metro Weather’s forecasts have been used by stations in several U.S. markets, enabling broadcasters to provide weather coverage while relying on an external specialist rather than maintaining a complete meteorological staff.

• Event services

  Event and production forecasting

  Location- and schedule-sensitive forecasts for film and television productions, commercials, music videos, concerts, sporting events, and other outdoor activities. Such support can assist with scheduling, safety planning, logistics, equipment protection, and contingency decisions, although public sources do not specify a standardized package structure.

• Meteorological consulting

  Forensic meteorology

  Retrospective analysis of historical weather conditions for law firms and insurance companies. The service applies meteorological expertise to questions about what weather occurred at a particular time and place, supporting professional consultation in claims and legal matters.

• Business consulting

  Operational weather consulting

  Weather guidance for utilities, airports, transportation agencies, snow-removal companies, and related operational clients. These services are intended to help organizations anticipate weather-related effects on staffing, mobility, maintenance, safety, and service continuity.

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