ClearPoint’s global weather system receives its High Definition Weather data from major global sources and provides updated information to customers within minutes of receipt.

Global Sources
ClearPoint weather information is obtained from government sources, military, commercial aircraft, commercial shipping, and national weather service providers from over 180 primary sources. These weather data resources are aggregated globally from over 10,000 data nodes.

Institutional Sources
ClearPoint’s global weather system receives its data from major global sources and provides updated information to customers within minutes of receipt. ClearPoint weather information is obtained from governments, military, commercial aircraft, commercial shipping, and national weather service providers from over 180 sources. Primary sources include the UK Meteorological Office, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in addition to a wide variety of public and private weather sources from all over the world.

Filtered Data
ClearPoint data is processed, filtered and “cleansed” for uniformity and error correction, formatted into a homogenous data structure for each data/file and type, then parsed into local or regional data blocks to provide truly localized information.

Forecasting Model
The ClearPoint weather models used by the service are known to be the most accurate and most up-to-date numerical weather forecasting models, in addition to its own proprietary numerical model.

Proprietary System
ClearPoint utilizes a proprietary derivation of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model-- a next-generation mesocale numerical weather prediction system designed to serve both operational forecasting and atmospheric research needs.

Architecture
ClearPoint features multiple dynamical cores, a 3-dimensional variational (3DVAR) data assimilation system, and a software architecture allowing for computational parallelism and system extensibility.

WRF Model
ClearPoint’s WRF model is suitable for a broad spectrum of applications across scales ranging from meters to thousands of kilometers. Critical to the forecast accuracy is proprietary localization/regionalization of the numerical models to factor in the algorithmic physics relating to local variations, localized atmospheric chemistry, land surface modeling (physical, urban, vegetation) and regional climate modeling.

PhD-Level Research
The ClearPoint meteorological team includes PhD-level weather physics researchers, mathematical modelers and computer science experts who provide ClearPoint its proprietary technological and weather prediction capabilities.

Market Trials
ClearPoint has been base lining weather data (observed and forecasted) since its inception. ClearPoint has conducted regular comparison tests in specific sailing regions with forecasts from sophisticated racing sailors and leading meteorologists in these regions who have raced/sailed previously in such locations and who therefore qualify as "local knowledge experts" (i.e. those who have lived, raced and won regattas) and are also avid consumers of weather forecasting systems and services.

Market Trial Examples:

Biscayne Bay (Miami, Florida)
ClearPoint conducted a 3 month trial during the high sailing/racing season. ClearPoint was used by sailboat Race Committees, Racing Coaches and Racing sailors in the region. The Miami 1.0km wind forecasts (used from 10 am to 5 pm daily) were in relation to a synthesis of forecasted wind strength, direction, time). Weather physics in the Miami area are renowned for being notoriously difficult to forecast for NOAA, NASA, weather industry plays and for many "human" forecasters providing their interpretation of weather data from multiple sources. This is because Biscayne Bay is uniquely difficult to forecast as the region has several topographical and climatology features that are unique and affect local climate/winds. These feature include a large swamp (the Okeefenokee), a large city with skyscrapers and lots of concrete, the warm/temperate ocean, a large "river" (the Gulf Stream just to the east running at 7.0 knots at 85 deg + temperatures) and surrounded by small islands and causeways with various features such as tall buildings, sandy beaches, open areas and various vegetation/concrete combinations. Despite these anomalies, ClearPoint proved its accuracy again and again.

Newport, Rhode Island
ClearPoint conducted a 2 month trial during high sailing/racing season. The service was also used by Race Committees, Racing Coaches and Racing sailors. The 1.0km wind forecasts (used from 10 am to 5 pm daily) were running in relation to a synthesis of forecasted wind strength, direction, time. A/B comparisons were run between ClearPoint vs. NOAA and major industry weather providers. In short, the repeatability and consistency of forecasts as demonstrated in the Biscayne Bay run were similar, significantly greater accuracy than any other known weather forecaster (machine or human).

Valencia, Spain
The America’s Cup in Valencia provided the backdrop for ClearPoint’s best A/B comparison running for 4+ months prior to, during and following the America’s Cup. The accuracy for Valencia continued to reflect similar experiences as noted in Biscayne Bay and Newport; the 1.0nm forecasts were running with high degrees of accuracy in relation to a synthesis of forecasted wind strength, direction, time. Perhaps the single most telling comparison (observed versus predicted) was that provided to ClearPoint through access to data from a custom wind/weather monitoring grid of 25 buoys in Valencia region. The system/grid provides extremely accurate +/- 0.1 knot wind speed and +/- 0.5 degree wind direction data. ClearPoint’s numerical forecast model recorded a very high level of correlation with this observed sensor-based data.