Briefing

The Briefing page is not available in MxVision WeatherSentry Online® Alberta Edition.

Interact with the Telvent weather team via the Briefing page. The Briefing page includes:

Briefing

Weather Blogs

Forecast Highlights

Online Consulting

Create an Alias

Graphics

Local Forecast / Current

Weather Blogs

MxVision WeatherSentry Online® includes two weather blogs. You can interact with our Product Management team in the WeatherSentry Ideas and Input blog and keep up to date with long range forecasts provided in the Telvent Extended Weather blog.

Blogs/Community Discussion

Select one of the listings from the Blogs/Community. To read the entire article, click the More... link. Both Standard and Pro users are able to post comments to the interactive community blogs. Blogs are included in the Briefing page only when a US region is loaded.

The online consulting section (available to Pro users) is used to ask for consultation with our meteorologists on current weather conditions.

 

Forecast Highlights

Forecast highlights are available for the seven US regions (11 regions in the Energy Edition). The Canadian region does not include the forecast highlights. Highlights are updated twice daily, early morning and mid-morning.

Meteorologist Briefing

These exclusive discussions are tailored to your region of the country. Written by our meteorologists, they provide an overview of current weather that is of concern to you and your operation. To learn more about the meteorologist on duty click the Bio link.

Region

The location most recently viewed in your Dashboard will determine which region is loaded.  If a Canadian location was last viewed in your Dashboard the Canadian region will load, however this region does not include blogs, forecast highlights or graphics.

 

Online Consulting

Available only to Pro users of MxVision WeatherSentry Online®.

Customer Service

The forum is available for asking questions of a meteorologist. If you have product questions or issues, please contact customer service for assistance. Send email from within the knowledgebase, available via the Customer Service button, or call 800.655.8111.

 

Pro users are able to ask a meteorlogical question and receive timely answers from our meteorologists. A response can be expected in approximately 15 minutes.

Online Consulting

As a Pro user, you can view the comments and questions of industry peers in your region of the country and benefit from the answers our professional meteorologists provide. The forum automatically refreshes every five minutes.

One past briefing highlight and its associated forum is retained on the Briefing page. Your forum question is attached to the highlight. As the highlight ages and is replaced your question is also removed.

 

Create an Alias

If you are a Pro user and wish to remain anonymous while using the forum you can create an alias.

Alias

  1. Select the Settings Menu button.

  2. Choose the Account Menu option.

  3. Select the Account Info submenu.

  4. Type an alias in the Alias text field.

  5. Save your changes.

 

Graphics

In addition to the text forecasts and discussions, graphics of current and forecast conditions are provided. Your location last loaded in the Dashboard will determine the area displayed in the local graphics. Specific graphics presented will vary by industry and season. The Canadian region does not include the graphics.

Radar
Click over the radar graphic to load the layered map for that area. Navigating to Local Radar from the Briefing page in this manner replaces the geographic location previously loaded in the Local Radar page. All other information such as selected layers, animation state, etc. will remain as it was last viewed. Here you may zoom in/out, pan, add/remove layers, and animate data.

Path Graphics

The Path Animation can also be reached by clicking over the image.

 

Local Forecast / Current

The Current Conditions graphic displays the current weather conditions provided by the nearest official reporting site.

Local Forecast and Current Conditions
The Local Forecast graphic includes the More Detail link to the Hourly and 15 Day forecasts tables. The tables provide more specific forecast information about your location.

Note: Refresh the graphic content by clicking your browser refresh icon.