AccuWeather Introduces New Website: AccuWeather.com Business

Offers revolutionary advances for effective business planning

(State College, PA - January 28, 2004) - AccuWeather.com today announced that it has launched a website which will serve as a revolutionary new planning tool for decision makers within industries affected by weather. AccuWeather.com Business (business.accuweather.com) streamlines planning by featuring all weather information relevant to operations on one page for instant and easy access.

AccuWeather.com Business will provide customizable weather alarms, summary forecasts, historical comparisons, comprehensive graphs and detailed forecasts for 43,000 locations nationwide. Users will be able to customize key features on the site to better serve their individual preferences for specific weather information that affects their particular line of business.

The AccuWeather.com Business site is designed to simplify the workload for the busy professional with options that provide unprecedented accuracy and speed in cost-effective planning and field operations. For example, a user can customize alarms which will warn of unusual or extreme weather affecting the job. Summaries, backed by in-depth details, create an instant picture of the weather out to 15 days.

Automatic historical comparisons displayed in colorful, three-dimensional graphs offer additional time savings. With a quick glance, users will be able to compare the effect of weather on job site needs such as staffing, materials, etc., based on the same time period from previous years. With this quick and easy access to comparative weather information, operational planning will be simplified.

Instant access to numerous graphs highlights trends in the weather which affect various aspects of business operations. This gives the user a quick sense of what will be happening in the weather up to 15 days from the current forecast. The colorful three-dimensional graphics are easy to read and understand.

Companies with several job sites will be able to access the latest forecasts nationwide to support operations. Users can preset numerous locations on the site for immediate access to all features. This reduces time, because users can simply glance at AccuWeather.com Business to get all the weather information necessary. There is no need to search through countless web pages or sites to get weather for all their locations of interest.

"Today, managers are busier than ever and the information they interact with needs to be increasingly easy, quick and informative," says Jim Candor, senior vice president of New Media. "This site offers relevant weather information, all on one page and all at a touch of the fingertips, to help key decision makers reduce the challenges and costs of working in industries greatly affected by the weather."

About AccuWeather and AccuWeather.com

AccuWeather.com, The World's Weather Authority®, provides a portfolio of products and services through the airwaves, via the Internet, in print, and behind the scenes that benefit hundreds of millions of people worldwide. AccuWeather.com services more than 130,000 paying customers in media, business, government and institutions, and millions more through the website. AccuWeather.com also provides content onto more than 1200 Internet sites including CNN Interactiv, ABC's owned and operated stations, The Associated Press©, The Washington Post and The New York Times.

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