We use commercial paid-for weather services from specialist providers, including Met Office services, MetDesk and WeatherQuest. These operational services are typically more accurate and up-to-date than publicly available weather apps.
Early Warnings for Ice, Frost and Snow Across Your Sites
Our Advanced Weather Forecast service gives you an early warning of ice, frost, and snow risk on your site, so you can act before conditions become dangerous. We monitor professional weather data daily and issue clear, practical updates to your nominated contacts whenever risk is identified.
Forecast alerts are aligned to your service plan. If you are on our Automatic Service Plan, we notify you that gritting is being actioned. If you are on our Permission Service Plan, we email to ask whether you want us to grit. This keeps your team informed and in control, with a documented communication trail for duty of care and compliance.
We use paid commercial forecasting providers, including Met Office services, MetDesk and WeatherQuest, which are more accurate and site specific than publicly available weather app forecasts.
Our forecasting workflow combines specialist meteorological data with practical winter decision support, helping you reduce risk, protect people, and evidence proactive site management.
We monitor trusted paid-for weather data from providers such as Met Office services, MetDesk and WeatherQuest, offering more accurate and up-to-date operational forecasting than public app feeds.
When a risk period is identified, we email your chosen contacts with a clear weather report for the next 24 hour period for your site.
Automatic Service Plan customers are informed that gritting is being carried out. Permission Service Plan customers receive a prompt asking if they would like gritting scheduled.
Every report includes Green, Amber, or Red risk ratings so your team can quickly understand forecast severity and make faster decisions.
Reports include road surface temperature, dew point temperature, snow depth, precipitation, and road state (dry, wet, ice, frost, or snow) for practical operational planning.
We typically action forecasts when road surface temperatures are forecast at 0C or below, where Red risk is shown in the next 24 hours, or where any snow is forecast. However you can set your own trigger thresholds to suit your operational needs.
Trusted forecasting support helps you reduce slips, trips and falls at your workplace, improve planning, protect staff and visitors, and demonstrate a proactive winter duty of care approach across your sites.
Green: Road surface temperatures are expected to remain above +1C (or above 2C in a low-confidence scenario).
Amber: Road surface temperatures are expected between 0C and 1C; or below 0C with dry roads predicted; or on a low-confidence marginal forecast where road surface temperatures are expected between 1C and 2C.
Red: Road surface temperatures are expected to fall to or below freezing, with ice and/or hoar frost and/or snow accumulations and/or freezing rain likely.
Data fields provided include road surface temperature, dew point temperature, snow depth, precipitation, and road state (dry, wet, ice, frost, or snow).
The Advanced Weather Forecast alerts are a major part of our winter planning. We get clear daily risk emails, understand exactly when conditions may become hazardous, and can evidence proactive decisions to protect staff, visitors, and our sites.
Facilities Manager, Multi-Site Property Company
We use commercial paid-for weather services from specialist providers, including Met Office services, MetDesk and WeatherQuest. These operational services are typically more accurate and up-to-date than publicly available weather apps.
We email daily weather reports to your nominated contacts whenever there is a forecast risk of ice, frost, or snow. Alerts are designed to give you advance notice and support timely operational decisions.
You choose the contacts. We can send reports to one person or multiple stakeholders across your team, including facilities, operations, security, and Health & Safety contacts.
On an Automatic Service Plan, forecast alerts are used to notify you that we are gritting. On a Permission Service Plan, forecast alerts are used to ask whether you would like us to grit based on the predicted conditions.
We use a traffic-light system. Green means low risk, Amber means caution with marginal or colder road surface conditions, and Red means freezing risk with ice, frost, snow, and/or freezing rain likely.
Forecasts include risk level, road surface temperature, dew point temperature, snow depth, precipitation, and forecast road state (dry, wet, ice, frost, or snow).
We typically action the forecast when road surface temperatures are forecast at 0C or below, where a Red risk is indicated within a 24-hour period, or where any snow is forecast.
Yes. Forecast records and action notifications provide a clear evidence trail that supports duty of care, risk management, audit requirements, and proactive Health & Safety procedures.
Yes. We support single sites, multi-site estates, and portfolio-level winter planning. We can tailor contact groups and reporting workflows to match your operating structure.
Public weather apps are useful for general planning, but winter maintenance decisions benefit from specialist commercial forecasting designed for operational risk. Our service uses professional data sources and decision-led reporting to improve reliability and response timing.
Yes, where brand use permissions allow, we can include trusted provider branding in reports or communications to reinforce confidence in the data sources behind your forecast alerts.
Our team can explain forecast detail, risk level interpretation, and recommended next steps for your service plan. If conditions change rapidly, we will keep you updated so you can act with confidence.
Our gritting teams are available 24/7 to respond to any emergency gritting service needs, ensuring your premises are always safe and accessible throughout the winter.
As a local business, we offer competitive pricing for our gritting services without compromising quality - regardless of the size of your site.
We provide peace of mind by fully documenting all visits. We handle everything to keep your site safe in winter, so you can focus on your core business.
