Rapid Weather Provides Fast Responses for the 2006 Hurricane Season

The Rapid City, South Dakota company is making hurricane forecasts available to the general public as well as businesses. The forecasts are available on the Web, by email and through live weather briefings.

Rapid City, SD (PRWEB) May 4, 2006 -- The start of the hurricane season is less than a month away and this year may be another record-breaker. Rapid Weather, a private weather service providing forecasts worldwide, is bringing

its hurricane forecast service to the public.

Rapid Weather, through its Web site www.rapidwx.com is providing tropical storm and hurricane forecasts to subscribers, whether they are individuals or businesses. These forecasts are typically distributed by email and posted on the company's Web page, and this year Rapid Weather will offer live weather briefings to customers.

"The use of Web conferencing technology will make it possible to bring weather information to everyone in a live, interactive format," say's Rapid Weather owner, Chris Orr. "People will be able to listen to a meteorologists explain what may or may not happen, view our forecasts and be able to ask questions in real-time."

According to Orr, this technology is not being used for hurricane forecasts. "We do not know of any other service like it," says Orr. "If someone wants to know what the National Hurricane Center is forecasting and what our team of forecasters is predicting, the information will be available at one place on the Internet."

Rapid Weather's meteorologists have experience forecasting hundreds of hurricanes and typhoons. "There is a lot of information available about these storms but the information does not seem to reach the public and businesses in a significant and timely way. Now, when someone wants to know how a hurricane will affect them, they can find out directly from a forecaster in a live meeting on the Web or by calling us. All of our clients are VIPs."

Rapid Weather will be using Microsoft's Live Meeting technology for the presentations.

In addition, Rapid Weather's forecasters are available by telephone. When a subscriber calls the company's forecast office, they reach a forecaster who is able to give the caller the very latest information and answer questions.

Services range from six email and text message forecasts a day for as little as $299 for the hurricane season to a full-service package priced at $1,495 a month.

Rapid Weather can be found on the Web at www.rapidwx.com.

About Rapid Weather

Rapid Weather prepares forecasts for businesses and individuals, and provides expert advice to attorneys, energy companies, commodities traders, the re-insurance industry and commercial weather services.

The company's owner, Chris Orr, is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist. Chris Orr began his career in 1979 and he has worked with power companies, construction firms, attorneys, broadcasters, airlines and on major motion pictures.

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