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AccuWeather Forensics

AccuWeather is the most accurate and trusted brand in weather and combined with our experience and training as forensic meteorologists, it reinforces our credibility in both courts and the insurance industry.

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Forensic Meteorology Services

With over 200 years of combined experience in meteorology and practicing forensic meteorology since 1963, AccuWeather Forensics is the most experienced and oldest forensic meteorology firm in the world. Our customers routinely find our testimony and reports credible, reliable, and easy to understand.

AccuWeather’s Forensic team consists of PhD and Certified Consulting Meteorologists (CCMs) who offer a professional determination of the weather, such as snow/ice, hail, wind, flooding, hurricanes, extreme temperatures, and lightning, as it relates to their specific case. Our experts deliver unmatched support across a variety of case types, including slip & fall, insurance disputes, personal injury, aviation, criminal cases, wrongful death, and others.

Consulting services include detailed site-specific reports, rebuttal reports, expert witness testimony, forensic weather assessments, fraud investigation support, weather risk consulting, and certified weather records.

1000+ Cases

80+ Trials

200+

Years Combined Experience

  • Expert Interpretation

    We reconstruct previous weather conditions down to a street address for any time frame, from all available sources to determine how these conditions influence your case.

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  • Special Expertise

    Receive easy-to-understand analyses for many case types, including roof collapse, hail damage, injury losses, explosions, high winds, flooding, slip/fall and more.

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  • Accomplished Experience

    Add over 224 years of combined experience to your team. Our award-winning team has authored thousands of reports and provided expert witness testimony since 1962.

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  • Instant Credibility

    As the world’s weather authority, we are recognized by 2B+ worldwide engaging daily through our mobile app, Accuweather.com, TV network, radio and newspapers.

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  • Extensive Weather Data

    Our vast amount of archived weather data includes satellite imagery, Doppler radar, and lightning data, plus weather observations from thousands of locations.

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  • Courtroom Graphics

    AccuWeather’s graphic artists create compelling and easy-to-understand graphics that support your case and increase presentation impact.

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  • Communication Skills

    With years of experience, our experts provide juries with clear, concise explanations of complex scientific subject matter.

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  • Collaboration Skills

    When requested, we collaborate with experts such as engineers and hydrologists to provide our opinion of the weather to assist with their own expertise.
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  • Early Expert Opinion

    Involve our experts early in the legal process to help thoroughly examine reports and documents, and offer our initial opinions.

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“"I write to let you know that the motion for summary judgment on which you were such a big help with the weather was argued this morning in the Superior Court, Hudson County. The court granted the motion and dismissed the case. Thank you again for all your help. We could not have gotten the case dismissed without your analysis of the weather."”

AccuWeather Client, Attorney based in New York City

 

Talk to an AccuWeather expert NOW for more information about how AccuWeather can help increase sales, reduce losses and keep employees safer.

AFB Handraise Forensics

We gave the stores a head start with the long-term severe forecast and the five-day precipitation forecast starting on Monday. We got the jump on our competition by two days… one of our best storm responses ever, as stores had massive amounts of product before the crush of customers. Everything worked perfectly.

 

- AccuWeather Client - Operations Manager of a National Home Improvement Retailer

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