Method and system for predicting the financial impact of forecasted weather conditions
First Claim
1. A method of predicting the financial impact of forecasted weather conditions, the method comprising:
- receiving information indicative of past weather events in a plurality of locations, each of the past weather events including one or more past weather conditions;
receiving information indicative of the observable financial impact of at least some of the past weather events;
for each of the plurality of locations and each of the one or more weather conditions;
determining a recurrence interval of each of the past weather conditions in the plurality of locations;
determining correlations between the past weather conditions and the observable financial impact of the past weather events;
calculating a predicted observable financial impact of each of the past weather conditions;
calculating a predicted financial impact of each of the past weather conditions recurring by multiplying the predicted observable financial impact the past weather condition by the recurrence interval of the past weather condition;
grouping the past weather events into a plurality of groups based on the predicted financial impact of the past weather condition recurring; and
determining a threshold for each of the plurality of groups;
receiving forecasted weather conditions; and
determining the predicted financial impact of the forecasted weather conditions by comparing the forecasted weather conditions with the thresholds determined for each of the groups in the locations of the forecasted weather events.
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Abstract
A system and method of predicting the impact of forecasted weather, environmental, and geologic events (that include one or more weather/environmental/geologic conditions) by determining a recurrence interval of each past condition in each location, determining the correlation between the past condition and the observable impact of the past event, calculating a predicted observable impact of each past event, calculating a predicted impact of each past event recurring by multiplying the predicted observable impact of the past event by the recurrence interval of the past condition, grouping the past events into a plurality of groups based on the predicted impact of the past condition recurring, determining a threshold for each group, receiving forecasted conditions, and determining the predicted impact of the forecasted conditions by comparing the forecasted conditions with the thresholds.
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1. A method of predicting the financial impact of forecasted weather conditions, the method comprising:
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receiving information indicative of past weather events in a plurality of locations, each of the past weather events including one or more past weather conditions; receiving information indicative of the observable financial impact of at least some of the past weather events; for each of the plurality of locations and each of the one or more weather conditions; determining a recurrence interval of each of the past weather conditions in the plurality of locations; determining correlations between the past weather conditions and the observable financial impact of the past weather events; calculating a predicted observable financial impact of each of the past weather conditions; calculating a predicted financial impact of each of the past weather conditions recurring by multiplying the predicted observable financial impact the past weather condition by the recurrence interval of the past weather condition; grouping the past weather events into a plurality of groups based on the predicted financial impact of the past weather condition recurring; and determining a threshold for each of the plurality of groups; receiving forecasted weather conditions; and determining the predicted financial impact of the forecasted weather conditions by comparing the forecasted weather conditions with the thresholds determined for each of the groups in the locations of the forecasted weather events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for predicting the financial impact of forecasted weather events, comprising:
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one or more databases that store; information indicative of past weather events in a plurality of locations, each of the past weather events including one or more past weather conditions; and information indicative of the observable financial impact of at least some of the past weather events; an analysis unit that; for each of the plurality of locations and each of the one or more weather conditions; determines a recurrence interval of each of the past weather conditions in the plurality of locations; determines correlations between the past weather conditions and the observable financial impact of the past weather events; calculates a predicted observable financial impact of each of the past weather conditions; calculates a predicted financial impact of each of the past weather conditions recurring by multiplying the predicted observable financial impact the past weather condition by the recurrence interval of the past weather condition; groups the past weather events into a plurality of groups based on the predicted financial impact of the past weather condition recurring; and determines a threshold for each of the plurality of groups; receives forecasted weather conditions; and determines the predicted financial impact of the forecasted weather conditions by comparing the forecasted weather conditions with the thresholds determined for each of the groups in the locations of the forecasted weather events. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer process, cause a computing device to:
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receive information indicative of past weather events in a plurality of locations, each of the past weather events including one or more past weather conditions; receive information indicative of the observable financial impact of at least some of the past weather events; for each of the plurality of locations and each of the one or more weather conditions; determine a recurrence interval of each of the past weather conditions in the plurality of locations; determine the correlation between the past weather condition and the observable financial impact of the past weather event; calculate a predicted observable financial impact of each of the past weather events; calculate a predicted financial impact of each of the past weather events recurring by multiplying the predicted observable financial impact the past weather event by the recurrence interval of the past weather condition; group the past weather events into a plurality of groups based on the predicted financial impact of the past weather condition recurring; and determine threshold for each of the plurality of groups; receive forecasted weather conditions; and determine the predicted financial impact of the forecasted weather conditions by comparing the forecasted weather conditions with the thresholds determined for each of the groups in the locations of the forecasted weather events. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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