METOS® VWS - virtual weather station with weather forecast subscription (1 year)

METOS VWS virtual weather station is an indispensable partner for anyone who makes weather-dependent decisions on a daily basis. It provides you with location-specific weather information for actional results and can be used everywhere at any time. 

METOS VWS:

• Calculates all the essential environmental parameters important for agriculture for the most effective results
• Works as a complete decision support service – provides weather forecast, helps with work planning (plant nutrition, field accessibility, tillage ability, sowing window, etc.), animal stress, accumulator tools, and more
• Can be any point on Earth – without exception
• Offers the same range of solutions as a physical weather station

METOS VWS one year includes:

• one coordinate placement wherever in the world 
• weather forecast license for 1 year
• work planning tools***:
• plant nutrition,
• field accessibility,
• tillage ability,
• sowing window,
• plant protection,
• harvest window,
• grass fire danger index
• accumulator tools
• degree days
  
• chilling units
• rain sum
• animal stress (chicken, cows)

More information is available on metos.at page. 

How do you activate it?

• After you place the order, you will receive an email with instructions.
• The email* contains a product key that you activate in FieldClimate. If you don't have an account yet, you will have to create one first. 
• After you activate the key, you will have to set up your METOS VWS - define the exact location where you want it (GPS coordinates) and activate Weather Forecast Subscription for it*/**/***. 

*Please follow the "step-by-step instructions for activation" video.   
**Instructional video shows how to add a Disease model license. The 1-year METOS VWS with Weather Forecast subscription comes without it so you will skip this step.
***It may take up to 1 hour until your new virtual station starts displaying data.

Important notice: After one year, you can contact us for renewal. If you decide not to, you won't be charged anything. Your FieldClimate account will stay active, but you will lose the Weather Forecast license and won't be able to see the weather forecast or use the work planning tools.