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“With the implementation of the “meteorology + high-speed roads” application scenario, Moji Weather’s commercial meteorological services are taking on another challenging task. Recently, the globally renowned meteorological service platform Moji Weather reached a partnership with the Zhejiang Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway; together, they will provide meteorological services for the 1,252 kilometers along this expressway, in order to reduce the incidence of traffic accidents and delays in construction due to adverse weather conditions, thus ensuring the safe travel of road users. Precise meteorological services ensure the smooth operation of highway traffic. Apart from factors related to people, vehicles, and roads, weather conditions are an important factor affecting traffic safety on highways. 38.3% of the highway closures each year are caused by weather conditions, and 52.3% of highway traffic accidents are resulting from severe weather. Meteorological disasters such as thick fog, heavy rain, strong winds, high temperatures, and lightning, as well as secondary meteorological disasters like road icing, landslides, and floods, all affect the safety and efficiency of road transportation. Research indicates that accurate meteorological services can enhance the safety and reliability of highway traffic, ensure and extend the availability and operational hours of highways as much as possible, and reduce economic losses resulting from shortened operating hours due to adverse weather conditions. The partnership between Moji Weather and the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway is based on this. Through this partnership, the operation and maintenance unit of the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway in Zhejiang Province can carry out services to ensure the smooth operation of the highway by relying on the weather forecast services provided by Moji Weather, which offer precision down to the kilometer and hour level, as well as real-time weather information. When it is detected that severe weather is expected or that a section of the highway will be closed in the future, drivers can promptly receive alerts via large screens and other means, including information on severe weather conditions, advice on safe driving, and suggestions on where to take shelter at service stations, all provided by the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway based on the weather services offered by Moji Weather. This helps to reduce traffic congestion on the highway caused by severe weather. Furthermore, when planning maintenance and construction activities on the highway, the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway can also make use of the weather forecast services provided by Moji Weather to avoid bad weather conditions and choose times with favorable weather conditions for making scientific decisions regarding personnel deployment and the placement of construction equipment, thereby ensuring the safety of the construction work as well as its timely completion. “\"Weather + Highways\" goes beyond that. As the number of vehicles on the road continues to increase, the services provided by highways are also constantly improving. In order to expand the range of applications for highway customers and strengthen the bond between highway operation and maintenance agencies and their clients, officials from InkWeather said that in the future, the company will offer more advanced, scenario-based weather services based on the \"Weather + Highways\" concept. InkWeather Tong will utilize meteorological big data and specialized weather algorithm models to provide transportation industry users with scenario-based meteorological services such as weather-based assistance for route planning, predictions of road surface slippage levels, forecasts for vehicle speed limits and safe following distances, reminders for braking and breaks, And intelligent detection of disaster-related weather conditions. At the same time, weather-related insurance services such as car washing insurance, highway smooth travel insurance, and custom weather insurance will also become points of entry for future cooperation. From route planning to safety assurance, accurate weather-based services provide drivers with the most effective and safest navigation suggestions regarding routes and travel times. Moji Weather was one of the earliest weather service companies in China to offer commercial meteorological services, and it continues to meet the needs of corporate clients by providing comprehensive \"meteorology + industry\" application scenarios. Previously, InkWeather has established in-depth collaborations with industries such as logistics, aviation, agriculture, insurance, and the Internet of Vehicles, providing decision-making support for their development. This collaboration with the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway will further expand the possibilities of combining meteorology with high-speed transportation. It provides accurate and reliable meteorological solutions to enhance the capacity for meteorological services on expressways, as well as to establish a systematic and comprehensive approach to dealing with meteorological disasters in such areas. For information on weather pattern analysis and the visualization of weather data, please refer to the official website. Beijing Moji Fengyun Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2010; the “Moji Weather” platform it develops and operates is a global weather service that allows users to obtain weather information for around 199 countries, as well as more than 200,000 cities and regions. By 2019, Moji Weather had a total of around 650 million users, with over 100 million weather queries per day. In 2016, Moji Weather established the enterprise services team Moji Chibi. By thoroughly analyzing meteorological data, offering meteorological consulting, and providing meteorological services, we deliver meteorological data services, enterprise-level software products, and customized industry-specific meteorological solutions to corporate clients. At present, InkWeather’s enterprise-level solutions cover industries such as highways, logistics, last-mile delivery, agriculture, insurance, connected vehicles, aviation, and tourism.