Client Services

Based on twenty years of research, ClimaTrends offers a unique service to California wine growers. The extremely volatile nature of California wine grapes during hang-time makes accurate long-range forecasts of upcoming weather events a valuable commodity. Dryness in winter, coolness in spring, radical fluctuations of temperature between fruit set and veraison, or late rains before harvest, can all present logistic potentials for excellence or disaster for the wine grower. To ease these uncertainties, Climatrends provides for its clients several in-depth features that unfold throughout the growing season.

Yearly Overview

The first is a yearly ten month seasonal over-view from January to October. The information for these forecasts has a probability of about 70% a year in advance, giving our clients a useful picture of the year to come. While this is a good percentage and no one else offers this kind of accuracy this far in advance, it still leaves a range of possibilities for change as the year unfolds. To track these changes, we offer to our clients regularly updated mid-range forecasts.

Monthly Updates

Starting in January of each growing year, Climatrends clients are provided with monthly updates that look at the next three-month period in detail. These written updates get very specific about the weather events in the near term months, noting any potential shifts in previously forecast patterns. These updates are rated with probability assessments and are reviewed each month for potential shifts in previously forecast patterns. But as harvest approaches, we realize that even monthly information isn't enough.

Weekly Bulletins

Coming into the all important hang-time periods the monthly forecasts are reviewed on a weekly basis by our technical staff. Current updates are posted on a website accessible exclusively to clients. Any insights into the potential for developing conditions to become acute are immediately posted as an aid to help our clients make the best decisions in the critical times just before harvest.

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