Metloop and CertainTeed today announced an agreement in which CertainTeed credentialed roofing contractors receive preferred access to MetLoop’s state-of-the-art weather-forecasting technology at special discounted rates.

MetLoop’s technology enables contractors to know if a hurricane, tornado or any other weather disaster is going to directly hit a particular home or building -- and when – with 95 percent accuracy. The technology was created by a team of contractors, meteorologists and developers who detected huge inaccuracies of weather-forecasting companies.
“Nothing like this has ever been available before to contractors,” said Jay Butch, director of Contractor Programs for CertainTeed Roofing. “This is a great tool for our credentialed contractors. It is a game-changing technology because it’s predictive versus reactive. To me, that’s the biggest plus. It allows contractors to see what’s coming and know exactly where a storm is going to hit. It gives them a jump on the competition and gives them another critical touch point with their customers. It’s a win-win all the way around.”

“We’re thrilled to be aligned with CertainTeed,” said Trevor Leeds, chief global strategist for MetLoop. “It is one of the most dominant companies and manufacturers in the industry with rock-solid relationships with thousands of credentialed contractors. We’re proud to be associated with them and offer their contractors our unique platform. It brings tremendous added value to both MetLoop and CertainTeed.”

Previously, only the U.S. military had access to this unique technology that predicts the most accurate weather forecasts possible. MetLoop negotiated a deal to re-purpose the military-grade weather-forecasting technology for the civilian market, bringing a new level of accuracy and specificity that did not previously exist.

“In the military, with lives and equipment at stake on the move or in battle, military forecasters have to be accurate,” said Rocco Calaci, chief meteorologist for MetLoop who has 40 years of experience, including 20 years as Senior Meteorologist for the U.S. Air Force. “We now use the same technology. We provide the highest degrees of accuracy from the first alert to the time of impact.”

MetLoop is the only company that only uses meteorologists who are both military-trained and NEXRAD certified. The combination of this uniquely-trained team with a proprietary system “changed the industry landscape,” said Leeds. “We have address-specific alerts -- not broad-area forecasts but alerts based on precise locations.”

Severe weather forecasts and alerts were typically broad-based, covering large geographical areas that include many properties that are not directly impacted despite receiving weather alerts.

“This is because the alerts are based on algorithms that are not designed to be highly specific and often miss smaller weather events altogether,” said Calaci.

MetLoop, on the other hand, receives real time, raw data from every Next-Generation Radar (NEXRAD) station across the country, as well as thousands of smaller weather-monitoring devices.

It also utilizes military-trained, operational forecasters to interpret this data and produce highly-granular alerts and forecasts down to the individual building level, 24/7. MetLoop alerts are 95 percent accurate while other weather-forecasting companies are often closer to 65-70 percent.

For more information, visit MetLoop.com.

About MetLoop
Metloop is a revolutionary company created by meteorologists, building contractors, technology developers and seasoned executives. The Fort Walton Beach, Fla.-based company takes a unique approach to weather forecasting and analysis, having re-purposed military-grade technology for the civilian market, bringing a new level of accuracy. MetLoop is the only company that only uses meteorologists who are both military-trained and NEXRAD certified. MetLoop works in conjunction with a variety of industries and companies including insurance carriers, building contractors, utility and energy companies, manufacturers, suppliers, and home security and automation companies.

About CertainTeed
Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," quickly inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed® is North America’s leading brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, fence, decking, railing, trim, insulation, gypsum and ceilings.

A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest and oldest building products companies, CertainTeed and its affiliates have more than 5,700 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. The group had total sales of approximately $3.3 billion in 2015. www.certainteed.com