Meteomedia is a company founded by

Jörg Kachelmann Jörg Andreas Kachelmann (born 15 July 1958 in Lörrach, Germany) is a Swiss presenter, journalist and entrepreneur in the meteorological field. Early life and education Jörg Kachelmann spent his youth in Schaffhausen. His childhood ambition was ...

, which operates a large network of

Weather station A weather station is a facility, either on land or sea, with instruments and equipment for measuring atmospheric conditions to provide information for weather forecasts and to study the weather and climate. The measurements taken include tempera ...

s in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

and

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. The company's services include weather forecasts, severe weather warnings and meteorological consultancy. In 2013,

MeteoGroup MeteoGroup was a private weather forecasting organisation based in Europe, with offices in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kin ...

acquired Meteomedia.{{Cite web , url=http://www.meteogroup.com/gb/about-us/press-corner/press/article/meteogroup-reaches-agreement-to-acquire-leading-european-weather-business.html , title=Press release by MeteoGroup about acquisition of Meteomedia , access-date=2014-04-03 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118190737/http://www.meteogroup.com/gb/about-us/press-corner/press/article/meteogroup-reaches-agreement-to-acquire-leading-european-weather-business.html , archive-date=2014-01-18 , url-status=dead Since March 2014 Meteomedia trades under name and brand of

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meteocentrale

severe weather centrale Germany
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