AWS – Announcing Amazon Forecast Weather Index for Central America, Middle East and Africa

We’re excited to announce that Amazon Forecast Weather Index is now also available in the Central America, Middle East and Africa regions. Weather Index can increase your forecasting accuracy, by automatically including the latest local weather information in your demand forecasts with one click and at no extra cost. Weather conditions influence consumer demand patterns, product merchandizing decisions, staffing requirements and energy consumption needs – however – acquiring, cleaning, and effectively using live weather information for demand forecasting is challenging and requires ongoing maintenance. With this launch, customers who have been using Weather Index in North America, South America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, can now, with one click to your demand forecast, also include 14-day weather forecasts for Central America, Middle East and Africa.

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