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11.5.01
CustomWeather Teams with Korean Weather Firm ChumSungDae to offer Weather Forecasts to Korean Audience

San Francisco, CA—November 5, 2001—CustomWeather, the leading supplier of syndicated weather data announced today that it has partnered with ChumSungDae, a private weather information services company dedicated to weather data processing, systems integration and software development. CustomWeather will work with ChumSungDae to make CustomWeather’s forecasts for 30,000 cities worldwide available to ChumSungDaeís Korean client base on their weather website, www.W365.com.

Said Wan-Ho Lee, CEO of ChumSungDae, “We are pleased to have established a partnership with CustomWeather—this relationship will allow both of our companies to establish a greater global presence. CustomWeather has already made inroads in Europe, and we can be instrumental in their desire to expand into the Korean market. For ChumSungDae, CustomWeather’s superior forecasting technology allows us to bring valuable weather tools to our customers.”

ChumSungDae’s weather information website, www.W365.com, provides real-time Korean weather information in the form of advanced images that illustrate current weather conditions. Integrating CustomWeather’s Forecasts will allow site visitors to search for forecasts for thousands of cities in Korea as well as around the world.

“It’s exciting for us to work with a weather partner that understands the value of our weather products and technology, and the value they can bring to audiences around the world. Establishing ourselves in a country like Korea would have been more challenging without a willing partner like ChumSungDae, and this partnership brings us one step closer to becoming a truly global weather enterprise. It is clearly a win-win situation for both parties.” Said Geoff Flint of CustomWeather Inc..

CustomWeather forecasts will become available on www.W365.com in early 2002.

About CustomWeather, Inc.
CustomWeather, headquartered in San Francisco, CA, offers syndicated custom weather content, services and applications that are designed to be fully integrated and private-labeled by internet and wireless information providers. CustomWeather’s geo-coded data feeds are supplied via FTP in desirable formats such as XML and ASCII. CustomWeather generates over 58,000 unique forecasts worldwide, establishing it as the leader for global location-based coverage at both the US and International levels.

About ChumSungDae
ChumSungDae Co., Ltd., established in 1997, is dedicated to Weather Data Processing and Software Development. Over the past four years, ChumSungDae has successfully completed various intranet based, sophisticated meteorological information systems. Through the execution of these projects, highly specialized weather information systems have been built by ChumSungDae experts. ChumSundDae has completed various intranet based meteorological information systems and solutions projects for the customers such as the Korean Meteorological Administration, Korean Air Force, and Korean Navy, as well as a current project for the Korean Rural Development Administration. In 2000, ChumSungDae launched W365.com to provide free weather information to general public using special graphic technology. ChumSungDae’s ultimate goal is to help its customers to better cope with the ever-increasing uncertainty of their changing environment and to eventually contribute to the betterment of human life. For more information, visit www.chumsungdae.com.

Contacts
CustomWeather, Inc.

Marketing and Business Development:
Geoff Flint
415. 777 3945
marketing@customweather.com

ChumSungDae
Wan-Ho Lee
whlee@chumsungdae.com
+82-42-821-7355

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