CustomWeather, a San-Francisco-based leader in the provision of precision weather data, and Metaphor Systems, the creator of ground-breaking weather graphics display technology, have combined their expertise to bring U.S. television stations the best of both worlds in one simple solution. Now, television stations can choose Enso, which brings together the reliability and ease of use for which Metaphor Systems' Metacast® products are known with the accuracy, thoroughness, and cutting-edge technology of CustomWeather.

Enso consists of everything needed to broadcast a complete and professional weather show, including hardware, software, data, and graphics. Enso will reduce the amount of time required by the weather presenter/producer to complete a full weather presentation with spectacular animations and fly through graphics, all at the fingertips of the on air talent. Within a few minutes, the weather show can be operated, changed and finalized for TV-production by a single person. With its ease of use and polished presentation capabilities, Enso is perfect for the novice and consummate weather personality alike.

Enso is the newest member of the Metacast family of broadcast graphics solutions. Since 1993, the Metacast family of broadcast graphics solutions has redefined weather broadcasting, efficiently producing fast, accurate, and attractive weather graphics animations in two and three dimensions, capturing the interest of viewers. The Metacast family of broadcast graphics solutions is used by more than a hundred prestigious TV stations around the world.

Each of the Metacast real time weather graphics and production systems are one unit solutions, with a real time weather data ingestor, a weather forecast analysis tool, a graphics production tool and a broadcast production environment. Each system is designed to enable easy customization to individual weather graphics profiles.

Enso is an affordable solution with industry leading, fast-moving, spectacular graphics. The system includes:

• Forecast fly-through from global view to U.S. region of choice
• Posters & slides of city forecasts
• Local and national Doppler radar imagery
• Satellite loop, pan in 3D
• Today's highs and lows for 50 U.S. cities chosen from a list of 26,000 possible locations
• Metropolitan area map
• Continental U.S. map
• Severe weather warnings and watches
• Text briefing for the U.S.
• Extended 7 day forecast for 50 U.S. cities
• Hour by hour forecast for up to 7 days for the city of your choice
• Sunrise and sunset
• Moon phase