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Technologically Innovative Meteorological and Hydro-Meteorological Consulting Services for the Legal and Insurance Industry, Government, Private Business and the Construction Industry.

Legal Services

Forensic Meteorology

GWS has expertise in a multitude of specialty areas that are tailored to the legal industry to assist attorneys when weather becomes a factor in a legal dispute.

These specialty areas include:

  • Weather Reconstruction
  • Expert Report Preparation
  • Expert Testimony in the Field of Meteorology
  • Hydrological/Hydraulic Modeling
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

We use cutting-edge technology to provide weather records, reports, data, anlyses and forecasts to law firms for weather-related cases as well as contribute expert witness testimony in the field of meteorology.


Examples of the types of weather-related legal cases include:

Slip and Falls
Slip and Falls

Site specific weather variable reconstruction including precipitation type, depth and duration, air and ground temperature (maximum, minimum, hourly and sub-hourly), ice formation (type of ice and its casual effect), snow and ice freeze/re-freeze cycles and solar calculations (percent of sunshine, sun angle and azimuth).


Flood Damage
Flood Damage

Site specific determination of rainfall depth and duration using Doppler Base Reflectivity data, ground and atmospheric truthed to surface and atmospheric observations. Flood damage sources include thunderstorm, general rain events and snow melt.


Hail Damage
Hail Damage

Site specific determination of hailstone size, density, duration, and depth using Doppler Base Reflectivity data, NEXRAD hail algorithms, ground and atmospheric truthed to surface and atmospheric observations.


Snow Damage
Snow Damage

Site specific determination of snow depth, duration, water content of the snow, and snow drift depth using Doppler Base Reflectivity and Velocity data, ground and atmospheric truthed to surface and atmospheric observations.


Wind Damage
Wind Damage

Site specific determination of wind velocity, peak wind gusts, and wind direction using Doppler Base Reflectivity and Velocity data, ground and atmospheric truthed to surface and atmospheric observations. Wind damage sources include straight-line micro-bursts and tornadoes associated with thunderstorm cells and straight-line winds associated with regional scale weather features such as down slope and post-frontal winds.


Automobile Accident
Automobile Accidents

Site specific determination of weather variables that contributed to automobile accidents. Weather variables include precipitation depth and duration, wind velocity, peak wind gusts, and wind direction, air and ground temperature (maximum, minimum and hourly), ice formation (type of ice and its casual effect), ice freeze/re-freeze cycles and solar calculations (percent of sunshine, sun angle and azimuth).


100 Year Flood
Weather Event Return Frequency Interval Determination

Calculation of rain, snow, wind, and flood frequency of occurrence. What was the frequency of occurrence of a specific weather variable? Was it a 50-yr. event, a 100-yr. event, a 500-yr. event? Can it be considered an "Act of God"?