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Weather Forecasting is Important When Evaluating Commodity Markets

With 25 years of weather experience, Chris Hyde, Sales Director and Meteorologist at Maxar, shares his expectations of the weather market and the effects it has on the commodity markets on episode 181 of The Green Insider. 

In this episode you will hear about changes in the energy market from the weather and climate angle, what the correlation is between natural gas and weather, extreme weather events, hurricane season, and thoughts on entering an El Nino pattern.  Additional discussions include products Maxar offers related to ESG.

We first talked with Chris on episode 150 in Atlanta at NAEMA’s 2022 Fall Conference.

More about Chris Hyde

Christopher Hyde is the Sales Director for WeatherDesk and Meteorologist at Maxar (formerly MDA and Radiant Solutions) based outside Washington, D.C. Mr. Hyde has been employed with Maxar for twenty-five years. Mr. Hyde heads the global WeatherDesk sales group that focuses on energy and agricultural markets by letting current clients know about new products and finding perspective energy and agricultural customers.

Many customers that Chris signed up in the late 1990s are still with Maxar today. Mr. Hyde is invited to speak at conferences, worldwide, 15-20 times a year.  From 2015-2020, Chris was on the Board of Directors for WRMA (Weather Risk Management Association).  Chris Hyde received his BS in Meteorology from The Pennsylvania State University in 1998.  Mr. Hyde has training in radio and television communication as well.

About Maxar

Maxar is a trusted partner and innovator in Earth intelligence and space infrastructure. They deliver disruptive value to government and commercial customers to help them monitor, understand and navigate our changing planet; deliver global broadband communications; and explore and advance the use of space.

Maxar’s unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and a proven foundation of commercial technology to deliver solutions with unrivaled speed, scale, and cost effectiveness.

The Maxar team members are inspired to harness the potential of space to help their customers create a better world.

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