Power outage forecast
Know before the lights go out.
Runway forecasts the chance of a power outage for your ZIP code, from the next few hours to the months ahead. It turns that forecast into a short plan for your home, with Watson on hand to answer questions.
On an ordinary day
Shift laundry, dishes and car charging to cheaper hours and lower your bill.
Before a storm or heat wave
Get a few steps chosen for your home, timed before the riskiest day, with the reason for each.
When the power is out
Find hospitals, cooling centers and charging spots nearby, and ask Watson what to do next.
Outage outlook for 90007
Hour by hour for the next three days, day by day for ten, and the season ahead. Select any period to see what's driving the risk.
Alerts and notices
Map
Radar, warnings, fires, power lines and places nearby load from live public data. They switch on when Runway runs with an internet connection.
Steps for your home
Chosen for what matters in your home and timed before the riskiest day. Most take less than five minutes.
Tips are general guidance, not medical advice. Your answers stay on this device and are not saved.
Ask Watson AI explained Watson is an AI assistant built on IBM watsonx.ai with the Granite model. It answers using your ZIP outlook, alerts and the home details you selected. It can make mistakes and doesn't give medical advice. In an emergency, call 911.
An AI guide that knows your outlook and your plan. Ask in your own words, or start with one of the questions below.
Hundreds of signals. One plan made for you.
Runway reads everything that can knock out power where you live, from the trees over your street to the speed of the wind, and runs it through prediction models trained on years of outages. Then it learns how you live, so the plan it gives you fits your home and not an average one.
- Signals per ZIP
- Hundreds
- ZIP codes covered
- 42,000+
- Forecast range
- 3 hours to 3 months
- Refreshed
- Every hour
Weather and climate
- Wind speed and gusts, hour by hour
- Temperature and heat index
- Rain, snow, ice and soil moisture
- Humidity and fire weather
- Thunderstorms and lightning
- Seasonal outlooks
Land and trees
- Tree canopy over power lines
- How dry the vegetation is
- Terrain and wind exposure
- Active wildfires and fire-risk zones
- Flood zones
The power grid
- Overhead and underground lines
- Substations near you
- Years of past outages by area
- Outages happening now
- Planned shutoffs and PSPS events
- Peak demand on hot days
Your neighborhood
- Hospitals and fire stations
- Cooling and charging centers
- EV chargers
- Utility programs for medical needs
- Local weather alerts
You
- Medical devices and medicine
- Electric car and home battery
- Chores you can move
- Your electricity rate and budget
- Family to check in with
- Your language
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Collect
Public forecasts, satellite and land data, utility records and live outage feeds come together for your ZIP and refresh every hour.
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Predict
Models trained on past outages estimate the chance of an outage for each period, how long it may last, and how sure they are.
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Understand you
Your devices, routines, budget and the people you care for decide what matters. You choose what to share and can change it anytime.
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Plan and guide
Runway turns all of it into steps timed for you. Watson, built on IBM watsonx.ai, answers your questions and updates the plan as things change.
Runway is a prototype. Its models and ZIP-level exposure data haven't been validated against real outage records yet.