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WEATHER UNDERGROUND PROVIDES HOUR-BY-HOUR FORECASTS FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL CRICKET FIXTURES

Cricket fans can now find in-depth weather forecasts for all Test Matches, One Day Internationals and International Twenty20 games at www.wunderground.com/sports/ICC/

LONDON, March 9th . Weather Underground, the world's first online provider of weather related content, today announced the availability of hourly weather forecasts for all international cricket fixtures on its web site www.wunderground.com

The service provides hour-by-hour forecasts for the week preceding each day's play of all ICC cricket matches. All you have to do is click on the link for each match. In addition to displaying hourly temperature forecasts and live satellite the service gives projected wind speed and direction, humidity and most significantly the percentage chance of rain.

"Given the impact weather can have on the outcome of the game, we expect our cricket weather service to appeal to all kinds of cricket enthusiasts," said Toby Skinner, Director of Marketing at Weather Underground. "Whether you're a spectator heading to the game or an astute spread better looking for the inside line, the depth of information available at Weather Underground will be invaluable. Perhaps Andrew Strauss will be logging on before deciding if England should bat or bowl first during the Ashes!"

Weather Underground also provides in-depth forecasts for all major domestic football league and cup games in Europe as well as all UEFA competitions. "Our goal is to become the definitive source of weather information for sports across the world," continued Skinner. "County cricket and horse racing are the next on our list for the UK."

Sports fans can go straight to the service at www.wunderground.com/sports - alternatively, one can go to the homepage at www.wunderground.com and click 'Sports' on the features bar.

The service is powered by Weather Underground's proprietary international forecast model, BestForecast™, which deploys unique modeling technology to generate each forecast.

BestForecast™ is the centrepiece of a suite of online weather services available to web users around the globe on wunderground.com. Products also include interactive maps, ski reports, animated satellite, a trip planning tool, marine weather, aviation weather and a user-contributed photograph section.

Weather Underground also boasts the world's largest network of Personal Weather Stations, enabling it to provide international users with the most localised weather conditions available.

About Weather Underground

The world's first online weather service, Weather Underground is committed to delivering the most comprehensive, reliable weather information possible. The company's state-of-the-art technology monitors conditions and forecasts for locations across the world. With thousands of international users contributing local observations from personal weather stations, Weather Underground is able to provide up-to-the-minute weather conditions for the most finely targeted areas. In addition to serving free online weather information to millions of Web users, Weather Underground delivers custom-designed weather page solutions to an array of businesses and media clients - both online and in print.