Special structures such as towers and nuclear power plants must account for the probabilities of catastrophic events, such as tornadoes. Terminals, docks, ship routing, navigation and offshore operations require weather information for planning, efficiency and safety purposes. Effectively same as marine. Also, conditions for runway clearing and de-icing operations. The operability of electronic devices are affected by temperature and moisture.
Energy generation comes from water, wind, solar and petrochemical sources.
An understanding of precipitation regimes assists in hydroelectric power generation. Knowledge of wind regimes and surface topography are required for wind generator emplacement. Cloudiness and daylight hours information is needed for solar power generation, including heating-cooling requirements. Recommendations can be made with regard to animal-plant production and protection. Understanding of trends, cycles and variability of humidity, wind speed-direction, temperature, hydrology and lightning strikes helps in forest related industries, in terms of fire fighting, deforestation and reforestation activities.