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Improving road condition forecasting could not only save lives but also could help the bottom line of the vital trucking industry. “You need to understand the evolution of the rain, freezing rain or snow as it hits the road,” Gail said. By adding the weather intelligence from GWC, the NIRA-GWC combination could provide industry-leading road surface monitoring, including prediction of future road conditions. GWC data would fill in these gaps. Gail believes some companies will want to work with friction prediction, some with road conditions prediction and some with both.