TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – From sunny days to severe weather outbreaks, WeatherSTEM stations across the Big Bend and South Georgia give us a front row seat to Mother Nature’s best and worst.
“You know, when we have WeatherSTEM in a community, we’ll set them up at schools, we’ll set them up at popular points of interest, and then we’re able to see really in great detail what’s going on at a location that is very close to me,” said Ed Mansouri, CEO and Founder of WeatherSTEM.
Aside from camera views and current data, WeatherSTEM is rolling out new technology to better serve the community.
“We also have a brand new product we’re extremely excited about that’s called Bright, which is weather control lighting. So lights that are controlled by the weather,” added Mansouri.
From below freezing temperatures to nearby lightning, the new products can alert when weather changes are ahead.
“It is a standard LED light bulb that can have commands sent to it to change the color, turn it on, change the brightness, flicker, pulse, blink,” said Mansouri.
Mansouri explained he is happy to introduce this new technology at a place where WeatherSTEM got its mission started roughly 10 years ago: Tallahassee Nurseries.
“Tallahassee Nurseries has been a great partner of ours since the very beginning of WeatherSTEM. Tallahassee Nurseries was the site of the very first WeatherSTEM installation when we came up with the program,” added Mansouri.
Paul Brock, co-owner of Tallahassee Nurseries, said he is looking forward to the upgrades at the station.
“It’s just very exciting to have it here, having the camera repositioned so that ourselves and everybody else can see exactly what’s going on here,” added Brock.
Mansouri added the upgrades will also include some agricultural tools that measure things like soil moisture, soil temperature, and leaf wetness, which can help determine frost formation.
If you have a high school student in the state of Florida that is interested in meteorology, Mansouri said they have created a full-year course. It is offered via the state’s Florida Virtual School.
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