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\u2019s best and worst. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, when we have WeatherSTEM in a community, we\u2019ll set them up at schools, we\u2019ll set them up at popular points of interest, and then we\u2019re able to see really in great detail what\u2019s going on at a location that is very close to me,\u201d said Ed Mansouri, CEO and Founder of WeatherSTEM. <\/p>\n
Aside from camera views and current data, WeatherSTEM is rolling out new technology to better serve the community. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe also have a brand new product we\u2019re extremely excited about that\u2019s called Bright, which is weather control lighting. So lights that are controlled by the weather,\u201d added Mansouri. <\/p>\n
From below freezing temperatures to nearby lightning, the new products can alert when weather changes are ahead. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt 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,\u201d said Mansouri. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
\u201cTallahassee 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,\u201d added Mansouri. <\/p>\n
Paul Brock, co-owner of Tallahassee Nurseries, said he is looking forward to the upgrades at the station. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just very exciting to have it here, having the camera repositioned so that ourselves and everybody else can see exactly what\u2019s going on here,\u201d added Brock. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s Florida Virtual School. <\/p>\n
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