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When the first tropical storm-force winds from Hurricane Helene hit certain parts of the West Coast of Florida, local emergency management officials will be able to calculate the arrival of those winds in the Golden Isles with surprising accuracy thanks to a new weather station perched atop the Brunswick Fire station on Gloucester Street.
It is one of the many benefits Brunswick Emergency Management Coordinator Alec Eaton touted of the new WeatherSTEM station that includes a public website and app that anyone can use.
Read MoreHere's an online tool that will give you and also your out-of-state family and friends who are worried about you the most up-to-date storm-related conditions for your zip code.
Weatherstem is an extremely simple to use website that asks only for a zip code or city and then gives a report for that area.
Read MoreLeon County Schools was the first district to use WeatherSTEM systems to monitor weather conditions in 2019, and now it will be the first to receive the latest alert system offered by the local company.
The all-new Blast system will be used at the district's Gene Cox Stadium to alert attendees of any impending weather conditions in real time. The stadium on Paul Russell Road, where the county's five public high schools play football, is the first location where the system has been installed, company CEO Ed Mansouri said Tuesday.
Read MoreThe Florida Department of Transportation and the Suwannee County Sheriff's Office — Division of Emergency Management should be better informed of dangerous weather moving forward.
Both agencies celebrated the installation of the first WeatherStem system on Interstate 10 in Suwannee County recently, according to an FDOT release. The system is designed to “promote enhanced emergency management operations” and monitor real-time weather conditions for the corridor.
Read MoreThree new Weatherstem stations were installed throughout Glades County last year and an additional three are currently active. The first ones are located at the Emergency Operation Center, Alvin Ward Park and Buckhead Ridge Fire Department.
Read MoreThree new Weatherstem stations were installed throughout Glades County last year and an additional three are currently active. The first ones are located at the Emergency Operation Center, Alvin Ward Park and Buckhead Ridge Fire Department.
Read MoreMany institutions are utilizing technology, including weather stations, to monitor hyper-local conditions and record data on their campus. Stations like the one at Horseheads High School in Horseheads, New York, stream readings such as temperature, wind speed, wind chill, rainfall, and rain rate to a public-facing website every eight-tenths of a second.
Read MoreThe city of Thomasville is using a state-of-the-art weather sensor system that sends alerts when severe weather is approaching.
The system is housed in the highest point in Thomasville, the Winding Creek Golf Course, and that’s extra helpful for golfers who might be caught off guard during their games.
Read MoreGetting accurate, up-to-the-minute weather information can be critical during a major weather event and Sumter County increased its ability with the installation of two new weather stations.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) received funds to purchase and install Weatherstem weather stations in counties to provide real-time weather information where there were gaps in coverage. Sumter County Board of County Commissioners entered into a Memorandum of Agreement to participate in FDEM’s Mesonet Weatherstem Project, which will benefit Florida and county emergency responders.
Read MoreThanks to a new weather station perched atop Boot Hill Stadium on the Madison County High School (MCHS) campus, where people can have a "hyper-local" run down of the weather conditions at the stadium. This is expected to provide valuable information because, as anyone familiar with Florida weather knows, weather conditions can vary from one side of town to the other. The station was installed on Tuesday, Feb. 28, and was expected to begin providing data on the internet that same day.
"This is a community project," said Edward Mansouri, CEO of Tallahassee-based Weatherstem, the company installing the weather recording equipment. "This is going to greatly improve safety of the students, especially athletes."
Read MoreThe Office of Campus Safety and Weatherstem partner together in order to bring life saving weather information to the University of Texas community.
In Austin, we see volatile weather patterns and conditions with the potential to negatively impact our community. This new weather monitoring tool paired with our Campus Safety Incident Meteorologist, Troy Kimmel, equips us with another valuable resources to prepare for any type of severe Texas weather.
Read MoreA new weather station sits high atop the Starkville Academy football stadium press box in Volunteer blue and orange, facing the southwest and ready to see its first storm.
The private school joins Mississippi State University as one of two homes in the state to a station by Weatherstem, a weather company based in Florida.
Weatherstem has stations across the world and is used by professional sports teams like the New York Yankees, Weatherstem Chief Executive Officer Ed Mansouri said.
Read MoreReal-time weather stats and information are now available in Kissimmee, thanks to new stations positioned throughout the city.
The stations represent an expansion of the area’s Florida Department of Emergency Management’s (FDEM) Florida Severe Weather Network (FSWN), a city release said.
Read MoreFrom virtual education to weather technology, Ed Mansouri has been focused on serving the residents of Florida.
Mansouri, the founder and CEO of Weatherstem, has partnered with WUFT Weather and the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network (FPREN), both housed at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, to use Weatherstem's innovative weather technology, promote public safety, and increase residents' awareness of the weather.
Read MoreThe last of four Weatherstem stations will soon be installed in Delray Beach. The solar-powered technology, designed by Edward Mansouri, monitors the area’s weather in real time – a feature previously unavailable to meteorologists reliant on forecasts and radars from the National Weather Service.
Read MoreThe City of New Orleans today unveiled three new Weatherstem stations that were installed at the Port of New Orleans this week, joining a network of 20 automated weather stations scattered across the city. These Weatherstem sites are localized, live weather monitoring units that will help protect citizens, first responders, stakeholders and assets from dangerous weather conditions.
Read MoreThe St. Charles Parish Department of Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security has partnered with Weatherstem and installed a new, interactive weather station at the Emergency Operations Center. The system is rated for 185 mph winds and is backup solar-powered, and it provides data including but not limited to current conditions, forecasted conditions, lightning strikes and rainfall rates.
Read MoreThe Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has contracted with Weatherstem to bring state-of-the-art weather stations to the county for more accurate forecasting of current and potentially dangerous weather conditions. The units are rated for 185 mph winds, solar-powered, and provide such data points as past, current and forecasted conditions, real-time temperatures, lightning strikes, barometric readings, rainfall rates, and wind speeds. All of this information makes for a safer Jefferson County and will aid emergency management officials in preparing for, and responding to, weather events.
Read MoreThree new Weatherstem stations were installed throughout Glades County last week. They are located at the Emergency Operation Center, Alvin Ward Park and Buckhead Ridge Fire Department.
These stations provide real time weather data including temperature, wind speed, wind gust as well as forecasted information. A live lightning map of the U.S. is also on the website. This data including the live streaming cameras are available to the public at glades.weatherstem.com.
Read MoreEscambia County has added a new WeatherStem station in Molino, joining a network of automated weather stations across the county.
A Florida Division of Emergency Management grant paid for the recent installation of the Molino weather station at the Molino Fire Station along with one at the Perdido Key Chamber of Commerce. Other Escambia County WeatherStem stations are at fire stations in Beulah, Century, Pensacola Beach and Walnut Hill.
Read MoreThe University installed live weather tracking systems on its three main campuses to provide more accurate live weather alerts during hazardous events earlier this month.
Officials said GW partnered with Weatherstem, a company that builds live weather tracking units, to adopt advanced weather monitoring and to help the Division of Safety and Facilities make decisions about class cancellations and GW Alerts during extreme weather. Officials and experts said the stations capture real-time data of weather patterns in Foggy Bottom, which can also be used in courses and for research at GW.
Read MoreFlagler County has two new hurricane wind rated weather-monitoring stations in Haw Creek and Rima Ridge thanks to coordination between Emergency Management and Weatherstem through grants provided by the State of Florida.
"The result of this partnership is that we now have Weatherstem monitoring stations in all areas of Flagler County,” said Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord. “They provide the necessary information about wind speed and other weather conditions that factor into our critical decision making when adverse weather or wildfire conditions are threatening."
Read MoreThe USFL kicks off on April 16 and when the Birmingham Stallions take the field against the New Jersey Generals at Protective Stadium, you'll have a front-row seat not only to the action on the field on FOX Sports, but to the real-time weather conditions, thanks to an exclusive partnership with Weatherstem and FOX Weather.
Read MoreA new weather tool at Winter Springs High School is teaching students about weather forecasting and emergency management planning.
The school just installed a Weatherstem system. A unit is mounted on the school's roof and constantly ingests data that stream to computers in the school's Public Service Academy.
Read MoreEscambia County commissioners voted unanimously Thursday night to install two more Weatherstem stations in the county.
The stations calculate weather data such as temperature, rainfall and wind speed.
The county's Emergency Management Department plans to use the stations to track severe weather and weather trends.
Read MoreEscambia County Commissioners will vote on Thursday to install two additional Weatherstem stations on county property.
Weatherstem stations are solar-powered stand alone units that calculate weather data such as temperature, rainfall and windspeed.
There are currently 14 Weatherstem stations in the county. Ten of them are located at county schools and four are located at fire stations.
Read MoreWinter Springs High School has launched the Weatherstem system that will provide students with real-time and future-cast radar with a high-resolution weather camera featuring a live stream.
Read MoreTampa International Airport (TPA) joins Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport as the latest major international airport to become part of the Weatherstem Network.
Read MoreA strange-looking contraption atop the Oakland Complex on TWU's Denton campus monitors more than local weather conditions: It recently recorded an atmospheric pressure wave from a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away.
John Beatty (Chemistry and Biochemistry) said the university's Weatherstem weather station recorded the Jan. 15 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption in the South Pacific Ocean.
The barometer on the station was sensitive enough to record the 'pressure wave' as it traveled through Denton," he said.
Read MoreWhen deadly weather moves into the area, speed saves lives.
That's why Tampa Fire Rescue just installed five brand new, state-of-the-art weather stations, scattered throughout the city.
The department says the information gathered by the Weatherstem system will help protect first responders and the public by relaying potentially life-saving information about storms, changing weather patterns and dangerous lightning in our region - right down to the neighborhood level.
Read MoreEveryone checks the weather before leaving for class in the morning. While you could just review the basic, barebones app on your phone, there's now actually a way to get a pretty precise reading of the weather on campus.
New sensors from Weatherstem installed around Happy Valley provide accurate, up-to-date weather metrics and livestreams through an online dashboard.
Read MoreIf your weather-savvy student is interested in meteorology at an early age, there's now an option for them to dip their toes in the field before college.
Calculus, chemistry, biology - courses you may remember taking in high school or maybe your student is currently enrolled in. But what about meteorology?
Read MoreWhen it comes to outdoor sporting events, the forecast is key. Will it be too hot? Too cold? Will it rain or do we have to worry about lightning?
There's a tool you might not even know about working in stands to keep fans and players safe on the sidelines.
You can think of it as football's secret weapon.
Read MoreWhen it comes to outdoor sporting events, the forecast is key. Will it be too hot? Too cold? Will it rain or do we have to worry about lightning?
There's a tool you might not even know about working in stands to keep fans and players safe on the sidelines.
You can think of it as football's secret weapon.
Read MoreA new weather station should be online today for the students and community around Cottage Hill Christian Academy. The new hardware is meant for the classroom and beyond. Lugging this piece of equipment around, with a school logo on top, it almost looks like a trophy, but the real prize is what it can do.
Read MoreFOX Weather, FOX News Media's new AVOD streaming weather service launching October 25th, has signed an exclusive agreement with Weatherstem, the leader in live weather data and high-resolution video from collegiate and professional sports stadiums, to provide exclusive newsgathering data to FOX Weather, announced Sharri Berg, president of the platform.
In making the announcement, Berg said, "In an effort to create the most robust network of cameras across the country FOX Weather has partnered with the Weatherstem network to provide a live look into local weather conditions across the country, allowing unmatched access to real-time weather conditions and video."
Read MoreThe installment of these additional weather stations will give Lowndes County residents and Emergency Management access to real-time local weather data.
These weather stations will provide more accurate, real time data that forecasters with the National Weather Service can use to monitor approaching storms and provide better forecasting for our community. Emergency management and first responders will have access to more real time data that will aid them in their responses to emergency situations which could be affected by, or caused by, the weather.
Read MoreFlorida is investing millions of dollars in hurricane-hardened weather stations as climate change stokes worsening catastrophes and the nation's primary weather gauges surrender to high winds and power outages.
Since 2019, nearly $3 million has been dedicated by state lawmakers for the Florida Severe Weather Network — a series of armored instruments that are solar-powered, cellular, provide real-time information and can withstand wind gusts up to 185 mph.
Read MoreTo protect athletes and give students a deeper understanding of weather, university officials said Texas A&M has installed a multi-tooled system from a data-collection company.
Based in Tallahassee, Fla., Weatherstem works to tie together safety, learning and research for A&M's students. Weatherstem has recently installed two units at Kyle Field and on West Campus to measure wind conditions, temperature and humidity at multiple levels using sensors.
Read MoreWalton County has had Weatherstem stations for the past five years.
"We need real-time weather updates and there was a shortage of that in Walton County. We have been able to expand our coverage to pretty much cover the entire county," Walton County Emergency Management Jeff Goldberg said.
Read MoreThe City of St. Augustine, in partnership with the St. Johns County Emergency Management, has installed a new Weatherstem station, funded by the Florida Division of Emergency Management. This station, located at the St. Augustine Municipal Marina, will serve as real-time weather information source, beginning with the 2021 hurricane season.
“Weatherstem stations pick up wind speed, wind direction, rain rate, temperature, humidity, UV radiation, solar radiation, and lightning detection," explained Ed Mansouri, the owner of Weatherstem. “These stations are capable of updating and broadcasting weather data and condition changes instantly."
Read MoreMontcalm Golf Club is using a new high-tech weather system to keep golfers safe and "in the know" on real-time weather patterns. Weatherstem's weather station provides a live monitoring and lightning detection system and pinpoint accurate weather forecasting for golfers and those in the nearby area interested in live and regular weather updates.
Montcalm is the first golf course in New England to install a solar-powered Weatherstem station and the first golf course in the country to have "Weatherstem Blast," a weather horn/siren that will sound when dangerous lightning is nearby.
Read MoreAlachua County Emergency Management (ACEM) has installed three new Weatherstem stations funded by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
The newest stations are located in Archer, Hawthorne and Waldo and will serve as real-time weather information sources in advance of the 2021 hurricane season, which begins June 1.
Read MoreThe information from these stations informs a variety of decisions, including at sporting events. The stations are used at high school athletic fields and college football stadiums, like Florida State University, the University of Florida, Clemson, and Penn State to keep players and fans safe.
Read MoreIf you've been to the Earle May Boat Basin recently, you may have noticed a new feature has been added. Mounted by the boat launch ramps is a small weather station. It has been set up in association with Weatherstem from Tallahassee, with the goal of providing real-time weather reports.
Read MoreJacksonville Beach has a new weather monitoring system, Weatherstem. The city's Emergency Preparedness Division and the state Division of Emergency Management installed it as the result of a Florida Severe Weather Network Grant.
Read MoreWhen the torrential rain caused flooding in Martin County's Hobe Heights neighborhood last summer, officials saw weather conditions deteriorate through a micro-weather station that posted images faster than the National Weather Service.
The solar-powered weather station, one of eight paid for through the state's Florida Severe Weather Mesonet project, alerted Public Works officials to send out drainage equipment to help residents, Martin County Emergency Management coordinator Lisa Poziomek said.
Read MoreFlorida A&M University College of Law says its newly acquired Weatherstem system provides real-time smart weather technology that will benefit the surrounding community beyond the school's Orlando campus.
The weather system sits atop the FAMU College of Law's building and includes current temperature, rainfall, pinpoint area lightning strikes, tropical systems and livestreams of the downtown Orlando skyline.
Read MoreThe Weather Stem program is making it easier to plan for weather events using social media.
Read MoreBank of America Stadium is using a new high-tech system to keep fans and players safe from endzone to endzone.
"This was just new technology. It was exciting technology," said Scott Paul, VP of Stadium Operations.
The Panthers are just the fourth NFL team equipped with a high-tech weather station.
Read MoreBank of America Stadium has acquired and implemented a new weather monitoring system, Weatherstem. The state-of-the-art weather station allow for more accurate weather forecasting of current and potential weather conditions, and provides live-streaming high resolution weather cameras, weather health/safety alert notifications, lightning detection, heat level monitoring, and real-time/future-cast radar information.
Read MoreTropical Storm Isaias was still tracking along on an uncertain path as of Thursday, but with expectations strong by then that it could eventually roll through most of Florida.
Jackson County may be on the less-dangerous west side and far enough away not be in direct danger but officials were keeping a watchful eye on it.
Read MoreOn July 16, 2020, a Weatherstem weather station was installed at the St. Marks Lighthouse. This installation was the result of an effort initiated by the president of the Friends of St. Marks Wildlife Refuge and was a cooperative effort between Friends, the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla County Department of Emergency Management, The Florida Division of Emergency Management, and the vendor, Weatherstem.
Read MoreAlabama News Network has joined with Weatherstem to provide an unmatched ability to bring you live weather conditions and science-based curriculum. Weatherstem gives our Weather Authority team of meteorologists yet another layer of information to use in tracking and forecasting.
Read MoreMartin County has a new tool to help keep first responders safe, all while letting you know the temperature.
Read MoreWith the support from the National Weather Service, the weather monitoring system, called Weatherstem, allows Bay County Emergency Management teams to monitor incoming weather more accurately throughout the county.
The weather monitoring systems will help law enforcement track inclement weather. Considering not just Hurricane Michael, but the more recent storms that included tornadoes, the system will help law enforcement make the proper decisions.
Read MoreMore locations collecting weather data means a safer Bay County and the Bay County Sheriff's Office is now home to the ninth installment of a Weatherstem solar-powered weather monitoring system.
Bay County Emergency Management, in partnership with the state of Florida, will receive 10 Weatherstem systems. They will aid emergency management officials in preparing, planning for, and responding to, weather events.
Read MoreWeatherstem isn't just for getting your Weather Wise Forecast. It's also a great resource to keep the kids educated and entertained while they are stuck at home. Weatherstem Scholar is free through May 2020, and has hundreds of lessons.
Read MoreFlorida A&M University is now providing real-time smart weather technology through its newly acquired Weatherstem system.
The newly acquired system sits on top of the FAMU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (COPPS) building. Additional Weatherstem systems will be installed at two other FAMU locations, in Orlando at the College of Law and in Crestview at the Pharmacy site, as soon as the coronavirus situation allows.
Read MoreWeather technology company Weatherstem is making its educational material free through the end of May.
The Florida-based company, which specializes in products such as remote weather observation stations, wants to help teachers and students who are attending class from home amid concerns about the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Read MoreTo keep residents informed when bad weather on its way, Largo Fire Rescue has installed new web-based Weatherstem weather stations at its six fire stations.
The Weatherstem stations offer real-time weather information data and a live video feed from the station. Residents can also see time-lapse video from the station's cameras.
Read MoreWhile most apps take 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or even an hour to update, Weatherstem is constantly measuring real-time conditions and putting them in the palm of your hand.
"Getting that real-time data is very key to the success of our program and keeping our student-athletes safe, and our students," says Appalachian State Senior Associate Athletics Director Jon Mitchell. “It gives you the opportunity to see what the wind is, what the temperature is, whether that's on the ground, in the air, or wherever it might be. It gives you that real data that's right then, at that minute, at that time. This is really huge, especially for what we utilize. One of the aspects for us, for heat, we can see what we're getting at that wet bulb temperature to see if our student-athletes are safe, or if we have to modify practice or cancel practice."
Read MoreA Weatherstem Station at Alice Drive Middle School in Sumter is making weather lessons more hands-on for the students.
The station is located on the roof of the school and provides local weather information such as temperature, wind speed and direction, pressure, sky cover, and more.
Read MoreThe island has its own weather station now, thanks to a Grosse Ile Middle School school science teacher Jason Raupp, his principal, and a generous grant from the Grosse Ile Educational Foundation.
Island residents (and everyone else) can get live weather updates from the station at http://wayne.weatherstem.com/grosseile. The website offers temperature, wind speed and direction, barometer readings, humidity levels, live cloud shots and whole lot of other weather-related information.
Read MoreTV personality and weatherman extraordinaire Jim Cantore was in our region Thursday with a big gift for his alma mater.
Cantore, who is best known for his work at the Weather Channel, is a 1982 graduate of Hartford High School.
Thursday, he was back at the school to help install a new apparatus called Weather STEM. It's a device that monitors real-time weather conditions in a specific location. Cantore donated the technology to the school. Students will incorporate it into their studies.
Read MoreWeather reporting just got a lot more scientific at Fairview High School with the recent installation of a Weatherstem system providing temperature, pressure, wind and lightning detection data, as well as high-heat monitoring and locations of planets.
"Obviously, there are a lot of applications we're looking into," science teacher Colleen M. Sliwinski said. "The first thing you think of is meteorology. There's actually a course built into the Weatherstem program."
Read MoreChildren are accustomed to technology — cellphones, tablets, computers — you name it. But the data they deal with doesn't always have immediate real-world applications for them.
One local school is going against that trend, using new technology to bring weather lessons to life for its students.
Read MoreOCS is the only K-12 school in Louisiana to have this kind of technology. The same technology was just installed at LSU.
It takes multiple measurements from the school's baseball field. There's also a camera on the football field which creates timelapse videos. The videos are posted on the station's Facebook and Twitter pages.
Read MoreStrategies for beating the weather on summer afternoons have come a long way from the days of simple skywatching and hose-hugging.
Local high school and college athletic teams have developed various methods for dealing with the regularities of Pensacola's subtropical climate. After all, practice can't stop with every random thunderstorm or scorching hot day that rolls through the area.
Read MoreSchool is back in session, but that doesn't mean that the summer heat is going away.
Student athletes are bracing the Northwest Florida high temperatures to prepare for the fall season.
Coaches and athletic trainers in Escambia County are closely monitoring weather conditions to make sure it's safe to practice outdoors.
Read MoreBlue Lagoon Island became the 1st Caribbean destination to invest in a Weatherstem weather station providing island specific, real-time weather information area for the island's management and guests.
Keeping close tabs on weather that will impact the private island tourist attraction situated a few miles northeast of New Providence is critical for keeping guests, staff and animals safe.
Read MoreFlagler County has a new hurricane resistant weather-monitoring station thanks to a partnership between Emergency Management and the Dunes Community Development District, according to a press release from the county.
"The result of this partnership is that we now have a Weatherstem monitoring station on the highest point of the Hammock Dunes Bridge," said Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord. "It will provide the necessary information about wind speed and other weather conditions that factor into our critical decision making, such as when to close the bridge during a tropical storm or hurricane."
Read MoreThe University of Miami utilizes Weatherstem units on campus that continually scan atmospheric conditions to provide important data on weather conditions and much more.
Smartphone apps have put the forecast right at our fingertips, but the information we receive from national weather applications don't necessarily show, with pinpoint accuracy, what is happening on the University of Miami's three campuses.
Read MoreThanks to a new collaboration between the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and weather-intelligence provider Weatherstem, local forecasting technologies around the state are helping farmers prepare for and weather the storm. This initiative is part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' new SmartFarm Innovation Network.
Read MoreTwo weather monitoring stations by Weatherstem upload current weather data each minute of the day. And the information is publicly available, with a customizable notifications system that allows users to send tailored information directly to their phone and email.
Read MoreCurrituck has added another online weather station. With a new weather station recently placed at the Carova Beach Fire Station, there are currently four Weatherstem stations in the county controlled by Currituck County Emergency Management.
Read MoreDeep in its $91.1 billion spending plan for 2019-20, the Florida Legislature has allocated $970,000 for Tallahassee entrepreneur Ed Mansouri, founder of Weatherstem, to work with the Division of Emergency Management to install solar-powered cellular micro-weather stations in remote locations throughout the state to gather and report hyperlocal data in real time, 24 hours a day.
Read MoreIn 2016 Franklin County Emergency Management (FCEM) engaged weather intelligence provider Weatherstem to create a system to monitor driving conditions. The bridge experiences high-speed winds that can swirl in from any direction at any time, causing dangerous driving conditions and expensive, time-consuming bridge closures when high-profile vehicles tip over.
Read MoreAmerican Public University System (APUS) today announced the donation of three additional Weatherstem systems as part of its continuing mission to serve its local community and enhance learning opportunities for K-12 students in its home panhandle region and adjacent public school districts in West Virginia.
Weatherstem, which currently supports more than 400 systems nationwide, recently installed systems at Moorefield and North Jefferson Elementary Schools and at St. Marys High School, the university's seventh, eighth and ninth such donations to-date to WV public schools.
Read MoreTracking the weather will be a breeze thanks to the high school's new weather station.
Towering over the educational hub of the town sits the Joe Tribendis Weatherstem Weather Station. The high-tech equipment, installed Monday, is named in remembrance of the longtime supporter of the Swampscott Education Foundation (SEF) and Swampscott Public Schools. The new system provides up-to-date weather data and has live sky cam images that can help students predict weather and climate patterns.
Read MoreThe Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office installed a new weather stem unit on top of their facility, which helps them warn the public of dangerous weather.
Installation of the unit cost about $5,600 and it has two live camera feeds on it.
Public safety officials say it was worth the cost.
Read MoreWeather observations are now available in real-time from each high school in Escambia County.
Recent tragedies involving students participating in outdoor sports and activities in harsh weather conditions have led to an increased focus on finding ways to predict conditions which may be hazardous to students. Advance knowledge of extreme temperatures and humidity levels is important, especially for students and staff members participating in outdoor activities or events, according to the Escambia County School District.
Read MoreEscambia County schools now have a new tool to keep outside activities from becoming dangerous. Weatherstem stations are being installed at all county high schools.
They'll monitor for extreme temperatures and humidity levels, and alert school employees of any dangerous conditions.
Read MoreUTD recently installed a new weather station, called Weatherstem, on the roof of Residence Hall West to monitor weather conditions near campus.
A website, dubbed "Comet Watch", provides students with up-to-date weather information as well as real-time camera feeds. Twitter and Facebook feeds disperse selected information from "Comet Watch" on social media. Emergency management specialist Angela Dees said the previous weather station was lacking, so the department had been looking for an upgrade.
Read MoreUnworkable, a report from Public Citizen and the Farmworker Association of Florida released Tuesday, spells out the risks to the state's large population of outdoor workers, particularly construction and agricultural workers.
The Sunshine State has one of the highest rates of heat-related hospitalizations in the nation, according to the report. That number is likely an undercount, since strokes, heart attacks, asthma and even mental illnesses can be aggravated by high heat.
The report used Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) data from Weatherstem's more than 200 Florida Weatherstem units.
Read MoreWarm Springs Middle School has a new cutting-edge WeatherStem meteorology system and weather station with real-time data that was up and running as of September 19.
Middle school eighth grade science teacher Charles Wilson said he applied for the Weatherstem weather station program through American Public University System (APUS) in Charles Town. Weatherstem Director of Infrastructure Luke Hunnewell from Tallahassee, Florida installed the weather station at the middle school in late July.
Read MoreTexas Motor Speedway has become the first motorsports venue in the country to install a Weatherstem weather station that will benefit its fans and the motorsports industry with comprehensive real-time weather data specific to that exact location.
Weatherstem has installed its weather units at more than 30 college facilities as well as Heinz Field, home of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, but the world-renowned venue in Fort Worth will be the first of its kind in the motorsports arena.
Read MoreFlorida State University-Panama is now home to the first international installation of Weatherstem, a weather tracker that sends out hyperlocal alerts and tracks data at a specific location.
The Weatherstem station was installed earlier this month at the Panama campus with the help of Weatherstem CEO Ed Mansouri and FSU Vice President for Research Gary K. Ostrander. FSU-Panama is an international branch campus of the university in the Republic of Panama that serves more than 400 students.
Read MoreA new weather station at The University of Texas at Dallas will help track inclement weather and its possible impact on the campus community. And self-described "preparedness-junkie" Angela Dees is in her element.
Read MoreAs many of you know, Brian Ballard topped off his empire with an impressive new "castle" in downtown Tallahassee. There are plenty of beautiful new features to the building, but with Hurricane Michael bearing down on the Southeast and several other storms brewing in the Atlantic, I find myself thinking about one feature in particular on the Ballard Partners edifice.
Read MoreThe Dothan Technology Center has taken steps to be above and beyond when it comes to weather information. The technology includes a cloud camera that produces daily time-lapse videos of the sky conditions that day and technology that measures weather conditions that is then displayed on their public website.
Read MoreAlachua County has installed a new meteorological observation system at the High Springs Fire Station. Alachua County Commissioner Ken Cornell won the free Weatherstem system in a drawing at the Florida Association of Counties conference in November 2017. Weatherstem provides users with an integrated meteorological observation system that allows Alachua County residents to receive real-time information on local weather and its impacts.
Read MoreWeatherGeeks is a weekly podcast produced by The Weather Channel. This week's guest is Weatherstem CEO and Founder Ed Mansouri who tells the story of Weatherstem and how he came up with the idea for the program.
ListenKeeping an eye on weather conditions around critical infrastructure is a persistent problem for public agencies and private owners, particularly in underserved communities far from government weather stations. That was the issue faced by Pam Brownell, director of emergency management for Franklin County, Fla., a low-income coastal county in the state's panhandle.
Read MoreIn South Florida, a regional weather forecast often just doesn't cut it. "On any particular summer afternoon, I could be caught in a thunderstorm, whereas maybe a mile away, it could be dry as a bone," said Ed Mansouri, the founder and CEO of a new weather service. OrangeSTEM is a platform for monitoring hyper-local weather conditions throughout Florida. Emergency managers, researchers and forecasters are using it to analyze, plan, and respond.
Read MoreIf this hurricane season is anything like last years – or worse – residents and emergency management need every form of help they can get. That includes precise measurements of temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure, rainfall, and solar radiation. One innovative asset some emergency managers are using is called Weatherstem. Weatherstem is basically an all-in-one weather tracker that sends out hyper-local alerts and records data at a specific point in Florida. A network of these weather stations across the state, OrangeSTEM, forms a first line of defense against the storm.
Read MoreWeatherstem, an innovative platform used to track intense weather conditions, introduced its latest service, OrangeSTEM, at the Annual Governor's Hurricane Conference in West Palm Beach. The new resource will provide forecasters and emergency managers in Florida with an effective new tool to prepare for and respond to hurricanes and other weather-related emergencies.
Read MoreIn the past year, East Carolina University has dealt with all kinds of unpredictable weather, ranging from rain and snow to a hurricane that caused record-breaking flooding. In 2017, the university decided to take a few more preemptive measures in an effort to further improve weather forecasts, including bringing Weatherstem to campus.
Read MoreEarlier this month Weatherstem launched OrangeSTEM, a new service to provide a statewide system for monitoring weather conditions specific to Florida. OrangeSTEM provides reliable, local information on weather conditions in real time for communities and emergency managers – and by instantly compiling data from units across the state to track storms, OrangeSTEM can notify residents and state officials via web, mobile, and social media platforms where a storm's greatest impact may occur and when conditions become safe. That can get first responders onto the streets of a devastated community even sooner, potentially saving lives.
Read MoreOne Lee County School has a new tool to use when teaching students about the weather. Lee County Middle School East received a new Weatherstem weather station and camera thanks to a grant from the Sumter Electric Membership Corporation. The school started a STEM program this year.
Read MoreSanta Rosa County District Schools announced today that all regions of Santa Rosa County now have live, agricultural-atmospheric weather stations providing intelligence, safety, reporting, data analysis, lightning warnings, standards-aligned lessons, and sky cameras. These stations were made possible through a unique public-private partnership with Santa Rosa County Emergency Management and Weatherstem.
Read MoreOn February 7th, Weatherstem announced its OrangeSTEM initiative at the Florida Emergency Preparedness Association Conference in St Augustine. The company promised to deliver a platform and mobile app by March 1st. According to Weatherstem's website, it is "a platform (that) consumes live information to create and deliver interactive activities and assessments. The platform combines data from weather instruments, agricultural probes, Web cameras and other sensors to create immersive science education experiences and an introduction to "Big Data" and computer programming."
Read MoreThere were legends to be explored, weather charts to view, meteorological instruments to make and a poll to be taken; all brought to the students at Sussex County Charter School for Technology by a new principal who has his own popular weather blog. And all to celebrate that grandest of holidays, Groundhog Day.
Read MoreDisplayed against the familiar background of the double domes of McAnally Center overlooking Robert L. Harbison Stadium are the latest conditions in local weather. At ones fingertips is all the information (and probably more) needed to determine current conditions, recent weather and even upcoming forecasts. And much of the information originates from a small weather station that sits atop Greencastle Middle School.
Read MoreThe long-range forecast calls for continued success for White Squirrel Weather at WKU.
White Squirrel Weather is an applied research, professional service-learning initiative that leverages expertise within the WKU Meteorology Program to provide real-time hyperlocal weather observations and forecasts for the WKU campus community.
Read MoreStudents at Ranson Elementary School now have a new way to learn about the weather, the atmosphere and other aspects of their environment. The school has implemented a cutting-edge meteorology system from Weatherstem, donated by American Public University System.
Read MoreIts 62 degrees, with wind speeds up to 17 miles per hour, when a band of nine students clamber up seven flights of stairs and emerge on the roof of Gittleson Hall, squinting against the sun. Their professor hands out instruments that measure humidity (called sling psychrometers) and walks over to the weather station that sits near the edge of the roof. The experiment begins. A few students take turns spinning the psychrometers like nunchucks. The rest scribble notes, struggling to keep their lab worksheets from blowing away. On the ground, 10 more students gather weather data at street level. Eventually, they will check their manual readings against those of the weather station.
Read MoreAll five University of North Georgia campuses now have individual weather stations that provide data to faculty, students and the public. Each station has weather tracking equipment including anemometers to track wind speed and barometers to measure pressure. The stations reflect sunlight to determine the temperature and feature built-in cameras to record the local weather visually.
Read MoreAs Irma whipped the waters off Miami into a frothy fury last weekend, a weather station mounted atop the University of Miamis Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science documented the rising winds. As a camera rolled, the stations wind meter clocked climbing speeds: first 26 mph, then 38 mph, 41 mph and 73 mph and into the 80s. Eventually winds peaked at 98 mph, enough to qualify as a Category 2 hurricane had they been sustained. Gusts ultimately hit 106 mph and up. The morning sky brightens from black to gray to green to blue to white. Eventually, the schools dock disappears under waves. Clouds wrap the sky. The ocean seethes.
Read MoreThe University of Georgia in Tifton has a new, free weather tool on campus. "Well this is a wind direction indicator, so that shows the direction from which the wind is coming, an anomometer," explained UGA Tifton Assistant Dean Joe West. "Weatherstem is actually very advanced meteorological software."
Read MoreA new weather station is giving DeFuniak Springs residents and officials access to real-time local weather data. Walton County Emergency Management recently installed a Weatherstem station which includes multiple weather sensors and systems to gather information. The information can then be accessed by anyone online. Officials say the data can be crucial in emergency situations, and they hope to install additional stations.
Read MoreNorth Central Ohio Education Service Center has integrated a Weatherstem unit as a way to further science, technology, engineering and math education through lessons and activities. Weatherstem is a custom alert platform that uses weather sensors to gather and store data, displays the data online on a custom page, showcases current weather conditions and forecasts, and features data mining tools that can be used by teachers.
Read MoreWhen it comes to weather, the forecast in Indianapolis can be pretty unpredictable from one day to the next. A new weather station installed at the University of Indianapolis this week will help meteorologists and the community try to make more sense of incoming weather data.
Read MoreWeather in eastern North Carolina is notoriously unpredictable bright blue skies one minute and rain the next. Now, East Carolina University has a new tool to help measure and forecast weather, so choosing between rain boots or flip flops will no longer be a guessing game.
Read MoreThere's a new resource at UNCG, and Director of Emergency Management Zach Smith can explain how it benefits the entire campus and campus community.
"I wanted to have a tool to put weather information at people's fingertips," he says.
It's called Weatherstem ??? a sophisticated meteorology tool ??? and it's watching UNCG's weather 24 hours a day, through a unit that's perched atop the UNCG Police Station and a camera mounted on the Jackson Library tower.
Read MoreEd Mansouri shook off his entrepreneurial jitters in 2014 and turned a hobby into a Tallahassee-based startup that now has a presence at the top of Vanderbilt University's football stadium.
And not just there. Weatherstem, a tech-based innovation that provides real-time weather conditions, is now installed at 290 locations, mostly K-12 schools in Florida. About 50 higher education campuses are using WeatherStem, including about two dozen major college football stadiums.
Read MoreStudents at Reach Cyber Charter School have a new tool to learn about the weather. It's called Weatherstem. It not only provides current weather information, it also archives data, and has live cameras. Students across the state can access this information at their computers.
Read MoreThe University of North Georgia's (UNG) Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental & Spatial Analysis (IESA) purchased five weather station systems for classroom instruction and data mining use.
Dr. Jamie Mitchem, professor of geography at UNG, believes the study of weather provides an excellent foundation for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education as well as plenty of opportunities for exposing students to topics from a variety of disciplines.
Read MoreStudents and faculty at Winston-Salem State University will get early warnings for severe weather thanks to a high-tech weather monitoring unit recently installed on campus.
But the ability to warn of severe weather is only one of the capabilities of the station, which was installed on the roof of the three-story Thompson Student Services Center. The station, a product of Weatherstem, a company based in Tallahassee, Fla., links to the web, and provides text alerts for changing weather conditions, forecasts and a live camera feed.
Read MoreGulf County Emergency Management can now provide real-time weather data for Gulf County Emergency Operations Center and surrounding neighborhoods, thanks to partner Weatherstem. The founder and CEO of Weatherstem, Edward Mansouri, created the Weatherstem platform as a way to infuse K-12 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) curriculum in schools with live data. The weather stations were donated and installed in various schools across the country, so students can have real world experience with the curriculum that they are being taught in the classroom.
Read MoreThose of us in Franklin County who are fixated on following the most up-to-date, comprehensive and complete weather report on local conditions were treated to a nice gift last month.
Tallahassee entrepreneur Edward Mansouri, chief executive officer of Weatherstem, and his staff donated and installed one of the company's weather stations at the tip of the old St. George Island bridge jutting out from Eastpoint. The unit has two high-resolution live cameras, pointed towards the island and bay, along with a wealth of solar-powered weather sensors and measuring gauges that can monitor everything from solar and UV radiation, rain rate and rainfall, temperature and humidity, wind speed and direction, and wet bulb globe temperature. Read MorePine Grove Middle Schools new Weatherstem station improves local access to real-time weather data and severe weather updates, according to a press release. The station and system provide weather data similar to national weather systems, which can be accessed through the WeatherStem website, app, and social media, according to the release. Paid for with state grants, the station was installed last month, said Dr. Monica Dyess, Pine Grove STEM coordinator.
Read MoreA new, high-tech weather monitoring unit at Saint Josephs College is already making it rain data, that is. The college is the first institution in Maine to boast a Weatherstem unit, an advanced meteorological monitoring station that constantly gathers at least 15 elements from the local atmosphere including temperature, humidity and wind speed and pushes that information to an online database where it can be accessed almost immediately by researchers, students and the public.
Read MoreWinfield Elementary School looks like any other school but if you look up you'll see a weather station on its roof. Cameras and sensors collect weather data then it goes online. The weather station was installed in December and is now being used by the entire district.
Read MoreReal-time weather data and a live look at the Syracuse University main campus is now available, thanks to a donation from Weatherstem. Ed Mansouri, Florida State University alumnus, is the creator of Weatherstem. His initial goal for this program was to provide weather stations to K-12 schools with science technology and engineering curricula, but now, many Atlantic Coast Conference universities, including Syracuse University, have received the system as a donation. Typically, the system retails at $5,000, with annual fees around $1,750. The University is the 12th ACC institution to receive the station.
Read MoreAmerican Public University System (APUS) is continuing its mission to serve its local community and enhance learning opportunities for K-12 students in Jefferson County, West Virginia, and beyond, by donating two leading-edge meteorology systems from Weatherstem. Weatherstem is part of Ucompass, a Tallahassee-based software and services company supporting over three million students at more than 200 educational institutions, including APUS. It recently installed APUS-donated systems at Blue Ridge Elementary in Harpers Ferry and Jefferson High School in Shenandoah Junction. The Web-based platform combines data from weather instruments, agricultural probes, Web cameras and other sensors, aligning with APUSs own commitment to create immersive STEM education experiences featuring "Big Data" and programming.
Read MoreSchool days typically go on rain or shine, but now students at Daniel Jenkins Academy can track the rain and shine. On Tuesday, a Weatherstem unit that tracks data 24 hours a day for wind, wind speed, temperature, dew point, soil moisture and ultraviolet radiation, among many other things, was installed at the school.
Read MoreBrookwood Forest Elementary broke new ground this summer by turning its new outdoor learning space into a research laboratory, complete with its own weather station. By becoming a flagship school with the Weatherstem program, Brookwood Forest joins the mission to connect classrooms and communities to the world around them. The weather station in Brookwood Forests Outdoor Learning Lab uses real-time weather data, agricultural data, a cloud camera and scores of other data-rich information to help learning come to life for teachers and students.
Read MoreStudents at Greenville, South Carolina's Stone Academy are studying weather with a new Weatherstem unit. The first school in the state to have the system, students are using it to learn how to apply weather to all facets of their daily life. Students study things like rainfall, lightning strikes, and cloud formations. The school hopes to one day inspire a future meteorologist.
Read MoreWould you rather watch this weekends Lions game, or one taped from decades ago? Edward Mansouri asked. Obviously you want to see the new game. That was one way Mansouri, the chief executive officer for Weatherstem, described his product before having it installed at Shumate Middle School in Gibraltar.
Read MoreIn his forecast for the future, Edward Mansouri predicts students will be drenched by torrential downpours of data. Were living in a world with more and more people and more and more computers keeping track of more and more data, the meteorologist said. The fluency and literacy of data is something that is going to be as fundamental in 10 years as knowing how to send a text message. So we have an opportunity to get a jumpstart on that today.
Read MoreCape Coral Emergency Management is now getting real-time weather information right from its own backyard. "We can get information as quickly if not quicker by having this unit here," said Jesse Spearo with Cape Coral Emergency Management. The department just launched its own weather station Tuesday, and they're already putting it to good use.
Read MoreA class of Lake Placid Elementary second-graders were fascinated Wednesday while watching a time-compressed video of the clouds above their school. Teacher Marcy Irwin told her students the video showed 24 hours of the cloud cover in one minute.
Read MoreStudents at Heritage Middle School in Deltona now have a new way to learn about the weather, the atmosphere, and other aspects of their environment. Weatherstem, a Tallahassee company, donated a weather-station unit to the school. It was installed Aug. 22.
Read MoreA Weatherstem system was installed at Hoover Middle School in Indialantic on Tuesday. It is the first public school in Brevard County to receive the technology. You could be a kid in Japan and come online and start studying weather trends here at Hoover Middle School, said Ed Masouri, founder and CEO of Weatherstem.
Read MoreReal-time weather data and images from the top of Clemson Universitys Memorial Stadium now are available online from a new weather station. Florida-based Weatherstem donated the weather station to Clemson and 10 other Atlantic Coast Conference universities. The goal is to create an interesting intersection between education and health and safety, Weatherstem founder Ed Mansouri said.
Read MoreMarshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor and director of UGA's Atmospheric Sciences Program in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, worked with Mansouri to have the station in place before the start of the fall semester so that he could use the data in his class on urban climate.
Read MoreA new weather system now in Levy County is making it easier for residents to get more specific local weather information, especially when it floods. The system, called Weatherstem, can also help teach students.
Read MoreIn the past, when checking weather conditions for an area, citizens of Levy County were limited to the information that was received by the National Weather Service through designated weather stations, which could be over 40 miles away or more in some cases. And, while this made for a perfectly acceptable way to monitor the general weather conditions, it made it difficult to determine things like rainfall rate, cloud cover, and humidity for a more local area. Now, citizens have the ability to get a more specific, localized picture of their weather.
Read MoreFlorida is the number one state for lightning deaths, according to the National Weather Service. Just this year there have been four deaths in the state. To protect against sudden lightning strikes and other dangerous weather phenomena, Suwannee County Department of Emergency Management purchased a Weatherstem unit with $2,500 of left over grant money to put outside its office at 617 Ontario Ave SW, near Shands Live Oak.
Read MoreThe time-lapse, one-minute YouTube videos from Weatherstem that encapsulate 24 hours of the skies over Beaver Stadium are like eating potato chips. You cant stop at eating or watching -- one. All are the work of Penn State alum Ed Mansouri, CEO of Ucompass, a tech company based in Tallahassee, Fla.
Read MoreHalfway through a round of golf at the Penn State Golf Courses, dark clouds gather in the distance. In a few minutes, the sky could unleash soaking rain, dangerous lightning or perhaps nothing at all. But thanks to technology developed by Edward Mansouri, a Penn State alumnus, golfers will receive new and improved weather alerts from course officials.
Read MoreEd Mansouri, a Tallahassee tech innovator who keeps looking for ways to bridge his passion for technology and weather, is starting to see his dream come to fruition. In May, Mansouri, 43, received the Florida Governors Innovation Award during the Hurricane Conference in Orlando. Mansouri calls it one of the most rewarding events in his life. Mansouri was recognized for his development of Weatherstem, a venture that has provided real-time weather stations in each school district in the state. His work has attracted the attention of agricultural interests, parks programs and universities.
Read MoreNow is the time of the year when many at Wake Forest are asking, How hot is it? Two new weather stations installed on campus will answer that question and many others about the weather around the clock.
Read MoreWith Weatherstem, the students of Colham Ferry Elementary School can calculate an exact forecast that is reliable enough to be broadcast on The Weather Channel. The PTO earlier this year purchased a $3,000 state-of-the-art weather station that includes a convenient phone application and platform that gives a range of scientific data such as air temperature, soil temperature, soil moisture, UV radiation, solar radiation and more.
Read MoreWeatherstem's interactive K-12 STEM atmospheric sciences and agriculture curriculum will now be integrated into Instructure's award-winning learning management system, Canvas. Students using Canvas will be able to reference data from their local Weatherstem unit or any region's station from within an online course. It will also allow teachers to incorporate Weatherstem content into an online Canvas course.
Read MoreA recently installed weather system will now provide live, hyper-local data that will be used to energize lessons in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) at Jacksonville Country Day School. The Weatherstem combines data from scientific instruments and sensors with STEM curriculum. The system also provides current in-depth weather information for the area around the Southside school through a dedicated website, which residents may access.
Read MoreAs the rumble of thunder rolled over the Deane Bozeman campus Tuesday afternoon, most students and staff were looking up at the clouds. Principal Josh Balkom, however, was looking down at his phone.
Read MoreIf you're interested in a truly local weather report, check out the real-time data available from a new weather station installed atop Engineering Building 2.
Read MoreA software pioneer whose passion is weather has created a network of weather stations across the state of Florida for use in schools and elsewhere.
Read MoreWeatherstem is a weather station that Mansouri built when he realized the lack of education in Florida surrounding weather. He said the goal was to teach students about weather and allow the teachers to incorporate real live data into the classroom.
Read MoreStudents in South Georgia have the tools to learn about weather conditions and their importance. Weatherstem donated various equipment and technology to Cox Elementary School to help get them engaged in learning about meteorology.
Read MoreKeeping up with the weather on Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus is much easier and lots more fun now that the university's first full service weather station has been installed on the roof of Lane Stadium.
Read MoreWeatherstem CEO Edward Mansouri, a Tallahassee-based entrepreneur and Florida State University alumnus was recognized with the FSU Office of Research Community Partner of the Year award during the universitys annual Research Recognition Dinner event.
Read MoreYou can hear the excitement in their voices as students discuss the various aspects of weather. Ten-year-old Lilia Kim is fourth grader at Willow Springs Elementary School in Fairfax.
Students are thinking about it now thanks to the recent arrival of a Weatherstem station. Sixth grader Naveen Sasikumar had never seen anything like it. "When I first saw it we were all thinking,'What is that?'" he recalled.
Read MoreSoccer brought Eli Dennis to Penn State the first time, and graduate school brought him back. Dennis started his academic career studying biology at American University but transferred to Penn State in 2011 to play on the Division 1 Penn State mens soccer team. Fascinated by meteorology, Dennis chose to pursue a degree in meteorology as a student-athlete.
Read MoreAtlanta weather is known to be unpredictable at best, and Tech has a very innovative way to make sense of it all. Techs Emergency Preparedness worked with Weatherstem, a Florida-based company that creates full-service weather monitoring stations that collect weather data and contribute to STEM-based K-12 education. The stations are currently in three strategic locations on campus: Bobby Dodd Stadium on east campus, the Campus Recreation Center (CRC) on west campus and Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) headquarters near Center Street.
Read MoreThe Weatherstem Unit at APUS is part of a network of state-of-the-art insturments and sensors that measure and record environmental data every minute. The information provided by the station goes beyond daily forecasts and current weather conditions.
Read MoreEven though most days it's a given that it'll be really, really hot outside, there are some days when we all want a definite weather forecast. Now, a weather station on the FGCU campus is not only available to provide a daily weather forecast, but other useful weather data as well.
Read MoreIf you've ever checked your weather app rather than look outside your window to see if it's raining, chances are you're going to love the new weather stations installed around the Georgia Tech campus.
Read MoreA Levy County school has gotten some new technology to benefit not only students, but the community as well. A new Weatherstem unit was installed at Bronson Middle High School, the data from which will be incorporated into student lessons and can be viewed online.
Read MorePenn State football fans looking for game day weather conditions and forecasts now have free access to real-time weather data directly from Beaver Stadium through Weatherstem ??? a full-service weather station that measures everything from wind speed to soil moisture to solar radiation.
Read MoreOver the summer, Boston College worked to implement an interactive weather system, known as Weatherstem, to more accurately predict weather patterns on the Universitys campus. The system that sits atop Conte Forum broadcasts the data it collects to the public via Weatherstem's website.
Read MoreCentral Ohio residents looking for real-time weather conditions can get texts with daily updates or have easy access to weather forecasts through Weatherstem -- a device installed on the roof of the Wellington School this past summer.
Read MorePort St. Joe Elementary School added something new to their campus that no one else has in the district and taking learning opportunities to the next level. The school added a weather station donated by the company Weatherstem. "So to me that's one of the biggest things with this is the opportunity to make science real as well it can be math real. And really just give our children the opportunity they may not have otherwise," Principal, Sandra Cook said.
Read MorePort St. Joe Elementary School became unique in the county for another reason last week. The school became the districts first and only to be provided a weather station from Weatherstem, which aims to use the weather for a host of lessons across science, technology, engineering and math, the so-called STEM subjects. We are very fortunate to have this system installed in our school, said Principal Dr. Sandra Cook.
Read MoreFSU Panama City has partnered with FSU alumnus Edward Mansouri, Master of Science in Meteorology, Class of 2000, to further K-12 curriculum in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) with the introduction of the FSU Panama City Weatherstem station.
Read MorePerhaps youre working away in your Maloney Hall office, or doing research in ONeill Library; maybe youre waiting for the shuttle bus on Newton Campus, or walking toward Brighton Campuswhen you notice dark clouds moving in and you hear a distant rumble of thunder. At times like this, you think, it would be useful to have a Boston College weather update.
Read MoreWeatherstem systems are currently being set up all around Florida. Last month, Florida Panhandle Technical College was the lucky recipient in Washington County. Tuesday, the company's CEO spoke to the Kiwanis Club about how it not only benefits student education, but the community as well.
Read MoreStudents at Melrose Park Elementary are getting a first-hand look at the weather by using this in-school weather stem program. Melrose Park is the only school in Columbia County with this technology.
Read MoreBefore a drop of the downpour that soaked the area Thursday morning even fell, Eli Dennis stood outside on the final day of Ag Progress Days wearing a waterproof coat and hat and confidently made a forecast about when the deluge would begin.
Read MoreWellington recently teamed up with Weatherstem to provide a dynamic display of meteorology for the entire school community. Installed on the roof of the school, the Weatherstem unit sensors will gather and store data on the current weather and weather forecasts so that students of all ages may engage in STEM-based lessons and activities.
Read MoreThe Pasto Agricultural Museum Weatherstem Unit at Ag Progress Days was recently installed at the show site. The unit integrates weather sensors that generate and store data.
Read MoreOfficials with Weatherstem installed a weather station on the Florida Panhandle Technical College campus Friday. The station allows anyone to log on to the Washington County Weatherstem website and find exactly how much it rained, solar radiation, distance of the closest lightning strike, and the forecast.
Read MoreFlorida Panhandle Technical College (FPTC) will be home to a new Weatherstem weather monitoring station as of July 24. The public is invited to attend a ceremony commemorating the installation of the weather station.
Read MoreTolland High became the first high school in New England Wednesday to have a Weatherstem Station installed on its campus. "We are hoping to use this as we develop our science curriculum," said Carolyn Tyl, Tolland Public Schools director of curriculum and instruction.
Read MoreThe world is moving faster and faster, and big data is becoming one of the most useful tools in the world. Now State College is at the big data forefront, and you'll be able to collect every aspect of outside conditions within seconds.
Read MoreIf you want to know what the weather is doing on the medical campus, you no longer have to look out the window. The University of Miami, in partnership with Ucompass, a software and services company that helps educational institutions create weather-based lessons, activities and assessments, has installed Weatherstem a platform that delivers real time hyperlocal weather information to computer, tablet or smart phone, and across social media on all three campuses.
Read MoreIn April, a powerful line of thunderstorms was barreling toward Florida State University's main campus in Tallahassee, bringing with it severe lightning and dangerous rain and wind conditions. At the same time, Florida State's Weatherstem unit sent detailed weather information to FSU's emergency alert system, including the exact location of lightning strikes and precise wind speeds.
Read MoreTallahassee businessman Edward Mansouri wants K-12 students to understand the importance of weather beyond its influence on our everyday lives. He wants them to get more engaged in how weather impacts everything from agriculture to backyard gardening and climate reports.
Read MoreW.R. Tolar School is very proud to have been nominated and awarded the Weatherstem project grant. The W.R. Tolar K-8 Weatherstem Unit is an integration of weather sensors installed, free of charge, in several locations around the school.
Read MoreFlorida State University Panama City now has its own weather tracking station. Ed Mansouri, the operator of the weather tracking project Weatherstem, visited the campus Tuesday along with FSU Emergency Management Director Dave Bujack to oversee the installation of the station on the roof of the Holley Academic Center.
Read MoreLocal teachers and students now can easily access local weather data specific to their schools area, thanks to three newly-installed Weatherstem systems.
Read MoreThe students at Dodgertown Elementary school have a bird's eye view of what is happening in the sky, even when they are studying inside the classroom. They are the only school in the county to have been awarded a Weatherstem Unit, which uses sensors to gather and store data that is then displayed on a website featuring current weather conditions as well as forecasts, weather notifications and alerts. Also on the site are lessons and activities that make this a valuable teaching tool, as well.
Read MoreStudents born into the generation of mobile phones, computers and Internet connections came by a new way to view the weather Thursday. A crew from the Weatherstem company installed an innovative science platform to monitor weather and agricultural data at Robert Jenkins Middle School.
Read MoreThe school system's Marine Science Station is the latest recipient of a high-tech interactive weather unit designed to marry meteorology and education. Weatherstem donated and installed the weather monitoring unit last week. The station has two units - one that is perched atop the viewing tower overlooking the marshes and another in the Salt River to measure water temperatures, tides and soil temperature.
Read MoreAucilla Christian Academy jumped at the opportunity to host Jefferson Countys first Weatherstem station on their campus. The installation was completed this past week. Weatherstem gives educators access to many activities and lessons that support science, technology, engineering and mathematics, in addition to providing the current weather information in the county, including the forecast for the week. Read More
A new weather station with data that the public can access through downloadable apps will be revealed Friday at Malone School after the unit is installed that morning. The Weatherstem equipment, worth about $2,500, was donated by its creator, Edward Mansouri.
Read MoreWatch out meteorologists Steve Weagle and Glenn Glazer, there's a new weather station in town. Boynton Beach High School has received a $6,000 Weatherstem unit from the Tallahassee-based company of the same name. It was installed Thursday, and while it will be used by students and teachers, its data is available to the community.
Read MoreMount Dora Middle School received a high-tech weather station from Weatherstem on April 15. The unit will help students by incorporating science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) with weather. The unit includes a weather station, an agricultural monitoring system and a cloud camera. Data from the device will be uploaded to Weatherstem constantly throughout the day and integrated into a platform that serves a K-12 STEM-based curriculum.
Read MoreWhen Ed Mansouri was just 6 years old, he developed a fascination with weather. Still an unabashed meteorology enthusiast, Mr. Mansouri, CEO and Founder of UCOMPASS, a Tallahassee-based company that pioneers education technology, went on to develop the Weatherstem, which integrates weather stations, collected and distributed atmospheric data, and STEM-based education. Mr. Mansouri???s hope is to make ordinary weather information intriguing and introduce students to science using real data.
Read MoreMayport Coastal Sciences Middle School unveiled the county's first Weatherstem unit last week, allowing students from the middle school and Mayport Elementary will utilize the data from the device for real-world application and in hands-on learning experiences as they study weather and climate. The on-campus Weatherstem unit also includes a cloud camera that takes a picture every minute and produces a movie at the end of the day.
Read MoreEmerald Coast Middle School recently received a high-tech weather station from Weatherstem. The unit will help students by incorporating science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) with weather. Sixth grade science teacher Leigh Glenn applied for a grant from Weatherstem back in October, she said. Weatherstem donates a device to one lucky school within each county, said Glenn, noting ECMS is the 25th school to receive the weather station.
Read MoreIt all started when 6th grade teacher Leigh Glenn wanted to engage her students about weather. "Weather is taught in almost every grade level, but it is very intensive in 6th grade," she said. Glenn found Weather STEM online, and applied. "I really talked about promoting STEM here, and they were like, this is an ideal place, and that's how I got it," said Glenn.
Read MoreThe weather in the Panhandle is incredibly diverse. The information gathered from the sky can be informative and fun, especially now for students at Emerald Coast Middle School. The new equipment will help bring the classroom conversation outside. It's called a Weatherstem monitoring unit.
Read MoreWhat's right with our schools? Poinciana High School students compile and analyze big data with Weatherstem. The system constantly gathers information and helps in more places than one classroom - check out the Poinciana Station Page.
Read MoreOsceola County schools, through their expanded STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) curriculums, are teaching their students much more than ever about weather and what can be learned from the data. At Poinciana High School, a Weatherstem data transmission unit was installed the week before spring break. The school applied to Weatherstem, a professionally developed community centered weather network, and won the $5,000 unit.
Read MoreYesterday, Weatherstem, a community centered weather network for schools, installed a weather unit on top of the University of West Florida John C. Pace Library. This unit serves as Weatherstem???s donation side for Escambia County and is available for use to all district schools to receive live data and classroom lessons.
Read MoreNew weather monitoring gear will help Carver Magnet School students study weather, climate and how to work with data. The school recently obtained the first Weatherstem unit in Alabama. The unit monitors temperature, humidity, soil moisture, wind, solar radiation and other meteorological and agricultural data. The unit cost about $3,000 and was purchased by funds raised by the school???s parent-teacher organization.
Read MoreCarver Magnet School will have the first Weatherstem Unit in the State of Alabama installed on campus Thursday, April 2nd, with a press conference at 2:00 P.M. This device will provide real-time weather data to the community and the school. For the 2015-2016 school year, students in the school's Science courses will utilize this data for real-world applications in the STEM areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics as they study weather and climate.
Read MoreAre you curious about how weather predictions are made? Come to Penn State, home of our first Pennsylvanian Weatherstem Unit, and find out!
During this week of camp, designed for students who will enter grades 8 through 10 in the fall of 2015, you will receive hands-on experience in many aspects of weather, including the actual process of making a forecast. This camp will be held at the premier location for studying weather, Penn State's Department of Meteorology at the University Park campus.
Read MoreTaylor Technical Institute (TTI) received a free weather station Wednesday which will be used in student curriculum as well as provide real-time weather data to the general public. The station was donated by Weatherstem, a Tallahassee-based initiative run by Edward Mansouri, whose lifelong love of weather and a career in computer programming have combined into a movement to donate one of Weatherstem???s custom stations to a public school in every county in Florida.
Read MoreDundee Elementary Academy students are making bridges out of marshmallows and testing them to see what design would support heavy truck traffic through Tampa. They are using straws to design tall and sturdy observation towers, with SeaWorld in mind. They are building - and launching - rockets; in their classrooms they are using iPads and iPods. Now Dundee Elementary Academy, a public magnet school where the focus is science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), is the first in Polk County to have its own weather station.
Read MoreDundee Elementary Academy has a lot of "walkers." Not zombies, but students who walk to school from their nearby homes. Now they have a way of knowing what the weather is like at school before they even step out their doors, because Dundee Elementary Academy has Polk County's only Weatherstem program.
Read MoreHolmes County High School is home to a Weatherstem weather station installed on Feb. 27 at no cost to the school district. The station receives data from an integrated sensor suite made up of transmitters placed in several locations around the campus. The main station pictured uses an anemometer to measure wind speed and transmits data every 1.5 seconds by antenna to a box located in the band room. The system includes a west-facing cloud camera mounted on the roof that takes a picture once a minute. Cloud images can be viewed in a time lapsed video.
Read MoreLafayette County is the 16th of Florida???s 67 counties to receive a Weatherstem weather station. The station was installed on the press box at the Lafayette High School football field on Tuesday, Feb. 17. It measures wind speed, soil moisture, solar radiation and much more. The station was donated to the school from the Weatherstem company.
Ed Mansouri, CEO of Weatherstem, brought his team to Lafayette County to install the station and teach students and community members about how the station is going to be beneficial for them.
Read MoreDuring Hurricane season, June to November, South Florida has always been prone to extreme weather. Over the years, the University of Miamis Office of Emergency Management (OEM) has worked to implement services like lightning sirens to keep the UM community aware and prepared. The recent addition of Weatherstem, an accessible weather information system, checks off another box in UMs storm-ready status.
Read MoreWeatherstem has announced plans to donate one complete Weatherstem system to each county in Florida. The announcement was made at FETC during the annual technology conference held in Orlando.
Mr. Edward Mansouri, founder of Weatherstem, shared plans to install at least one Weatherstem Package in each of Florida???s 67 counties by the end of 2015. The company is now accepting nominations for the 24 counties that do not currently have a Weatherstem unit or an agreement for future installation. The full list of counties can be found at: http://florida.weatherstem.com/giveaway.html, and an announcement of the selected donation locations is expected by the end of February.
Fifth-grader Emma Kalcounos wanted to know why weather is getting more extreme so she asked meteorologist, technology firm founder and school curriculum developer Edward Mansouri during a video chat in science class.
Two weeks ago, Ed Mansouri (PSU '95) installed the Weatherstem system atop the administrative building at the Penn State Arboretum. Ed and his team were welcomed by Dr. Eric Barron, Dr. Kim Steiner, and Dean William E. Easterling. Ed'sdonation of a WetherSTEM system will allow local educators, grade school, high school, and university alike to access and analyze real time local data generated by the Weatherstem system.
In Tallahassee, Florida a high school football team has found a secret forecasting weapon that gives them a competitive edge.
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UNIVERSITY PARK ??? While the Penn State Arboretum will always be a place for plant lovers, it may find a new following among weather wonks.
That's because the University's inviting garden with oaks, flowers and ornamental grasses is now also home to a high-tech weather system.
Weatherstem CEO Edward Mansouri was interviewed July 8, 2014 by Penn State Weather World Producer Jon Nese. The segment was aired October 21, 2014 coinciding with Ed's visit to Penn State to install a Weatherstem unit on the Penn State Campus.
Middle School science teacher Cameron Barton is excited about the new Weatherstem unit on campus.
"We're already running with it. It's super the kids are thrilled. There's a lot of excitement on campus right now."
A film crew from The Weather Channel spent Monday and Tuesday in Tallahassee at Lincoln High School for an upcoming story on the way the school incorporates weather data into programs on campus.
Specifically, the topic is how the school's use of weather data from its on-campus Weatherstem station has been a benefit to the athletic program, said principal Allen Burch.
During this COIL Fischer Speaker Series event, Penn State Alumnus Edward Mansouri discussed his experiences building Weatherstem through a blending of his background in meteorology with his 15-year career building Learning Management System software.
During this COIL Fischer Speaker Series event, Penn State Alumnus Edward Mansouri discussed his experiences building Weatherstem through a blending of his background in meteorology with his 15-year career building Learning Management System software.