Syracuse, New York (Jan 10, 2017)--Real-time weather data and a live look at the Syracuse University main campus are 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.
The philosophy behind WeatherSTEM is that an educated public is a safer public. According to Mansouri, this weather station is a powerful tool that "provides an extensive suite of public safety features, including lightning alerts, severe weather alerts, wet bulb globe temperature forecasts, environmental cameras, agricultural monitoring, and more." This new tool will allow for resiliency to emergency weather and improved...