The ninth annual ABC 33/40 Storm Alert weather tour kicks off one week from tomorrow night at the Bevill State Auditorium in Hamilton. Storm Alert 2006 will feature some great Alabama weather stories, and it is fitting that we begin the show in Hamilton since one of our features will be on the latest weather technology that we have in our operation, designed and manufactured by a company in Hamilton.
StratusStation Group, Inc. was formed by Alabama individuals with a vision for a new and improved way of monitoring the weather in real-time. Their idea was to deliver a network of live controllable video feeds with real time weather data via the Internet. After months of research and development, their product is complete and ready for deployment. ABC 33/40 is their first broadcast customer, and our new “Sky Cam” network is now being installed at various locations across the state.
Our old “Pinpoint Neighborhood Weathernet” is being replaced by this new network, which will feature live video cameras at each site. These cameras have full pan/tilt/zoom control, and those controls are at our fingertips in the weather office. From Gulf Shores to various locations across North Alabama, we will be able to show you live video of the Alabama sky, which will be invaluable during times of severe weather. As we have said here many times over the years, Doppler Radar does NOT dectect tornadoes. It shows areas of rotation within the radar beam, which can be as high as 10,000 feet in a thunderstorm (the radar beam goes in a straight line; the Earth curves
. These cameras will give us ground truth on radar signatures, and will greatly prevent false warnings.
The network will be built in the coming six to nine months; we hope to have six cameras/weather data sites online by the middle part of February. Learn more about our new Sky Cam network on the Storm Alert 2006 tour!
And, read more about Status Station here:
http://www.stratusstation.com/
I know many other TV weather people around the nation read our posts... I strongly encourage you to check them out!
StratusStation Group, Inc. was formed by Alabama individuals with a vision for a new and improved way of monitoring the weather in real-time. Their idea was to deliver a network of live controllable video feeds with real time weather data via the Internet. After months of research and development, their product is complete and ready for deployment. ABC 33/40 is their first broadcast customer, and our new “Sky Cam” network is now being installed at various locations across the state.
Our old “Pinpoint Neighborhood Weathernet” is being replaced by this new network, which will feature live video cameras at each site. These cameras have full pan/tilt/zoom control, and those controls are at our fingertips in the weather office. From Gulf Shores to various locations across North Alabama, we will be able to show you live video of the Alabama sky, which will be invaluable during times of severe weather. As we have said here many times over the years, Doppler Radar does NOT dectect tornadoes. It shows areas of rotation within the radar beam, which can be as high as 10,000 feet in a thunderstorm (the radar beam goes in a straight line; the Earth curves
. These cameras will give us ground truth on radar signatures, and will greatly prevent false warnings.The network will be built in the coming six to nine months; we hope to have six cameras/weather data sites online by the middle part of February. Learn more about our new Sky Cam network on the Storm Alert 2006 tour!
And, read more about Status Station here:
http://www.stratusstation.com/
I know many other TV weather people around the nation read our posts... I strongly encourage you to check them out!
on January 24, 2006, 9:55 pm
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