Columbia Weather Systems

“ H aving the best up-to-date information on when to shelter in place from hurricanes” was the goal for Tidelands Health to purchase Orion weather stations for two hospitals in South Carolina. Patrick J. Devlin is Director of Safety, Security and Emergency Preparedness for Tidelands. An early adopter of the CWS Cloud Weather Server, Devlin describes how he shares meteorological data regularly with staff and first responders and that it helps with real-time decision making: “This is the link I drive our organization and partners to due to the security of it not having to access our secure network.” Recently put to the test with Hurricane Isaias, Devlin commented, “We were able to monitor the storm through the cloud server. I was monitoring things from home and had no issues. I also know the weather stations were pulled up in the county emergency operations center and 911 center. It has been a great tool for us to share with our local emergency responders.” Thanks for the update! The CW...

“It came in real handy for Hurricane Hanna,” said Danny Ramirez, Director of Communications and Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator for the  City of Pharr , Texas. Danny sent us a message with the attached photo showing wind speed of 91.9 mph displayed on their new WeatherMaster֭™ Software. Hanna was the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season, making landfall in southern Texas late on July 25, just about a week after the City of Parr received their Magellan M X600™ weather station from CWS. The weather monitoring system was purchased with an emergency preparedness grant through Coastal Bend Regional Advisory Council. The image shows WeatherMaster’s Daily Statistics Screen which displays statistical data for a user-selected date. It reports minimum, average, and maximum values for key parameters including temperature, humidity, wind, and barometric pressure.  WeatherMaster displays Maximum Wind Speed at 91.9 mph during Hurricane Hanna .