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Automated Weather Source
Automated Weather Source (AWS) was a partnership and later a corporation founded in 1992 by James Michael "Mike" Bailey and Topper Shutt, Charles "Topper" Shutt of Montgomery County, Maryland, whose purpose was to create a network of weather stations located at public schools and recreational facilities throughout the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.McManus, Kevin. "A Bright Forecast for a New Venture." The Washington Post 24 November 1994: Style Plus. The weather data generated was accessed by dialup, dialup modem and included wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, temperature, and rainfall totals, along with daily minimum and maximum values of each. The network of primarily school-based weather stations became the first to generate real-time meteorological data for use on broadcast television when the AWS network was first referenced on September 11, 1992, during the nightly newscast of WUSA-TV (Channel 9) in Washington, D.C. The AWS concept encouraged academi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topper Shutt
Charles "Topper" Shutt is Chief Meteorologist at WUSA (TV), WUSA Channel 9 in Washington, D.C. and forecaster for WHUR-FM. Career In 1981, Shutt began his television weather career with CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, working as a weather producer and substitute weather anchor. In 1984,he moved on to a weekday weather anchor position at WTVK-TV (now WVLT-TV) in Knoxville, Tennessee. He spent a year, from 1987 to 1988, as weekend weather anchor at WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina. In 1988, he joined WFMY sister station WUSA, also at that time beginning to supply to forecasts to WHUR-FM. In 1992, he co-founded Automated Weather Source, a network of weather stations that reported real-time observations to be used on broadcast television. Between 1994 and 2000 he served as occasional stand-in for CBS This Morning weather anchors Mark McEwen and Craig Allen (meteorologist), Craig Allen. Shutt also served on the National Science Foundation review panel for the National Science Education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |