 This shot shows our live videocam with weather instruments below. The instruments measure wind speed & direction.(Instruments are unobstructed)  This is the rain bucket measuring device. It is located approx 8ft above the roof line in open space to allow accurate rainfall readings.  Wireless Vantage Pro instruments are 33ft above ground and above the house & tree lines.  This shot is from ground level facing up. The tower is poured in concrete & mounted to a second floor roof truss heavy duty bracket.  This shot is taken facing south.Notice the guide wires thick cable with double lines running from the east and North.  Suncam.tv video can be seen on the live broadcast when Hurricanes make landfall in Florida. LokiWebcams.com |
This cam is facing SSE towards the atlantic ocean about 1 mile inland.A new image is taken every 5 minutes. When hurricanes hit South Florida check out our live coverage with this tower cam in streaming video here
         
last Storm date....Ernesto, Aug30th,2006 Name.... Tropical Storm Ernesto weakens to depression SW of here. Highest wind gust....41mph SSE at 9:09AM while Ernesto 70 miles to the SW ( Lowest pressure recorded....29.69 1005mb at 10:09 AM ET Storm rainfall total...0.46 Frances tree downed (pre towercam 2004) | Katrina towercam video (Aug 2005) T.S conditions |Towercam video of Wilma,Oct 24th, 2005 | spider on cam during thunderstorm (may 2006) | Rainbow,June 26th 2006 | | Bird tail on cam, Oct 2006 | Neighborhood gathering Nov,2007 | Bird Claw recorded July 11th, 2009  
|  This is a side view of the tower facing west as the sun is setting. This is the primary direction in which the winds will be blowing towards in most hurricane conditions.  This image is from across the street in the direction that the cam usually faces.What you usually see is where this shot was taken from.  This is the concrete slab that is 6 FT deep with rebar steel rods as reinforcement. The tower is heavily grounded as well.The instruments & cam have generator backup to continue recording during hurricane conditions.  This is the letter of approval from the homeowners association to allow the tower placed in 2003.  Here is the permit issued to construct the tower approved by the city in 2003. 
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