Friday was monumental for Caplin News, and Florida International University’s promising Meteorology Club. For the first time since Caplin’s inception, the faculty advised student-operated media venue produced a live weather segment at its Biscayne Bay studios.
Featuring a state-of-the-art weather computer powered by The Weather Company in conjunction with a sizable green screen at the studio, students will develop essential skills necessary to deliver a forecast, such as creation of in-house weather graphics, illustrating radar and satellite presentations, and sharpening public speaking.
“This is momentous for the Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media,” said Chuck Strouse, director of Caplin News. “It completes our newscast,”
Among those who launched the weathercast are Brian Schriner, Dean of the College of Communication, Architecture + the Arts; Robert Burgman, associate meteorology professor at FIU, and Erik Salna, head of FIU’s Extreme Events Institute, Stephen Kairalla, associate professor at the Caplin School
Caplin News’ first ever 7-day weathercast, which aired on Newsbreak, called for plentiful sunshine and near-average afternoon high temperatures, before a weak cold front glides down the state on Monday. This front will be broken up by the time it visits South Florida.
Therefore, at least a third South Florida will see some isolated to scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon hours on Monday. Once the front clears, humidity will dive, and temperatures will be reduced by a handful of degrees, peaking in the upper 70s by midweek.
