The top of
One Ricon Hill in San Francisco is ablaze with colored LED floodlights at night. The lights, in addition to simply looking festive, act as a weather beacon, forecasting with
glowing amber, blue, red or green lights. As one article puts it, "a bit like a 64-story mood ring".The lights atop this residential high rise building will go on at dusk, and remain on all night.
Every day, the National Weather Service forecast for San Francisco will be reviewed, and the color predicting the next day's weather selected.
Here's how to remember what each color means:
Glowing red, warmer weather ahead
Shining blue, colder weather in view
Going green, rain foreseen
Amber light, no change in sight.
Other weather beacons across the country and the world include:
- John Hancock Building, Boston, MA
- Syracuse, N.Y
- Minneapolis, M.N.
- Dubuque and Des Moines, Iowa
- Bismarck, N.D.
- Toronto, Canada
- Brisbane and Adelaide, Australia
image source
image source
image source