Meteorologist Jeff Ranieri

A recent trip home to the Daytona Beach area in Florida had me feeling like I was at work when I was supposed to be on Vacation.

Picture it ...Daytona Beach, mid 80's and totally sunny. I'm wearing shorts, flip-flops and a ball cap. I begin to stroll out of the gate and looking for my family when I came upon this!

Ok, the quality isn't great (its from the cell phone) and its still hard to see what may be at the booth. What you are looking at is a picture from my cell phone at the Daytona Beach International Airport. This is actually a complete weather station for the public to use. At first I thought it was a weather station that had a just a basic forecast. As I walked closer my weather eyes started lighting up! I now realized this is a full service weather station with the option to look at several detailed weather models. I of course couldn't resist and started checking the weather in Florida and all across the country.

As I was analyzing forecast I noticed a few people stepping up and doing the same. While some looked puzzled at the charts, I noticed a few that understood. The brain slowly shifted out of vacation mode and one main thought crossed my mind.

Does everything really need to be boiled down so much for the audience???

This day and age so much seems to e watered down and so simple. Of course, getting the basic facts is important but leaving with a deeper level of insight is always a bonus. I do think the TV world can sometimes be too simple.

If you have a nerdy side that would visit a weather station in the airport or enjoys the science behind weather we have that everyday in our Tropical Update (:09 /:39 after the hour). This really is our tribute to weather patterns and true science during the hour. You could also take a trip to Daytona and toy around with the weather station! Ha.

Who knows...maybe putting weather stations in lots of airports could help the public understand the reason behind the delays. Actually seeing the deadly thunderstorm, snowstorm, or hurricane may rationalize a 3-hour delay on a stormy day for travelers.

By the way - for the first time in a long time I got lucky and faced no flight delays on my vacation and even arrived on time!