Raspberry Pi 5 AI Weather Station Kit: LSTM Nowcasting That Beats Threshold Rules

Every part needed, pre-tested for compatibility, with an AI build companion trained on this exact project. Shipped from Bengaluru in 3-5 days.

Instead of just measuring weather, this station collects environmental data and trains a long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network right on the Pi 5. The model learns from BME688 pressure, humidity, temperature, along with wind speed, rainfall, and UV index to forecast precipitation one hour ahead — with accuracy that outperforms simple threshold-based rules. It’s a complete edge-AI project that takes you from sensor wiring to a deployable nowcasting display.

What You'll Build

A self-contained meteorological station capturing temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, rainfall, and UV index. The Raspberry Pi 5 stores readings on a 128GB NVMe SSD and trains an LSTM model using historical data for 1-hour precipitation nowcasts. The final output is a local web dashboard showing current conditions and next-hour rain probability.

What You'll Learn

• Interfacing multiple I2C and analog sensors (BME688, VEML6075, anemometer, rain gauge) with Raspberry Pi 5 GPIO and M.2 HAT+
• Collecting, cleaning, and timestamping environmental time-series data for machine learning
• Designing and training an LSTM neural network using TensorFlow or PyTorch on the Pi 5 to predict precipitation
• Deploying an edge inference pipeline and visualizing nowcasts on a Flask web dashboard

Kit Contents

Why Buy This Kit Instead of Sourcing Parts Separately

Who This Kit Is For

This intermediate kit fits students pursuing B.Tech in ECE, CSE, or EEE who need a capstone project combining IoT and AI. CBSE Class 12 students working on computer science investigatory projects will find a rich dataset for machine learning. Hackathon participants at Smart India Hackathon or college fests like those at IITs, NITs, VIT, BITS can leverage the nowcasting model for agriculture or disaster management themes.

Built and Backed by Compoden

Every Compoden kit ships with an AI build companion trained on this exact project — accessible via a QR code on the box, with WhatsApp and email backup. We've spent 10 years building projects for makers, schools, and institutions across India. If a part fails because of a manufacturing defect, replace it free within 7 days.