New Mesonet
* We learned some great information while down at the EM/Media Workshop in Brandon last week. There are plans to build a "mesonet" of weather observation posts in Mississippi. These stations will be located about 20 miles apart, and will give us readings every two minutes! The observations will be available for free on the internet. One Mississippi station is already built and operational in Newton.* Mesonets are very popular out in "Tornado Alley," where severe weather is a way of life. These stations will improve our forecasting, as well as give us "ground truth" of wind speeds and direction within thunderstorms.
* Louisiana has already built a similar mesonet, and they include the Newton observation. You can access the mesonet at:
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/weather/
posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 10:36 PM
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