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New, flexible and powerful monitoring station for local weather and air quality needs
A compact and versatile monitoring station designed to meet the unique and specific needs of communities, allowing them to quickly and easily obtain accurate weather and environmental information. Whether it’s assessing road conditions, air quality or other environmental factors, weather st...Read more -
Federal Grant Stimulates Weather and Soil Monitoring Network to Help Wisconsin Farmers
A $9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has accelerated efforts to create a climate and soil monitoring network around Wisconsin. The network, called Mesonet, promises to help farmers by filling gaps in soil and weather data. The USDA funding will go to UW-Madison to create wha...Read more -
Wind of Change: UMB Installs Small Weather Station
The extended forecast is calling for a small weather station at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), bringing the city’s weather data even closer to home. UMB’s Office of Sustainability worked with Operations and Maintenance to install a small weather station on the sixth-floor green roof...Read more -
Heavy rains hit Pakistan as deaths from flash floods jump to 209 since July
Officials say flash floods triggered by the latest monsoon rains have swept through streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north ISLAMABAD — Flash floods triggered by monsoon rains swept through streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north, offi...Read more -
Building Minnesota’s ag weather network
Minnesota farmers soon will have a more robust system of information about weather conditions to help make agronomic decisions. Farmers can’t control the weather, but they can use information about weather conditions to make decisions. Minnesota farmers soon will have a more robust system of in...Read more -
‘Wall of water’ in Montreal after underground pipe breaks, floods streets and homes
A broken watermain spews water into the air on a street in Montreal, Friday, August 16, 2024, causing flooding in several streets of the area. MONTREAL — Nearly 150,000 Montreal homes were put under a boil water advisory on Friday after a broken water main erupted into a “geyser” that transforme...Read more -
Ask the meteorologist: How to build your own weather station
With just a few simple steps, you can measure temperature, rain totals and wind speed from your own home or business. WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell explains how to build your own weather station, including how to get accurate readings without breaking the bank. What is a weather station? A wea...Read more -
New Lake Placid Mesonet Weather Station Celebration
The New York State Mesonet, a statewide weather observation network operated by the University at Albany, is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new weather station at Uihlein Farm in Lake Placid. About two miles south of the Village of Lake Placid. The 454-acre farm includes a weather stat...Read more -
Monitoring the ocean’s health with photo chemical sensor
Oxygen is essential to the survival of both humans and Marine life. We have developed a new type of light sensor that can effectively monitor oxygen concentrations in seawater and reduce monitoring costs. The sensors were tested in five to six ocean areas, with the goal of developing an ocean mon...Read more