38 states are operating or building networks of weather monitoring stations to give more precise data than they get from the National Weather Service.
Thirty-eight states are operating or building networks of weather monitoring stations to provide more precise data than they receive from the National Weather Service. They're using that information to help spot flash floods, assess wildfire risk, inform farming practices and choose locations for renewable energy projects.
"The best of this is yet to come," said Kenny Blumenfeld, senior climatologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources State Climatology Office."People are still exploring what they can do with the data, and I don't think this has fully matured into its final form." Maryland needs to fill its"data holes," he said, because its diverse topography can create a wide variance in conditions over short distances. The mesonet will help officials decide where to send snowplows, when to close schools and when to issue emergency warnings. The state hopes to install its first stations within a year, Krastel said.
The mesonet also has helped identify local drought conditions that make farmers eligible for agriculture relief programs. Its experts have trained wildland fire managers to use weather data to predict fire behavior. It informs farmers when wind conditions are safe for spraying pesticides, and when cattle need to be sheltered from heat stress.
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio In other regions, public utilities have invested in weather systems after severe wildfires, including the fires that hit San Diego County in 2003 and 2007, caused in part by power lines operated by San Diego Gas & Electric. Today, the utility operates a private mesonet with 222 stations, looking for weather conditions — often driven by the region's Santa Ana winds — that can cause wildfires.
Washington State University operates more than 200 stations as part of its AgWeatherNet. The network helps inform farmers when heat stresses livestock, frost threatens crops and wildfire smoke endangers workers.
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