Protecting Lives and Property
The National Mesonet helps the NWS provide substantially improved weather forecasts and warnings that result in reduced casualties from storms and other hazards, both natural and human-made. Forecasters rely on local and regional mesonets for critical information that enhances situational awareness during severe weather events and fills large data voids in the airport-centric federal weather observing system. During Hurricane Sandy, real-time data from the National Mesonet, including over 100 stations from WeatherFlow, Rutgers University, and other networks, were instrumental to NOAA forecasters who had to communicate with national and local emergency managers.
Protecting Lives and Property
The National Mesonet helps the NWS provide substantially improved weather forecasts and warnings that result in reduced casualties from storms and other hazards, both natural and human-made. Forecasters rely on local and regional mesonets for critical information that enhances situational awareness during severe weather events and fills large data voids in the airport-centric federal weather observing system. During Hurricane Sandy, real-time data from the National Mesonet, including over 100 stations from WeatherFlow, Rutgers University, and other networks, were instrumental to NOAA forecasters who had to communicate with national and local emergency managers.