A new era for weather data in Wisconsin is on the horizon, thanks to an effort at the University of Wisconsin– Madison.

Chris Kucharik, professor and chair of the UW–Madison Department of Agronomy, as well as faculty member with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies visits with Pam Jahnke about upcoming expansion of the state's mesonet.  A mesonet is a network that helps provide atmospheric and soil conditions, wind speed and direction, humidity, air temperature, solar radiation, and liquid precipitation. Below ground, soil temperature and moisture levels are measured at certain depths as well.  All to try and provide better weather modeling and forecasting in the state.

Kucharik's goal is to grow the mesonet to approximately 90 active weather measuring locations, literally statewide.

A new era for weather data in Wisconsin is on the horizon, thanks to an effort at the University of Wisconsin– Madison.
Chris Kucharik, professor and chair of the UW–Madison Department of Agronomy, as well as faculty member with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies visits with Pam Jahnke about upcoming expansion of the state's mesonet.  A mesonet is a network that helps provide atmospheric and soil conditions, wind speed and direction, humidity, air temperature, solar radiation, and liquid precipitation. Below ground, soil temperature and moisture levels are measured at certain depths as well.  All to try and provide better weather modeling and forecasting in the state.
Kucharik's goal is to grow the mesonet to approximately 90 active weather measuring locations, literally statewide.

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