New Additions - Weather Station

Continuing to Make Additions

The most recent addition to the field station is a state-of-the art weather station. Working with the National Wind Institute at Texas Tech University as well as the National Weather Service, a 10 meter tower equipped with multiple temperature and wind gauges was erected in July 2022. The weather station is also equipped with a rain gauge, soil temperature and moisture sensors at several depths, a barometer, and instrumentation to detect dew and solar radiation. This station is one of 143 similar stations together making up the West Texas Mesonet. More information to come once the weather station is fully online.

West Texas Mesonet weather station under construction5