The proposed weather network is called the Texas MesoNet, a reference to mesoscale, a meteorological term meaning a weather event extending from 1 to 1, 000 kilometers in area.
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When coupled with the in-situ probe array data which represents another effective mesonet station, it is hoped to obtain thermodynamic and kinematic mapping that will describe characteristics of the flow reaching the tornado.
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To bolster the computer power, a system of about 30 sensors called the " mesonet " have been set up across the state to relay immediate conditions at all the venues to the weather service.
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An on-board computer takes readings from several instruments measuring temperature, humidity, wind, soil temperature, and atmospheric pressure ( or any other environmental variable deemed important to the mission of the mesonet ).
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He participated with the Doppler on Wheels ( DOW ) team for the ROTATE, VORTEX2, and OWLeS projects and as mobile mesonet leader for IHOP . He also participated in the DOW's deployment for teaching purposes at UIUC.
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In many cases, mesonet stations may ( by necessity ) be located in positions where accurate measurements may be compromised; for instance, this is especially true of the stations built for Weatherbug's network, many of which were located on school buildings.
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Oklahoma also has the Mesonet, a system of weather monitors in every county that provides detailed real-time readings, said Gary Sickler, a Texas A & M meteorology professor who wants Texas to have the same system with sites in every county.
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While there are abundant kinematic datasets gathered by mobile radar of the tornadic region of supercells, the number of quality mobile mesonet or sticknet thermodynamic datasets of the flow field proximate to the tornadic region, generally within the supercell rear-flank downdraft ( RFD ) outflow, are comparatively rare.
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Edwards is an expert and is outspoken on issues of weather forecasting, on public safety, particularly regarding tornado preparedness for large event venues, schools, and other large congregations of people, and on Project VORTEX in 1994 and deployed mobile mesonet vehicles and in-situ probes for TWISTEX in 2008.
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21.2 inches of snow fell at Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, making this the third largest total snowfall in Chicago history, after the infamous Chicago Blizzard of 1967, and the Blizzard of 1999.24 Inches fell at the 1 N Abingdon mesonet site in Knox County, in West Central Illinois.
