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A ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the Western Texas College’s West Texas Mesonet site on campus. Pictured are (l-r) Britt Canada, WTC dean of instructional research and effectiveness; WTC President Dr. Barbara Beebe; Roy Bartels, WTC chief technology & information security officer; Stephanie Ducheneaux, WTC dean of instructional affairs; Marina A. Gonzales, WTC wind energy curriculum development specialist; Wes Burget, Texas Tech; John Lipe, Nat'l Weather Service; and Andrew Buchok and Chris Patterson
Western Texas College hosted a ribbon cutting Thursday for the new West Texas Mesonet tower, located at the WTC Research Park on FM 2763.
It is the 93rd tower built since the project began in 1999 and second in Scurry County.
Representatives from the college, the City of Snyder, Texas Tech University and the National weather Service attended the ceremony.
“Western Texas College is honored to partner with Texas Tech University on their Mesonet project,” said President Dr. Barbara Beebe. “The information provided is very important.”
The Mesonet towers provide real-time weather and agriculture information for the region. The network has grown to more than 90 surface meteorological stations, one radar wind profiler, six boundary-layer Sonic Detection and Ranging (SODAR) units and one upper-air sounding system.
Weather information from each surface station is transmitted every five minutes to the West Texas Mesonet base station at Reese Center.
Agricultural data, including soil temperature and moisture information, are transmitted every 15 minutes.
All real-time data collected from the surface stations is available online at mesonet.ttu.edu.