Once again, its amazing where a phone call will take you…
In spring of 2015, a call was made on behalf of the Oswegatchie Educational Center to the newly formed New York State Mesonet. They were looking into the placement of 125 new weather stations across the state. After a few phone calls, site visits, and some regulatory review, Oswegatchie was picked as 1 of 4 stations to be placed in Lewis County and 1 of 13 to be placed inside the Adirondack Park. If one travels to the south end of Long Pond, you can find a state of the art weather station.
In spring of 2015, a call was made on behalf of the Oswegatchie Educational Center to the newly formed New York State Mesonet. They were looking into the placement of 125 new weather stations across the state. After a few phone calls, site visits, and some regulatory review, Oswegatchie was picked as 1 of 4 stations to be placed in Lewis County and 1 of 13 to be placed inside the Adirondack Park. If one travels to the south end of Long Pond, you can find a state of the art weather station.
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In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, New York State made the effort to increase its scientific base regarding weather detection and data collection. A total of 125 weather stations will be placed throughout New York collecting everything from wind direction, snow depth, and soil temps. Data from every station is available online for any citizen to peruse, including a weather camera. In light of the drought that has troubled so much of New York in 2016, its clear that hydrology information will also be valued information.
From the NYS Mesonet Website…
From the NYS Mesonet Website…
“The New York State Mesonet, when completed, will consist of 125 stations across the state. Each station will house a suite of automated sensors, sampling data every 3 to 30 seconds. Data are then packaged into 5 minute averages, and then transmitted in real-time to a central facility located at the University at Albany (UA). At UA, data from all sites are quality-controlled, and then processed into files which are then disseminated to customers for use in forecasting and decision-making.”
The Oswegatchie staff is excited to have this resource located on property. In addition to having real time data regarding the local environment, we have higher quality prediction abilities which will help keep our patrons safer. The additonal ability to do education on weather and the environment is excellent.
Click here to learn more about the New York Mesonet.
Learn about the highly respected Oklahoma Mesonet! (https://www.mesonet.org/)
Downloadable Educational materials available online.
Oswegatchie’s weather can be found at … http://www.nysmesonet.org/mesonow#?stid=CROG
And here are links for some of our FFA hometowns that have their own weather stations.
Batavia Belleville Cobleskill Clymer Croghan Delevan Edwards Ellenburg
Glenfield Medina Medusa Olean Oppenheim Penn Yan Philadelphia
Potsdam Randolph Schuylerville Tully Walton Warwick
Batavia Belleville Cobleskill Clymer Croghan Delevan Edwards Ellenburg
Glenfield Medina Medusa Olean Oppenheim Penn Yan Philadelphia
Potsdam Randolph Schuylerville Tully Walton Warwick
Excelsior,
Bill Waite
Oswegatchie Program Director
Bill Waite
Oswegatchie Program Director
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