National Wind Institute Opens 100th West Texas Mesonet Station | 2016 | Texas Tech Today

Texas Tech celebrates the 100th station of the West Texas Mesonet Network with a ribbon cutting.

The West Texas Mesonet, a network of weather stations across the South Plains and beyond, recently celebrated its newest site with a ribbon cutting ceremony in New Home, Texas.

Located about 25 miles from the Texas Tech University campus, the 100th station provides real-time meteorological data for farmers, research, media and more. Wes Burgett, Operations Manager for the West Texas Mesonet, said each of the 100 mesonet stations has been built by mostly volunteers and cost about $25,000 a piece to construct.

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West Texas Mesonet

The West Texas Mesonet is a project under the National Wind Institute at Texas Tech University. Its first station came online at Reese Center in June 2000. Since then, the network has grown to 120 Mesonet stations and seven boundary layer SODAR (Sonic Detection and Ranging) units covering 76 counties in the Texas Panhandle, South Plains, Rolling Plains, Permian Basin, Trans Pecos, far West Texas, Concho Valley, Big Country, Edwards Plateau, Hill Country, southwestern Colorado and eastern New Mexico.

Its mission is to provide accurate meteorological data for distribution to a variety of facets in the region, including operational meteorology, agriculture and farming, research and media.

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