KENTUCKY MESONET…..THE COMMONWEALTH’S OFFICIAL WEATHER AND CLIMATE MONITORING NETWORK……HAS CUT THE RIBBON ON ITS 87TH SITE IN
LAUREL COUNTY…. WHICH IS THE 81ST COUNTY WITH A MESONET SITE…..
BASED AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY…..SINCE 20-22 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS INVESTED ONE-POINT-75 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY INTO THE
KENTUCKY MESONET…. WHICH COLLECTS REAL-TIME WEATHER DATA AND TRANSMITS IT TO THE MESONET OPERATIONS CENTER AT W-K-U EVERY FIVE
MINUTES, 24-HOURS A DAY, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR…..WITH THE DATA BEING AVAILABLE ON LINE OR VIA THE MESONET “APP”…..
THE NETWORK HAS A GOAL OF ESTABLISHING AT LEAST ONE STATION IN ALL 120 COUNTIES IN THE COMMONWEALTH……