The term mesonet stems from “mesoscale network.” These networks contain automated environmental monitoring stations that gather data on meteorological events, such as thunderstorms and snow squalls, on the mesoscale (from 1 mile to around 150 miles in size). Mesonet stations are clustered closer and report more frequently than larger-scale National Weather Service stations.

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This article was posted in Basic Science, Changing Climate, Number Crunching, Summer 2023 and tagged mesonet, mesoscale, weather.