Summer 2023
Number Crunching
How Big is the Mesoscale?
Illustration by MARY QUINN
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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