@uwenergy.bsky.social's Wisconet is a network of stations around WI that provides timely data that guides farmers’ decisions on irrigation and planting, and can help identify solutions to mitigate the broader impacts of agriculture on climate change. Learn more: energy.wisc.edu/news/foundat...

Did you see? We've got a new dot on the map, with the help of the U.S. Forest Service! Wisconet station Shanagolden is now live in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. wisconet.wisc.edu/stations/sha...

We got our 64th weather station installed today! This is the Darlington station. We were able to reuse a roan tower from a previous weather station.

Wildfire smoke from Canada is moving south this morning and we’ll soon see it overhead. An Air Quality Alert is in effect for all of Wisconsin today and southeastern Wisconsin tomorrow as a result. The same system bringing the smoke down could also trigger some storms with hail this afternoon.

In which @mattlanza.bsky.social, @nickpbassill.bsky.social, and I talk about weather balloon suspensions, data, forecasts, and warnings. www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

Catch Caitlin and Mikaela chatting about Wisconet: www.fox6now.com/video/1629808

This visitor just showed up at our home office window to say hello; no trailcam needed! #wildlife #wisconsin

Posting a series of videos from a simple backyard trailcam that has captured some surprising visitors the past few months of winter. Location is low density urban just a few miles NE of Madison, WI. #wildlife #trailcam #Wisconsin

Noisy morning today in southern Wisconsin - more than 24,000 lightning detections as thunderstorms moved through the area. This is about 1% of the annual lightning for Wisconsin.

The NWS has always been a model of how to be a government weather agency. I hate to think what might happen to our capacity to forecast and respond to hazardous weather events this spring and summer.

Wisconet Research Program Manager @coweatherman.bsky.social spoke with NBC News about the impacts of reduced radiosonde launches on weather forecast accuracy. “Where these balloons are missing…is where…a lot of the storms that will impact the Great Lakes and Eastern United States first develop.”

Portions of northeastern Wisconsin have had an Ice Storm Warning issued from Saturday evening through Sunday evening. This is the first Ice Storm Warning for the NWS Green Bay forecast area in about 3 years. Up to 1/2" of ice is expected, with tree and powerline damage likely.

It's a new era at Wisconet! Our network is now running on a virtual private network and communicating through Vaisala's Observation Network Manager. You will see a significantly increased data latency (~15 minutes ➡️ ~5 minutes) and availability.

Welcome to the mesonet community, University of Vermont! We're happy to have been a small part of the inspiration to begin your mesonet and look forward to supporting your growth! www.uvm.edu/water/news/u...

FYI - The USDA-NASS released the 2024 Cropland Data Layer last week at a new higher resolution (10 m). It's an example of an incredibly important public dataset with decades of investment made by dedicated individuals: www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and...