Current National Weather Service monitoring across Texas...
Texas counties with NWS reporting sites highlighted in green
Less than 50 of the 254 counties have routine surface real-time observation and dissemination capability (NOTE: All 77 counties in Oklahoma have weather data routinely available)
On average, a single site must represent 4360 square miles
Why we NEED a Texas MesoNet!
Today's system misses many events that have significant impacts
The federal role providing this critical information is decreasing
Less than 1 of every 5 Texas counties have environmental information routinely monitored
LARGE upper air data voids exist across Central Texas
