“Those partnerships are exceedingly valuable to continued growth and maintenance of the network.” “We’ve survived limited funding and limited staff through building partnerships in every phase of this project,” said NWI senior director John Schroeder. Now, another milestone is reached in the quest to provide researchers, forecasters, and individuals in the agriculture industry the most complete weather data.

Just two years ago, the WTM installed station 135 at the South Plains Food Bank. “West Texas people are problem solvers by nature, and we solve more problems when we collaborate than when we try to go it alone-the mesonet network is proof positive of that fact.” “Lubbock Christian University is thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with Texas Tech and the National Wind Institute to serve the people of Lubbock with this 150th weather monitoring station,” said Scott McDowell, President of LCU. The new station is located near Frankford Avenue and 27 th Street, the site of the former LCU golf course. The West Texas Mesonet added the Lubbock Christian University station more than 20 years after its first site was installed.Ī joint venture in 1999 between the Texas Department of Economic Development and Texas Tech University’s National Wind Institute (NWI) created the West Texas Mesonet (WTM), and almost a quarter century after installing the first weather monitoring site, NWI in conjunction with Lubbock Christian University (LCU) has station 150 up and running.

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