Ribbon cut on new KY Mesonet site in Russell County

A ribbon cutting was held on Tuesday at Russell County’s Woodland Farms in the Ono community for the new Kentucky Mesonet site.

The Mesonet, a division of the Kentucky Climate Center, is a statewide weather and climate monitoring infrastructure with an operations center housed at Western Kentucky University’s Center for Research and Development.

WJRS NEWS talked with WKU President Dr. Tim Caboni, who spoke at the ribbon-cutting, about the benefits of the new site…

Besides the app, you can also visit kymesonet.org. Woodland Farms is owned by John and Cheryl Adams.

We’ll have more about the new Russell County Mesonet site tomorrow on local news.