Meso West 20041021 vector digital data Helena, Montana Montana State Library https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/NonMSDI/Shapefiles/Weather_MesoWest2004.zip https://mslservices.mt.gov/Geographic_Information/Data/DataList/datalist_Details.aspx?did={20242281-1a86-4773-a769-aabd6b81210c} Weather stations of Montana, obtained from the Meso West web site at ftp://ftp.met.utah.edu/pub/mesonet/data. MesoWest (https://mesowest.utah.edu/) is a cooperative project between researchers at the University of Utah, forecasters at the Salt Lake City National Weather Service Office, the NWS Western Region Headquarters, and personnel of participating agencies, universities, and commercial firms. The goal of this project is to provide access to current weather observations in the western states. Support for this project is being provided by the National Weather Service. MesoWest relies upon weather observing networks that are managed by federal, state, and local agencies and private firms. Weather observations of temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation, and other weather parameters are available at thousands of locations across the United States. This layer was removed from the GIS Data List on 1/16/2014 and replaced with new data from MesoWest. MesoWest is used operationally by the National Weather Service to monitor weather conditions around the region in order to protect lives and property. MesoWest is also used extensively by researchers to understand severe weather events such as winter snowstorms and damaging winds. MesoWest is available to the educational community for use in the classroom. 2004 ground condition Complete As needed -116.1 -104 49 44.5 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Montana None Data contained in MesoWest arise from cooperative arrangements with many different educational institutions, public agencies and commercial firms. The data are intended to be used by personnel in governmental agencies to protect lives and property, by the public for general information, and by individuals at educational institutions for instructional and research purposes. Any other uses of the data from one or more stations must receive written approval from the agencies that installed the weather sensors. Contact the NOAA Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction to receive information on how to obtain written approval. Due to the nature of data transmission across the Internet and other communication factors, the information found in MesoWest may not always be current. No warranties are expressed or implied regarding the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information contained in MesoWest. Data users are cautioned to consider the provisional nature of the data before using it for decision making. The user assumes the entire risk related to use of MesoWest data.The Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction, CIRP, provides the data "as is" and in no event shall the providers be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, damages resulting from lost data or lost profits or revenue, the costs of recovering such data, the costs of substitute data, claims by third parties or for other similar costs, or any special, incidental, or consequential damages, arising out of the use of the data. The accuracy or reliability of the data is not guaranteed or warranted in any way and the providers disclaim liability of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, liability for quality, performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose arising out of the use, or inability to use the data. It would be very helpful if publications that depend upon substantial use of MesoWest data acknowledge the data providers by including a statement similar to: This study was made possible in part due to the data made available by the governmental agencies, commercial firms, and educational institutions participating in MesoWest. The Montana State Library provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time. Meso West mailing address

Meteorology Department

University of Utah

Salt Lake City Utah 84112-0110 801-581-7091 mesowest@met.utah.edu Data quality statistics are available on the Meso West web site at http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/html/mesonet/quality.html Stations are located to the nearest .01 degrees, or approximately 1200 meters. Meso West 20041020 publication date Download data from Meso West. Select stations that are in Montana. Build attribute fields for online data URL based on structure of the noaa web site. Populate station type and elevation fields from old station data available at the Montana State Library. Load data into SDE database. 20041020 Montana State Library Duane Anderson 406-444-5356 duanderson@mt.gov Vector Entity point 363 State Plane Coordinate System 1983 2500 45 49 -109.5 44.25 600000.00000 0.00000 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 weather_mesowest2004 point feature class FID Shapefile sequence number Shape Feature geometry StationID Station Identification String STATNAME Station Name LAT Station Latitude LON Station Longitude Elev_meter Station Elevation, Meters SiteAbbAtl Station Type abbreviation AGRIMET US Bureau of Reclamation agricultural weather stations (http://www.usbr.gov/pn/agrimet) MISC Other/Unknown MSOWFO Missoula Weather Forecast Office (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mso/) MT DOT Montana Dept of Transportation Road Weather Information System (http://www.mdt.mt.gov/travinfo/weather/rwis.shtml) NWS/FAA National Weather Service/Federal Aviation Administration RAWS US Bureau of Land Managment Remote Automatic Weather Stations (http://www.fire.blm.gov/FactSheets/RAWS.pdf) SNOTEL National Resources Conservation Service SNOTEL Snowpack Monitoring Sites (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/drought/snoserv.html) SiteFull Explanation of station type abbreviation URL URL for current station weather data report from NOAA web site URL2 URL for current station weather data report from Meso West web site Montana State Library mailing address

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Helena MT 59620-1800 406-444-5354 Montana Relay 711 406-444-0266 geoinfo@mt.gov Downloadable Data The Montana State Library provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time. 20150107 20130417 20041021 Montana State Library mailing address

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