Thanks to a generous donation from the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), the Dennis Technical Education Center now has a remote access weather station (RAWS) on site near the front of the building. Robbie Swafford, who serves as the chair of the Electronics Advisory Committee, procured and installed the weather station (pictured) on April 15, 2015.
"This is great opportunity for the Dennis Technical Education Center and the Boise School District to use the weather station as a part of their science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curriculum," said Micheal Hughes the Department Head/Lead Instructor of the Electronics Technology Program. "Once the station has gone through its functional tests, a link to the website will be sent out via district wide email for anyone interested to gather and use the data."
Click here for more information on the RAWS station and its uses.
About Remote Automatic Weather Stations
There are nearly 2,200 interagency Remote Automatic Weather Stations (RAWS) strategically located throughout the United States. These stations monitor the weather and provide weather data that assists land management agencies with a variety of projects such as monitoring air quality, rating fire danger, and providing information for research applications.
Fire managers use this data to predict fire behavior and monitor fuels; resource managers use the data to monitor environmental conditions. Locations of RAWS stations can be searched online courtesy of the Western Regional Climate Center.
