50 Years of Wx Observations

Recently The Army Corps of Engineers was recognized for providing temperature, precipitation and lake level data to the National Weather Service in Louisville, KY since July 1st, 1963. Another example of how different organizations work together to build weather knowledge. Pictured below is Service Hydrologist Mike Callahan of the NWS and Carlos Lopez of the Army Corps of Engineers.

 

Courtesy NWS Louisville

Good stuff. That information is vital to helping the NWS provide hydrologic outlooks and precipitation based watches and warnings.  Here’s a link to the NWS’s page on this topic: Link