Pequop Summit Remote Weather Station
Posted by: brwhiz
N 41° 04.708 W 114° 34.183
11T E 704156 N 4550313
This remote-reporting weather station is at the top of Pequop Summit on Interstate 80 between Wells and West Wendover, Nevada.
Waymark Code: WMF8V3
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2012
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This is one of many similar remote weather stations located along Interstate 80 through Nevada. The primary purpose of these stations is to monitor weather conditions so that the highway can be closed to traffic during severe weather conditions or that appropriate traffic warnings can be issued to the traveling public.
Instrumentation includes windvane, anemometer, thermometer, hygrometer, and precipitation detector. Data is transmitted via microwave link.