Grassy Mountain Rest Area Remote Weather Station
Posted by: brwhiz
N 40° 45.709 W 113° 00.627
12T E 330305 N 4514261
This remote-reporting weather station is in the Grassy Mountain West Rest Area on Interstate Highway 80 west of Salt Lake City.
Waymark Code: WMJ2NB
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/12/2013
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This is one of many similar remote weather stations located along Interstate 80 through Utah and 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.