New Ohio Mesonet Expands Weather Data Access

New Ohio Mesonet Expands Weather Data Access

COLUMBUS, Ohio — When the weather turns, farmers aren’t the only ones who need to know what’s happening on the ground. In some of Ohio’s most rural counties — especially across the northwest, northeast and southeast — radar and satellite tools often scan too high or too far to detect what matters most: soil moisture at the root zone, wind gusts at field level or storms forming just above the tree line. These regions also tend to have the weakest…