PG&E Adds 300 Weather Stations in 2021 to Further Improve Weather Forecasting Capabilities
November 12 2021 - 6:37PM
Business Wire
More Than 1,300 Weather Stations Provide
Detailed Meteorological Data Year- Round
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that
it has surpassed its 2021 goal of installing 300 weather stations
two months ahead of schedule and completed its long-term goal of
installing more than 1,300 total, one station for every 20-line
miles in high fire-threat areas, across its service territory. As
we head into winter and look to continue rainy and wet conditions
throughout Northern California, these weather stations are utilized
year-round and will help to further improve weather forecasting
capabilities.
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Data captured by the weather stations such as temperature, wind
speed and humidity levels help PG&E meteorologists evaluate
where severe weather may be headed and inform utility operational
planning. PG&E’s weather stations now provide the company with
one weather station for every 20-line miles of electric
distribution circuits within Tier 2 and Tier 3 High Fire-Threat
Districts, as designated by the California Public Utilities
Commission.
“Since 2018 we have installed more than 1,300 weather stations
to build one of the largest utility-owned weather stations networks
in the world allowing us to track temperature, wind speed and
humidity in real-time to better serve our customers and
communities,” said Scott Strenfel, PG&E Director of Meteorology
and Fire Science. “These weather stations help us to better monitor
and forecast severe weather threats and inform our operational
decisions.”
These more than 1,300 weather stations across PG&E's service
territory are now sending hyperlocal data not only to PG&E
meteorologists, but also to analysts and experts in PG&E's
Wildfire Safety Operations Center (WSOC). The WSOC is the hub where
PG&E detects, evaluates, monitors, and responds to wildfire
threats across its service area.
The information from these stations is also viewable by the
public at pge.com/weather and is combined with other weather
station information and shared with partners through MesoWest.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is a combined natural gas and electric
utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square
miles in Northern and Central California. For more information,
visit www.pge.com/ and http://www.pge.com/about/newsroom/.
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