RIBBON CUT ON NEW MESONET WEATHER STATION NEAR BARDSTOWN

BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Oct. 29 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news release:

Nelson County Emergency Management Director, Brad Metcalf (holding scissors), State Climatologist, Dr. Jerry Brotzge and numerous local, state and federal officials were on hand to cut the ribbon on the new Kentucky Mesonet site near Bardstown, Kentucky, Tuesday afternoon.Photo credit: Katelyn Norris, reporter with The Kentucky Standard

The second Kentucky Mesonet site to be built in 2026 is now online, servicing the communities of Nelson County.

County, state and federal officials, along with those from Western Kentucky University's Ogden College of Science and Engineering, gathered at the site Tuesday afternoon to welcome the station to the Me...