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New Radar Project Helps Texas Prepare for Large Storms

The Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA WX) Radar Project would provide a more accurate picture of the approach of threatening weather.

(TNS) -- A next generation weather radar system is to be installed the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce in 2018, under an agreement to be approved this week by the Hunt County Commissioners Court.

The Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA WX) Radar Project would provide a more accurate picture of the approach of threatening weather.

The commissioners are scheduled to sign an Interagency Agreement by and between the State of Texas, Hunt County and Texas A&M University-Commerce in regards to the CASA radar system during Tuesday’s regular session, starting at 10 a.m. inside the Auxiliary Courtroom, 2700 Johnson Street in Greenville.

The commissioners voted in October to award a $478,000 contract to Ridgeline Instruments Incorporated, should the county confirm receiving the grant from the North Central Texas Council Of Governments (NCTCOG).

The grant would pay for 75 percent of the total cost, although the county’s 25 percent match would come in the form of in-kind services.

The radar would be placed atop Whitley Hall on the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus. The university would provide the site, the pedestal design and the installation for the radar.

The radar is designed to provide a more accurate reading of the local weather conditions than can be obtained through the radar systems in use in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, which will assist in mobilizing first responders to a specific area.

The NCTCOG is wanting to establish eight proposed radars that are currently committed to the NCTCOG region for an “Urban Test Bed.” to gauge the effectiveness of the system.

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