Technology Prototype Project Aims to Help Help Schools with Winter Weather Closing Decisions

Monday, January 24, 2011 - 09:03 in Earth & Climate

Through a project called Weather for Emergency Management, or WxEM, RENCI and its partners are developing visual presentations of weather data that are easy to understand and combine information about current weather conditions, weather forecasts and road conditions. The goal is to give school officials a tool that will allow them to make school closing decisions using the best, most relevant and up-to-date information available.

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