Kentucky Mesonet at WKU to decommission Green County substation

GREEN COUNTY, Ky. – The Kentucky Mesonet at Western Kentucky University announced the decommissioning of a substation.

According to a social media post, the Green County (GRBG) station was officially decommissioned Tuesday after a change in land ownership.

Officials say measurement and archival of all site data have ceased.

Kentucky Mesonet staff will work with officials and stakeholders at local and state levels to identify a new location in Green County, according to the post.

Kentucky Mesonet is a division of the Kentucky Climate Center and is a statewide weather and climate monitoring infrastructure with an operations center housed at Western Kentucky University’s Innovation Campus, according to its website.