Provide Weather Station Equipment & Buoys, Including Installation & Programming

The Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LMNRA) has a requirement to install five (5) buoy weather stations and upgrade nine (9) existing land based weather stations. ​The weather stations are required to collect, record, and transmit meteorological information; such as, wind direction, wind speed, temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, precipitation, ultra violet (UV) intensity, and transmit weather information directly to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites. Additionally, the buoy based weather stations are required to collect and transmit, wave height, wave direction, and stratified water temperatures to a depth of 45-feet. Lake Mead National Recreation Area encompasses both Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, and is located approximately 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The National Weather Service (NWS) is a technical advisor on this project, and when the project is completed it will compile and broadcast the respective weather conditions and warnings. The primary objective of this project is to reduce the number of weather related fatalities on Lake Mead and Lake Mohave by providing visitors and staff accurate weather forecasts and warnings to help visitors and staff plan safer outdoor activities and make better decisions.