NWS Brownsville Data Acquisition Program

Data Acquisition

Brooks County Airport Automated Surface Observing System

Zapata Cooperative observation beehive thermometer housing

Zapata Cooperative observation Fisher-Porter rain gage

The Data Acquisition Program is vital to the ability of NWS Brownsville to perform its basic public safety mission. The work of the program is a critical factor to the correct and rapid assessment of current and impending, perhaps very severe, weather conditions with a potential for destruction of life and property. Errors in technical assessment or in communicating critical weather information and interpretation can have a major impact on the safety of those served, or on their economic well-being. The major Data Acquisition Programs here include:

For more information, please contact our Data Acquisition Program Manager.