hen Salt Lake City opens its doors to the
world for the 2002 Winter Olympic and
Paralympic Games this winter, adverse
weather will be more than a casual concern.
Not only could weather delay sporting events, it could
also leave surface streets and highways encrusted in
snow and ice, impeding venue access for athletes,
Olympic officials, international media and spectators.
The effects of snowstorms and other large-scale
weather systems are widespread throughout northern
Utah. Hazardous winter weather including lake-effect
snowstorms, ice fog, gap winds, downslope wind-
storms and low visibility over mountain passes are
often related to local terrain features, the Wasatch
Mountains and Great Salt Lake being the most promi-
nent. As such, planning for a weather support system
began in 1995, shortly after the International Olympic
Committee designated Salt Lake City as host for the
2002 Games.
Managed by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee
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Weather support vital for
Olympic Winter Games
Multi-agency forecasting team relies on
CSI stations to provide venue-specific data
W
APPLICATION
AT A GLANCE
Application type:
Meteorological monitoring
Project area:
Olympic venues, northern Utah,
USA
Author:
Dr. John Horel, et. al.,
University of Utah
Contracting agencies:
State of Utah
Datalogger(s):
Campbell Scientific CR10(X)
Communication links:
UHF radio, telephone,
phone-to-RF
Measured parameters:
Temperature, RH, wind speed,
wind direction, precipitation,
snow depth, snow temperature
AP No. 022: Olympic Winter Games Weather
Poised on Mt. Ogden overlooking the Snow Basin venue, a Campbell Scientific weather station shares space with a
communications tower. Snow Basin will host a variety of alpine skiing events.
Photography by Dan Judd
A station stands at Soldier
Hollow Stadium, venue for the
biathlon, all cross-country skiing
events and the nordic combined.
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