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Idea to send:	Topic Weather Sensors Content The weather industry (research and operations) are always looking for more observation data. The quality of forecasts is greatly dependent on the quality and density of weather observations that "initialize" a forecast model.Develop tax incentives for businesses or individuals or an electric bill "add-on" (since power utility companies benefit from quality forecasts, providing a means to improve the quality of the forecasts would be in their interest) to fund personal weather stations (temperature, humidity, wind, precipitation accumulation, pressure) and provide a means for these data to put sent to a "data clearinghouse" such as the Oklahoma Mesonet (who manages the existing surface observation network in Oklahoma). These data would be publicly available for personal use, business use, research and even for government use in the initialization of the forecast models.