Clark County/Las Vegas Area Weather Detection

Status

Existing

Description

Las Vegas Weather Detection will monitor and control weather equipment that monitor flooding for Charleston Tunnel, underpasses, regionally deployed RWIS stations, or other weather detection that could be relayed by management center to traveler information services.

Stakeholders

StakeholderRoleRole Status
Clark County Regional Flood Control DistrictOwnsExisting

Physical Objects

ITS Roadway Equipment
Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment
Field

Functional Objects

Functional ObjectDescription
Roadway Environmental Monitoring'Roadway Environmental Monitoring' measures environmental conditions and communicates the collected information back to a center where it can be monitored and analyzed or to other field devices to support communications to vehicles. A broad array of general weather and road surface information may be collected. Weather conditions that may be measured include temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility. Surface and sub–surface sensors can measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.

Interfaces To

Las Vegas Public Works
Regional Flood Control District
RTC FAST TMC