The City of North Battleford will be entering a new lease agreement with Environment Canada for land at the airport.
An automatic weather observation station is located on that land in the middle of the airport. According to a memo from Director of City Operations Stewart Schafer, the station used by Environment Canada to obtain up-to-date weather data.
The site is also used to detect cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, with the information gathered sent to Environment Canada’ Storm Prediction Centres to help weather forecasters determine the intensity of a storm.
The new lease runs June 7, 2019, to June 6, 2029, at an amount of $500 per year paid by Environment Canada. The motion to sign the lease carried at council unanimously Tuesday.
