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A man in a red kayak and orange life vest dips collection equipment into a lake

Monitoring Missouri

Andrew Labit, a junior environmental sciences major, is one of the students who is already taking advantage of the WAV Lab. Labit began his collegiate career at MU with a desire to share timely weather forecasts with his fellow Tigers. Dubbed the Mizzou Weatherman, Labit sent weekly updates to nearly 800 students during his first two years at MU through a group text messaging app. Now, Labit and several of his peers will share daily mid-Missouri weather forecasts with the MU student body through the new lab.

A huge opportunity