China's tallest meteorological tower, located in Jiayuguan city in northwest China's Gansu Province with a height of 94.94 meters, will be in use on September 10th, China Foto Press reports.
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![China's tallest meteorological tower, the 'Bihaimingzhu', is shown in this photo published on September 3, 2008. [China Foto Press]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080904/001109b42f730a29811e1f.jpg "China's tallest meteorological tower, the")
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China's tallest meteorological tower, the "Bihaimingzhu", is shown in this photo published on September 3, 2008. [China Foto Press]
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The tower, named "Bihaimingzhu", or "the Blue Sea and Shining Pearl", has eighteen stories above the ground.
The tower is surrounded by a steel framework featuring a dolphin propping up a ball. It contains a metrological radar.
The tower will provide extreme weather forecasts, such as gales, thunderstorms and sleet and play a key role in meteorological monitoring along the Hexi Corridor, the northwestern province's grain producing base.
