PLYMOUTH — U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg will be at Plymouth State College on Tuesday to announce $500,000 in funding for expansion of the Plymouth State Meteorology program.

Gregg will be joined by Plymouth State Vice President for Institutional Advancement Retha Lindsey Fielding, Professor James Koermer, director of the meteorology program, and Professor Robert Talbot, director of the UNH Atmospheric Investigations, Regional Modeling, Analysis and Prediction project (AIRMAP).

The 4:15 p.m. conference will be held in room 306 of the Boyd Hall Science Center.

The PSC program is a leader in undergraduate research in meteorology in the United States, and collaborates with UNH and the Mount Washington Observatory. The increased funding will provide state of the art equipment and technology for the program.

During the past five years, Gregg has enabled funds for significant development of the PSC meteorology program.

The Boyd Science Center, which will be dedicated at a public ceremony Sept. 20, is the result of a $16 million renovation and expansion of the college’s 1960s era science facility.

Funding for the building project was part of the USNH/state of New Hampshire Knowledge Economy Education Plan (KEEP) partnership. As a North Country resource, the Boyd Science Center is a locus for information and experimentation, and a gathering place to see science in action.