|
Information Weather Data The Live Weather page uses data collected by our Weather Station. Very little manual intervention is needed to collect the data and transfer it to the website. We have an Oregon Scientific WMR968, set up in a field near the house (Teapot Field). I t has solar powered sensors which monitor the temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and rainfall. They have a wireless link to a touch screen console in the house and transfer the data every minute. The console is connected to the serial port on a computer, and loaded into the Weather Display programme. This analyses and interprets the data and creates all the charts and graphs etc. Every 15 minutes the data is sent (using ftp) to the Live Weather page. A word of caution The weather information is a snapshot of the conditions at the time of collection in one place. Currently the sensors are exposed to the elements, which means the temperature is in full sun (if the sun is shining!). We hope to add a Stevenson Screen at some point, which will give more realistic figures. |
|
06/07/06 Weather Station back to normal A new sensor has been fitted and we're back to recording all the vagaries of temperature and humidity. I'm sorry we missed all the recent high temperatures. |
|
28/06/06 Weather Station Problems We are having a slight problem with collecting the weather data, so many apologies for the absence and inaccuracies of update information.
|
|
09/05/06 - 10/05/06 Apologies for the long gaps between weather updates. We were having a new electricity meter fitted so I powered off the computer before I left for work. Unfortunately it was not done on the expected day. Normal service has now been resumed.
|
