The live weather webcam installed at my station is a popular feature. Folks enjoy seeing a live time-lapse view of the weather. Some folks just like watching the cows graze in the pasture! Regardless of the interest, the station webcam is an important feature of the weather station and I receive a lot of questions about the installation, camera used, etc. This post will show you the behind the scene details….
It has been standard practice since the 1800’s to take temperature readings in the shade. The reason is that direct UV radiation from direct sunlight can skew the temperature reading by a large margin and create false data. The original Stevenson screen was designed in the U.K. in the 1800’s to eliminate errors in temperature readings by standardizing the direct environment around the thermometer, regardless of it’s location. Since these shelters are very expensive to purchase, I decided to build my own shelter using established guidelines. Here’s how I built it… Continue reading
I needed suitable liquid filled thermometers to set up a fixed station wet bulb/dry bulb psychrometer. I searched the usual eBay sources and came up empty. I finally located a new-in-box sling psychrometer in the listings, so I purchased that and planned on using the thermometers for my fixed-station setup. Continue reading
It has been forecast that my area will have bitter cold temperatures for a few days next week. Now is the time to do a bit of prep work to make sure that the station stays online and provides useful data.
