CoCoRaHS is used by a wide variety of organizations and individuals. We also take daily precipitation and evapotranspiration (ET) readings and post them to the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, & Snow Network (CoCoRaHS), where nearly 10,000 daily precipitation reports by volunteers contribute to the project. If it is not up to their standards, it is rejected. The information we send to CWOP goes through a regular Quality Control routine to verify the accuracy of the data we provide. These are situated in optimal positions for the highest accuracy possible according to CWOP guidelines. The wireless weather station consists of an anemometer on the roof, and a rain collector, a thermometer/hygrometer sensor with a fan-aspirated radiation shield, UV and Solar sensors, near our garden, which both wirelessly transmit data to an indoor console. ![]() The local weather information on this web page is generated by Trixology WeatherCat software. The data is collected every 2.5 seconds and the web site is updated every 5 minutes, 24 hours a day. It is connected to an Apple iMac computer via a Davis WeatherLink datalogger. ![]() Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus weather stations are among the highest quality and most accurate available at the hobbiest level. This station is powered by a Davis Wireless Vantage Pro2 Plus w/24 hr FARS weather station. Thanks for stopping in to visit! I hope you've found some of the information provided useful. We keep a First Alert NOAA emergency weather radio right here beside the computer to warn us of a weather emergency. For important weather related decisions, you should always consult a professional weather source, such as the National Weather Service, your local NOAA weather radio station, or your local radio or TV staion. Remember, though, that this is just a hobby weather station. The weather station information is the main attraction, but I've also added (and continue to add) forecasts and weather related information from other sources. This web page was just the last step in sharing the information we gather. So while it is fun, it is still contributing to valuable resources. Some of these are used by the National Weather Service and various lake & river, forestry, and agriculture concerns for collecting accumulated weather information. The software made it easy to contribute our data to the collective at Weather Underground and the Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) as well as other contributor-based weather collection agencies. Finding software for the Macintosh was easier than I thought, and I found a great community of enthusiasts to help with the learning curve. Once we started getting information from the weather station on the console in the kitchen, it was the logical step to connect it to our computer. Knowing how much rain we get helps detremine watering needs, and once we collect enough data, knowing how we compare to previous months and years makes it all the more interesting. ![]() Now that we are retired, we can spend more time in the garden, so we doubled its size this year. ![]() When the last radio-based weather station stopped working, we decided to upgrade to a semi-professional/hobbyist level weather station. We've used various rain gauges, barometers, radio-based weather stations and weather alert radios. As gardeners and as one-time small boat sailors, we have always had an interest in the weather around us. and the Long Road Weather Station grew out of our interest in watching the weather.
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