Weather Station

[99]

well got the rain gauge and barometer installed, just need to reboot server to see if it works

[lou☺]

Sounds like you got what we had all yesterday. 

[raddison]

Err chaps  dont want to worry any one but  99 has a 20ft pole and if I am right the weather station (with all the gizzmo's) is at THE TOP does 99 know something that he's not TELLING US

[Gerry]

If heat rises, why is it so cold at 1000 feet?

[raddison]

If heat rises, why is it so cold at 1000 feet?

And your 1000 feet nearer to the sun?

[99]

most of it now working humidity and lightening not at the moment

[PaigntonPearl]

Just had a look.  That's great.  I'm so jealous of you having sunset at 10:20 p.m.  It's dark by 8:20 p.m. here.  I love the long English summer evenings.  And although I didn't see them very often, the early dawns were wonderful too.  I used to go home from London for a week in June.  This was before there were any motorways and the A303 was a 2-lane road.  I used to leave at 5:30 a.m. and pick up a medical student whose family were in Plymouth and by the time we were out of the London street lamps, it had become light.  There was very little on the road and I used to be able to drop him off in Newton Abbot by around 9:00 where his dad would pick him up and take him down to Plymouth, and I used to get home to Paignton around 9:30.  It was beautiful when the sun came up over the fields.  I don't ever remember doing it in the rain, it always seemed to be lovely weather. 

The medical student (Andy) lived in some flats just round the corner from me in Whitechapel.  One time I went and knocked on his door at 5:30 a.m. and this very cross man opened it - I was in the wrong street, lol!  Well they all looked alike in the dark!  And another time, Andy decided he would drink enough beer the night before to dehydrate himself so he wouldn't have to pee until he got home.  Of course, he didn't drink quite enough for that to work and so every half hour I had to stop by a field so he could jump out and relieve himself!  He used to come back from Plymouth with a large supply of his mum's home-made pasties, enough to keep him going until he went home again!

Aaaah, the good old days when I was young and carefree!!!

[lou☺]

I bet that was a pleasant drive, with no M25 to contend with, A303 gets crazy now  especially around Stonehenge, you can spot all the  business commuters travelling to their holiday cottages down Devon way.
I live not far from the 303, and in the mornings you can hear all the  traffic rushing along.

[Gerry]

That's one thing I miss about the UK, and that is their very slow and late sunsets in summer.  Over here, if you blink slowly, it's dark after the first blink

[99]

well weather station mostly sorted now. I need to Earth the lightning sensor. and replace the leaf and earth sensors, also the sunlight sensor.
You can view current data at left og the board and graphs of the data via the weather button

[lou☺]

Interesting stuff 99, could you tell me more about the lightening strikes? And thanks for putting it up for us.   

[99]

lightning strikes is detected by a radio reciever. detects anything for around a 50 mile radius. a typical lightning strike will register a lot of counts. due to the nature of the beast it will pick up strong local interference

[Debbie]

Did you still want your pole which is in the garden here?

[99]

yes will come and remove it, will ring you tomorrow

[Debbie]

Tis ok there till next week, am getting a jet washer then to do the concrete, get it looking nice now all the crap has gone!

Cannot see the weather stuff, just little red crosses!

Still miss the temp box on the wall lol