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My Weather
Station And Equipment
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UPDATED 12-01-10
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I have added this page to show some of the weather equipment used at my home to provide my website with accurate weather information. I use both automated and manual recording devices. The first section shows photos of the Davis weather equipment currently used to upload weather information to my internet website. Additional weather instruments are scheduled to be installed in the (summer of (2010)
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New Davis Vantage Pro weather
station with optional solar radation sensors can be seen in the above
photo. This station has now replaced the older davis Weather Monitor
II system. The Weather Monitor II is still used as a backup station
incase the Vantage Pro station fails.
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I have a number of
manual weather recording devices I use to obtain readings so that I
can compare them to the automated readings taken by the weather station
. in the (below photos) you can see the
weather shelter which houses the two Taylor min / max mercury thermometers,
as well as the rain sensors heater thermostat used to activate the heater
inside the rain sensors tipping bucket to melt snowfall and add it to
the rainfall data on the webpage. Also is a wireless outdoor thermometer
that sends temperature readings into my home by using a wireless radio
link. And in the (final photos) you can
see my RM Young 05103 windspeed and direction aerovane, as well as the
Davis Weather Monitor II instruments installed on the tower and tv mast,
also the indoor display for the RM Young windspeed and direction aerovane.
I will be installing a Climatronics windspeed
and direction sensor, a Texas Electronics heated rain sensor, a Met
One barometric sensor, and a Eppley radiometer in the summer of
(2009) and will be adding the photos to this page, I am in the
process of installing a new 40ft instrument tower, and the instruments
cannot be installed until the tower is set in place.
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| (Above) One of the most accurate windspeed and direction sensors ever built, The RM Young 05103 windspeed and direction aerovane and the indoor display, This is the same instrument that many Airports, as well as Government agencies use. |
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The (Left)
photo shows the current website weather station, a Davis Weather
Monitor II system seen on top of the tower. This system is made up of
a windspeed and direction sensor, heated rain sensor, and temp/ humidity
sensor. A second Davis Weather Monitor II system can be seen just below
the RM Young 05103 aerovane in the (Right)
photo, this serves as a backup incase the main weather station goes
down. This second Davis system is also made up of a windspeed and direction
sensor, heated rain sensor and temp/ humidity sensor, the rain sensor
and temp/ humidity sensor cannot be seen, as they are located elsewhere.
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