About this Web Site

The weather station: - The weather station used on this site is an Oregon Scientific WMR-968. The unit has operated faultlessly. My only criticism is that the anemometer only updates every 14 seconds. As a result gusts can be missed. The uni

Anemometer:- The anemometer is mounted on the roof about 1.5m above the apex on a satellite dish bracket. The roof is about 40m above ground level but unfortunately my flat is located in a valley. The anemometer is therefore shielded from a clean wind stream by the valley, surrounding trees and St.Mary's Church.

Temperature:- The temperature monitor is mounted on the eve of the house. It is shielded from direct radiation for most of the day until about 4.30pm when the sun can finally get to it. By about six it is shielded again. I am working on a way to improve this.

Software :- The weather station raw data is collected by Ambient's Virtual Weather Station software (VWS) Internet Edition. The software is very flexible and produces CSV records of all data at intervals selected by the user. I collect data every 5 seconds and store the averages every 10 minutes.

To present the software on the internet I use both VWS and WeatherFlash. WeatherFlash provides the flashy dials and give live updates. I am using a 56K modem so to minimise traffic I update every 10 seconds or so. This period will be longer when I download .jpg graphics such as the station graphs.

Advice on the software can be found at the Ambient Support Forum and the software can be purchased in the UK from Meteorologica

Please email me at weather.guru@ntlworld.com with any suggestions for inclusion.