About this Web Site

The weather station: - This weather station was originally located in Kirkintilloch but moved to Gartcosh in 2008. 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.

Anemometer:- The anemometer is mounted on the back garden fence about 4m high. Unfortunately the airflow is blocked by a combination of a row of houses to the north and a row of fir trees to the south, so all wind data should be taken with a pitch of salt. Its not very accurate !!

Temperature:- The temperature monitor is mounted at around 1.5m high. 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. The update is every 10 seconds or so.

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@hotmail.co.uk with any suggestions for inclusion.