Technical Notes Archive

I've decided to move all of the technical notes into this new blog area. Here are all of the earlier notes. Future notes will be posted individually.
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1/18/07
ADDED INFRARED SATELLITE ANIMATION
Now displaying a looped video of the black and white IR satellite image of the USA. Black and white was chosen over the "enhanced" color version for clarity and aesthetics.

1/17/07
UPDATED PAGE LAYOUT
A new look! It allows for more flexibility in adding content and larger, easier views of graphics. Look for improved radar and satellite views in the future.

1/13/07
WEATHER CAMERA MOUNTED OUTSIDE
Weather camera now mounted outside. The view is toward the northwest. Be sure to check out the "weather movie" link.

1/11/07
MAINTENANCE UPDATE
Station has been migrated to dedicated computer. Weather camera not connected or updating at this time. Hoping to get cam fully installed this weekend.

1/11/07
SITE MAINTENANCE
Down for a few hours after 6PM Eastern to transfer the station to a dedicated computer. It is hoped that this will solve file upload and lock-up problems.

1/10/07
MISSING DATA & WEATHER UNDERGROUND PROBLEM
Have stopped sending data to Wunderground for unknown reason. Also, solar, UV, and moonrise data are missing. Looking into it. Weather station software is very, very quirky.

1/6/07
STATION LOCATION CORRECTED
Station location is now correct on Google Maps and mesomaps.

1/4/07
STATION LOCATION INCORRECT
The latitude, longitude and altitude of the station was originally determined using Google Earth. A recently obtained a GPS reading which showed that the original figures were a little off. That has now been corrected in station software but is not (yet) being reflected in the Weather Underground data. So, if you check out the station on the Google Map site or on a Mesomap it's a little south of where we really are located.

1/4/07
UV SENSOR WORKING NORMALLY
Finally enough sunshine to check that the new UV sensor is feeding data properly.

1/4/07
FORECAST DISCREPANCY RESOLVED
The forecast discrepancy seems to have resolved itself. This is a common problem with Weather Underground and could arise again.

1/2/07
FORECAST DISCREPANCY
Have noted discrepancy in forecast provided by Weather Underground. Looking into it.

1/1/07
INTERMITTENT CONNECTIVITY
Server connectivity problems so updates could be erratic.

12/30/06
RAIN GAUGE REPAIREDRain gauge has been inoperative for many months. It has now been repaired. The readings for hourly and daily rain should be correct effective

12/31/06. UV SENSOR REPLACEDWill be watching for results from this repair on the next sunny day.