Will Hand wrote:
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This posting expresses the personal view and opinions of the author.
Something which everyone on this planet should be able to do.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
I am pleased to announce that the Davis Vantage Pro AWS at Haytor
meteorological office is now online at
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
. It will not be available 24/7 but will be on for a lot of the time.
There are graphs of temperature, dewpoint, rainfall, and barometric
pressure covering a rolling 24 hour period with observation updated
at 10 minute intervals. you have to 'refresh' open web pages. Wind
information is still at 3m height and mean speeds will have to be
tripled to get an idea of open exposed moorland conditions. Rainfall
normally under-reads by 10% compared to the manual gauge.
Temperatures, dewpoints and sea-level pressure are accurate. Wind
chill refers to 3m agl (which is more sensible in my view as people
do not live their lives 10m above the ground). Please add in this
link to your web pages if you wish but if the data are used for
research then an e-mail to would be
appreciated. Commercial and operational use of these data is
permitted free of charge but only with permission from Will Hand
(those already contacted by e-mail have permission to use it
commercially).
The possibility of a web cam at the site is being investigated and any
recommendations would be appreciated. Monthly summaries of AWS data
are under development and 10 minute archives are in the planning
stage.
So now you can watch the rain accumulating on Dartmoor in real-time
and in the winter you will be able to see the snow. Enjoy!
Will Hand
Chief Meteorologist Haytor Weather Station
Good to see another AWS on the net.
Just out of interest Will, how does the accuracy of the Vantage system compare to your manual instruments.
Regards,
Rob
Chester, UK
http://www.west-cheshire.ac.uk/weather
Take cat out before emailing