I report my weather data to the public via Weather Underground and the Citizen Weather Observer Program. Every ten minutes my computer runs a progam to read the weather station and sends an update via the Internet to the servers for each service.
Hardware:
- La Crosse Technology WS-2310twc instrument package and base station. It was on sale for $125, half-off at Fred Meyer's Garden Center
- MFJ-701 RFI chokes on both ends of the rain gauge cable and the near end of the wind sensor cable (about 8 turns through each core). Without this, my ham transmitter would cause readings like the rain before Noah's flood.
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IoGear GUC232A USB serial port adapter- caused EHCI driver hangs. Switched to use the motherboard serial port, much more stable. - PC computer connected to the Internet with DSL, and a no-ad paid account at Weather Underground
Free Software:
- Linux kernel
- Fedora operating system distribution
- open2300 v.1.10 plus patch to upload successfully to the Weather Underground servers.
Citizen Weather Observer Progam
This network of individual contributors contributes data to the NOAA National Weather Service's mesonet where it can be used to fine tune their forecasting models. In return, they provide me with error information about my station. I also trained to be a Sykwarn weather spotter.
My site's activity can be had by querying findu.com, or simply searching for my station ID.
Today's Data Graphs from Weather Underground