Final tweaks to my own weather system
Part of the Canadian persona is a fascination with looking out the window and observing weather. Not “the weather”, because we live in a country that has dynamic as the best descriptor. We can generalize. I’m trying to do my part by adding some measurement to the game. On the day where Environment Canada unveils the top ten stories for this year, my weather station is about to go live.
The hardware has been out in the thick of it for close to two months now. A chance to see if I’ve fastened my mast securely and aligned the anemomter in accordance with standards. This is, above all, a field where standards mean something. No more “it’s nice out today”. If I can’t know the temperature and humidity and prevailing wind speed and direction, I might as well just look out the window, right? However, the scientific part was unboxed this morning. A glop of software to wrap around a data logger with a serial interface. The ads don’t mention that the logger is worth 30% of the total station cost. My order was backordered for weeks on end, but the shop in Halifax came through and I’ve spent this afternoon and evening tweaking for the real world.
Sometime soon, tomorrow or the next day, I’ll post my URL for anyone that cares to come and see how windy and cold the winter really is in this area. There’s still some data missing from the website, but with a bit more work and a more permanent placement of the webcam and computer, I will have my personal data system online. Finally.
