About This Station
The weather station is situated 140 miles north of
The weather station was originally a Davis Wireless Vantage Pro installed in May of 2003. It is situated on the south shore of Sand Point, not far from the water tower. In June of 2006 I added the Davis UV and Solar Radiation Sensors to the weather station converting it to a Davis Wireless Vantage Pro Plus model.
The weather station rain collector is heated in the winter to record actual water content of the melted snow.
The anemometer is at the top of an 18 ft. mast mounted on the roof of my two-story garage. That puts it about 40 ft. above ground level (AGL).
The web cam is an RCA CKC020 video camera purchased in 1984 with an RCA VKP926 Video Cassette Recorder. The recorder has long-since passed away, but the camera survived and has begun a new career. The camera is connected to a Hauppauge Impact VCB Model 00166 video capture card. The image is uploaded to the website every 5 minutes (during the day) using ImageSalsa.
The camera is mounted in an upstairs window pointing SSE (160° on the compass
dial) across
The Weather Station, NOAA Weather Radio, and Web Cam are connected to a stand-alone computer that is protected from power outages by an APC UPS system.
NEW January 2007, added the ability to stream live audio from my Radio Shack Model 12-258 Weather Radio to the Website. The broadcast is from NOAA Flint National Weather Radio KIH29 162.475 MHz. Although my location is at the outer fringe of broadcast reception for the transmitter located in Clio, a roof top antenna makes my reception quite good and very reliable.
About This City (Under Construction)
Springfield was founded in 1796 by settlers who were trying to find a passage to Maryland after mis-interpreting a passage in the Bible. In its early days, the city was the target of many Indian raids, and to this day many forts and trading posts remain (including Fort Springfield and Fort Sensible).
The founder of Springfield was pioneer Jebediah Springfield, widely celebrated in the town as a brave and proud American hero. The town motto "a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man" is attributed to Jebediah.
In the mid-20th century, the city reached perhaps the pinnacle of its success when it became the home of the Aquacar, a car which could be driven in water like a boat. At this point, the city's streets were literally paved with gold. But unfortunately, as related in the Are We There Yet? Guide to Springfield, this fortune imploded when it was discovered that the Aquacar was prone to spontaneous explosion after 10,000 miles and/or knots. The town has never really recovered from this tragedy (the gold was reportedly shipped to the Sultan of Brunei to encase one of his many elephant herds), but some heavy industry remains in the town, including factories for Ah! Fudge chocolate, Southern Cracker, fireworks, candy, and boxes, as well as a steel mill.
About This Website
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Special thanks go to Kevin Reed at TNET Weather for his work on the original Carterlake templates, and his design for the common website PHP management.
Special thanks to Mike Challis of Long Beach WA for his wind-rose generator, Theme Switcher and CSS styling help with these templates.
Special thanks go to Ken True of Saratoga-Weather.org for the AJAX conditions display, dashboard and integration of the TNET Weather common PHP site design for this site.
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Additional Credits
Cloud height graphic courtesy of Bashewa Weather
Cellphone script courtesy of Bronberg Weather
Thermometer graphic courtesy of Bashewa Weather (adapted from Saratoga Weather)