Contact Information:
For questions concerning the content of this site contact me via this email link
If you like what you see on this site and would like help defray the operational cost, click on the PayPal button below.
Rest assured, this is not a gimmick so I can derive an income from this site, all proceeds will be used to upgrade the current equipment and to develop new sensors to monitor the weather around us.
Thanks,
Ed
This is a project I've wanted to do for quite some time and in January 2007 the idea started to become reality.
Project updates:
- October 2008, added enhanced radar capabilities using GRLevel3 software
- June 2008, added soil temperature detectors at depths of 1, 2, 3 feet; this was done to study how
soil temperature changes as depth increases and as the seasons change
- Celebrated our first year of operation
- After the ice storm added a very large UPS that will hopefully allow me to safely shutdown the computers in case of long term power failure
- December 2007 -- Added dedicated local server to process weather instrumentation
- May 24, 2007 - Domain changed to www.eds-weather.info
- May 12, 2007 - Leaf Wetness detector added.
- April 21, 2007 - Solar radiation detector beta/calibration testing.
- April 7, 2007 - Replaced defective wind instruments. The original one would "fail high" under low wind conditions causing 60 + mph spikes on the graphs.
- March 2007 - Added a 1wire network lightning detector.
- February 2007 - Updated web site adding NOAA 7 day forecasts, watches, and warnings. Also, converted most pages to php for cross-browser compatibility.
- Mid-January 2007 - Put first web page up
- Early January 2007 - Installed weather station hardware in the ice storm with help of Curtis and yes we are crazy.
Future plans:
I plan to add the following instruments and improvements to the station:
- Developing a "mobile friendly site"
- Soil moisture detection
- Increase the height of my instrument mast to improve accuracy of wind readings
Station Hardware
My hardware consists of the following equipment:
Honeywell TE923W - "Professional Weather Station" (their descriptor) which includes:
- Indoor Temperature
- Barometric Pressure
- Indoor Humidity
- Rain (measured in .01 inch increments)
- Wind speed
- Wind direction
- UV
Additionally I have added the following 1-Wire network devices purchased through Hobby Boards:
- Leaf Wetness Detector
- Lightning Detector
- Solar Radiation Detector
- Misc. interface devices
- Soil and Grass Temperature Detectors
- Outdoor Humidity and Temperature
The PC that runs the station is dedicated solely to that purpose.
Here is the current software setup:
Current PC uptime
r: 22 days, 14 hours, 59 mins
Server stats:
Time:
15:10:40 up 61 days, 37 min, 12 users, load average: 1.13, 1.28, 1.27
Additional Credits
The following individuals/companies have also contributed to this site:
- Tom at carterlake.org
Tom provided the original php scripts that provide the NWS forecasts and advisories. The scripts have been modified from the originals but none
of this would have been possible without his contribution.
- WeatherUnderground for the use of their Radar images.
- Curtis Hall at bluecherry.net who keeps the web server running.