Station Equipment

The weather station in use is the La Crosse WS2300 which has been wired direct and measures the amount of rain, outside air temperature, humidity and barometric pressure at sea level. There is an AAG anemometer from Hobby Boards to measure wind speed and direction and a 1-Wire Lightning detector connected to the computer that registers any 'Cloud to Ground' (CG) lightning strikes within about a 20 mile radius.

 

The weather data is uploaded using a program called Weather Display which puts all of the data together, creates the graphs, tables and reports then uploads the data to the site. The program was written & designed by New Zealander Brian Hamilton, who continues to update and add new features all the time. Added to Weather Display is Weather Display Live which is the program used for the Live Weather on this site. It is also enhanced by the MesoMap Live which takes data from weather stations all over the world and allows their data to be displayed on a map that the site owner creates.

Data Uploads The data produced from this station is uploaded regularly to a number of other sites that collect weather data from all over the world. MesoMap Live I have explained above but others include:	Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar
Latest Update 23/02/08 After the lightning strike on the 22 Feb, all seems to be working and uploading again. The only thing to suffer was the Lightning Detector, strangely enough, and I need to replace a part to get that working so it could be a few weeks.	Latest Update 21/02/08 There is now a new UK Earthquakes page where you can see the most recent events in the UK taken from the British Geological Survey.
Latest Update 10/11/07 There is now a new photo gallery containing some of my cloud and storm photographs. You can access it form this link or click "Weather Gallery" in the main menu.	Latest Update 19/11/07 There is now a new Weather Graphics page where you can use the stickers on your own website or blog to supply your visitors with up to date weather conditions in the Outer Hebrides.