[wxqc] And again

[James Dudley]

There seems to be quite a bit of unnecessary concern about data 
quality issues. We are in the business of sharing our weather data 
with others. If a weather station is set up correctly (conforming 
closely to the WMO standards), the issue of data quality in 
comparision to other stations is a moot point. Each weather station 
location is a unique microclimate and the data will vary in comparison 
to other stations. Sure, the barometric pressure should normally be 
close to a nearby station, however temperature, dew point, relative 
humidity and wind will certainly vary (and should vary). The quality 
control is just there to give an idea of what "ball park" the data 
should lie. 

Jim Dudley
CW2553
Lead Forecaster
National Weather Service
Hanford CA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Pace" <unkajim at comcast.net>
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2005 8:37 pm
Subject: [wxqc] And again

> Since it was Saturday, and since I'm on vacation this week anyway, 
> I didn't
> have to scrape any of the latest 'temperature quality checking 
> algorithm"off my windshield this time. I'm sure my two cucumber 
> plants would tell you
> what they think of the quality checks as well, but the 
> can't....they're now
> dead, killed by the 29 degree low this AM that according to the 
> algorithm,should have been 41 degrees.
> In spite of the fact that Evan takes offense to tongue-in cheek 
> comments as
> in the above paragraph, and BTW Evan, thanks for the patronizing 
> response,the question I asked before still stands: Is there 
> anything that can be done
> for stations such as mine that have their temperature readings 
> flagged as
> questionable when in fact they are legitimate?
> My CWOP ID is CW0825. See for yourself that the stations used to 
> comparemine against are not very nearby and not in locations that 
> often represent
> weather and temperatures in my town.
> 
> Jim
> http://ecapmiill.home.comcast.net 
> 
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