[wxqc] First Barometer Adjustment

[Victor Engel]

By the way, does anyone know of a site that shows like isobar maps?

On 8/6/06, Evan Bookbinder <Evan.Bookbinder at noaa.gov> wrote:
>
>  Victor,
>
> Since the console needs to be set to Sea Level Pressure and not Altimeter,
> using the telephone value will result in incorrect data being sent via to
> the APRS/CWOP network. The software takes the consoles sea level pressure
> and back calculated the altimeter setting.
>
> You should be calibrating your instrument among several nearby ASOS sites
> - KATT and KAUS.
> http://www.uswx.com/us/wx/TX/KATT/
> http://www.uswx.com/us/wx/TX/KAUS/
>
>
> Please refer to my earlier post from last week.
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Victor Engel <brillig at gmail.com>
> *To:* Discussion of weather data quality issues<wxqc at lists.gladstonefamily.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:25 AM
> *Subject:* [wxqc] First Barometer Adjustment
>
> I got tired of waiting for a nice, calm, high in the early afternoon. This
> morning, it was relatively calm, and the barometer both here and at the
> airport was rock-steady. So I took this opportunity to make an adjustment.
> The online METAR report is updated very rarely (seems like daily), so I used
> the telephone service at the airport instead, which is live. How accurate
> can I expect the airport's altimeter reading to be? I'm thinking that since
> it's an airport, and altimeter readings are important for air navigation,
> it's probably pretty accurate.
>
> Victor
> CW6155
>
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