[wxqc] Has MADIS gone MAD ?

[Keith Miller]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net
> [mailto:wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net]On Behalf Of Geoffrey
> Dick
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 10:12 PM
> To: wxqc at lists.gladstonefamily.net
> Subject: [wxqc] Has MADIS gone MAD ?
>
>
>
> Does anyone know why MADIS is giving this station a "thumbs up"
> rating for a station that has a broken barometic sensor for
> more than a week now?   Check this out:
>
>       http://weather.gladstonefamily.net/site/C3924
>
> The barometer error is increasing; presently it is at 108.9
milliBars
> and the standard deviation is over 40 milliBars.
>
> How can we notify the MADIS people that their weather station i
> evaluation program needs a tuneup?
>

MADIS shows it's barometer as passing stage 1 and failing stages 2
and 3 for the past 24 hours... Which means the reading is within a
valid range, but is inconsistent with surrounding stations.


Keith
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