[wxqc] Ice prevention on anemometers?

[Aledo Weather]

John,
It caught me off guard also. Last year I used a heat lamp to thaw mine
out when the ice froze it up. I mounted it at an angle on the pole so
snow/ice would not build up in it and only plugged it in long enough to thaw
the gauge out. I've wondered about a heat tape, but don't believe that would
work. If anyone else has some ideas I'd like to hear them also.
Keith Clark
CW2758

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[mailto:wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net] On Behalf Of John
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 5:03 PM
To: Discussion of weather data quality issues
Subject: [wxqc] Ice prevention on anemometers?


The ice storm today froze up my anemometer for about 5 hours.  Has anyone
here devised a system to keep anemometers working during icy conditions?

I have an idea involving manually pumping windshield de-icer fluid from
ground level up onto the anemometer, but that might have a lot of bugs to
work out.  Anyone else heard of a solution for this problem?  Does anyone
sell an electric anemometer heater, like Davis has for the rain gauge?

thx
John
CW8283

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