[wxqc] Questions regarding my MADIS data..

[webmaster]

I have been trying to get my information correct to get the best 
possible MADIS reading.  Seems my barometer just doesn't want to 
cooperate.  Until today it said it failed a consistency test but now 
it doesn't say that, but I only get one thumbs up although my graph 
and the analysis line are practically one and the same.

Also have a question about my temperature reading.  It says if there 
is a positive reading my temperature reading is lower than 
expected.  If I have a FARS and none of the stations around me have 
one, wouldn't my readings be consistently cooler?  Wouldn't that mean 
my information is more accurate and they should be deviated, not 
me?  I know MADIS doesn't factor in which units are properly sited at 
5' above ground with FARS vs. stations mounted at other heights without FARS.

The local AWOS station has had a temperature error of about 4 degrees 
for a long time and they haven't corrected it even though I reported 
it straight to the FAA technicians responsible for the station.  It 
is amazing their temperature analysis gives them 2 thumbs up when 
they have had up to almost seven degrees of error.  Kind of bizarre 
to get two thumbs up and a big red "X"???

http://weather.gladstonefamily.net/site/KLVN

What do I need to do to get two thumbs on my barometer?

Here is a link to my data:

http://weather.gladstonefamily.net/site/C8122

Thanks!

Lew



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Lew - Amateur Weatherman
lew at farmingtonweather.com
Farmington Weather
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Farmington, Minnesota, USA