[wxqc] starting again

[Michael Roffall]

I would be more worried about the rain shadow created by the flagpole than
the garage.  If your rain collector is mounted down low on the pole and the
wind is blowing from the direction of the pole, the pole itself will block a
significant amount of the precipitation that would otherwise have gone into
the bucket.

Regarding someones suggestion that you mount the solar radiation and UV
sensors on top of the pole - well, I don't know how you could do that
without placing the entire sensor suite up there.  It's not feasable to
separate them from the sensor suite by that distance.

Mike Roffall
CW9236



On 3/3/08, Edith <edith.thornburg at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I haven't been paying much attention as both my computer and weather
> station were down for the count.
> I finally have a new computer and the station is back from Davis (what
> they do for just $80!!).
> Sooooo, I will be starting from scratch.  I'd like to get everything right
> the first time this time (see next set of questions).
>
> First, I'm not sure which software I will be using, probably weatherlink,
> as that is what I am used to, and I already have it, unless someone can
> suggest a better freeware one?
> As I am setting it up, keeping in mind I also want to upload to Weather
> Underground, does anyone have helpful hints/suggestions?
>
> Second, where do I do all this tweaking for CWOP?
>
> Third, before I started the first time, we installed a flagpole next to
> our house (see photos at
> http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4fyr3/suffern.pomona.ny/ ).  I then made the
> mistake of putting everything on the top of the pole.  This time, I'll put
> the anemometer at the top, but I am worried if I put the rain gauge lower
> down that the garage will affect it.  My DH does not want to relocate the
> flagpole - MY first thought, but shot down quickly.  Anyone have any
> thoughts/suggestions for this one?
> THANKS in advance!
>
> Edith
> who doesn't remember any of the setup she went through when she first
> started all this a year and a half ago...
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