[wxqc] starting again

[cmowen at att.net]

IMHO, As long as your sensor package is on the due south side of the pole, no shadow should cross your UV/solar sensors in North Hemi at the lowest angles meaningful information will be recorded.  Rain bucket is a small problem near the pole, but if you can offset it from the pole with a standoff, it should be minimal.
-------------- Original message from "Michael Roffall" <mroffall at gmail.com>: -------------- 


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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