CWOP #EW0985 - Ypsilanti, Michigan Weather

	Civilian Weather Observation Program CWOP Number: EW0985
Ypsilanti, Michigan Weather
By: Jay Nugent - WB8TKL	- Main Menu -	Latest Webpage Update: February 10th, 2013

KYIP

KMIYPSIL10

Whether it's Cold, or whether it's Hot. We will have Weather, whether or Not!

It ain't gonna rain no more no more. It ain't gonna rain no more!
Well how in the heck, will I wash my neck? If it ain't gonna rain no more?!?!

CURRENT WEATHER:
Current Ypsilanti Weather (real-time, direct from the instruments) (...coming soon...)
Current Ypsilanti Weather - EW0985 (every 5 mins via APRS/CWOP)
Current Ypsilanti Weather - KMIYPSIL10 (every 5 mins via Weather Underground)
A really pretty fullscreen display from Weather Underground
Weather Graphs for the past 24 Hours
Weather Graphs for the past Week
A few pics from NWS White Lake, Michigan
BASIC WEATHER CONTROLLER:
Argent Data Systems ADS-WS1 Weather Station for only $155
Argent Data Systems ADS-WS1 Wiki
SOFTWARE:
Version 1.0 -- View source code of the weather.sh bash script
Version 1.0 -- Download a copy of the weather.sh bash script.
Version 2.0 -- Download a copy of a MUCH improved and faster version, contributed by KR6K (weather-2.kr6k-V2 - 15826 bytes)
Version 2.1 -- Download a copy of KR6K's version with several of my own additions (weather-2.kr6k-V2.1 - 15909 bytes)
SUPPORT HARDWARE:
NWS Standards -- All of the construction designs below, considered the NWS Standards listed here
Construction of my Weather Mast
Construction of my Gill Box
Digging the Trench to the weather mast - for power and data cables
Terminating the Trench at the Junction Box
INSTRUMENTATION:
Instruments inside the Gill box
Tempurature/Humidity Aspirator
FUTURE/ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTATION:
Sferic details...
Solar Radiation...
Geiger Counter...
Bat House details...
DESIGN STANDARDS:
NWS Standards for the proper placement of weather instruments
CWOP Program & Automated Weather Reporting:
The Citizen Weather Observer Program - This is where I got my CWOP number (EW0985) and is where I send my weather reports at 5 minute intervals.
NOAA Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS)
Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System - Data Quality checking is performed here and weather observation data is injested into the NOAA data sets.
AUTOMATIC REPORTING TO WEATHER SERVICES:
Cron Job entries that trigger automated reports every 5 minutes
Bash script used to send weather data to APRS/NOAA
Bash script used to send weather date to Weather Underground

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