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On 1/11/12 8:59 AM, iBoaterer wrote:









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On 1/11/12 2:37 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:28:53 -0500, * wrote:

Thanks! I'd like to have a rain gauge, though. I'm looking for a
hardware/software setup. What I have now is decent, but it doesn't
couple with my computer, it's stand alone.

I tried to register with COCOROS (a national rain fall study) and they
say they don't want any automatic rain gauge data because they are not
particularly accurate.

I have a LaCrosse unit running the Heavy Weather package. It is not as
pretty as Wayne's software but it is free. It uploads to the web in
real time.
http://esteroriverheights.com/esteroweather1.jpg

We're really "high tech" here. :) *I have an outdoor wireless temp and
humidity sensor whose results I can read on a stand-alone indoor unit.
If I need more than that, I just click on the "Weather Page" on my
iPhone or on the desktop computer. I can usually tell if it is raining
or snowing by...(you might want to write this down)...looking out the
window.

At the moment, we have something called "Freezing Fog" as our weather.
I've actually never seen that term before.

Well, weather study is a hobby of mine. I'm fascinated with how much a
REAL meteorologist has had to learn. I'm not talking about the weather
fluff on your local TV station, either.

This is a very strange television market for "news." While we are in a
suburb of DC, we're far enough out so that whatever local news we have
rarely makes it onto one of the DC local news shows. In fact, I only
remember us "making" the local TV news twice: once when one of the
reactors at the local nuke plant "tripped, and the other time when
former president Dubya went bike-riding down here. We don't really have
much "news" out here, which is one of the reasons why we like our area
so much. Compared to Fairfax, Montgomery, PG Counties, we're sleepyville.

So, we rarely watch the local TV news and therefore rarely see the local
TV weather. The Weather Channel on cable, my smartphone or the computer
is sufficient for our needs, and just as inaccurate as the local TV
weather guys/gals.

Agreed!