Guest CLARENCE Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) "Mackerel sky, not twenty-four hours dry". Looks like rain tomorrow. And it did! All day. Edited August 20, 2015 by CLARENCE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusDe Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) I see. I'll give you 12 months A couple of years before my redundancy from the Met Office I bought a Watson W-8681 Wireless USB weather station (This station is made by Fine Offset Electronics and is sold under a number of other names including Maplin N96FY, Ambient WS-1090, Weathereye WEA22) for about £80, and hooked it up to my home server (which runs 24/7) and I run the Cumulus software (shareware) and apart from changing the batteries every 6 months it has been great (within the limitations of price and sighting) and I've uploaded the data to it's own twitter feed, the Met O WOW site and a few others. For a while I also had a website for it. The main cumulus panel. The graphs page. Generally the data is believable, corrected for height, winds from the N and E are a good match to nearby MO sites, frontal rain ties in with nearby MO sites, temps can be more problematical, the sensor screen isn't very good (know anyone with a small screen in their shed?) and in strong sunlight and/or no wind it can get rather high compared to what you'd expect, but a known problem with the Fine Offset. Another known problem is that it can be a bit flakey when Cummulus restarts after anything, the Fine doesn't like it and can give spurious readings such as 500mm of rain for today, or as shown on that graph a Min temp of 0.0. Most of the time I coorect these if I notice at the time, but like I said a known problem. For an initial investment of £80ish, if you've an old PC or laptop your happy to leave running 24/7, I reckon it can't be beat. It's been running for 6 years now and, well, it keeps me amused Angus Edited July 12, 2015 by AngusDe 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 13, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2015 I took this about a week ago whilst coming back from a meeting in the city 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusDe Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) Not so much weather, but sun set on the 7 Feb 2015, looking towards the Inverkeithing viaduct on the northern approach to the Forth Bridge. You can make out a pair of 158s/ a 175 (you decide, I can't!) on the viaduct. Pics were taken with my phone, from St David's Harbour, Dalgety Bay. Angus Edited July 13, 2015 by AngusDe 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2015 Well, here's another Sunset, this time over Beverley this evening. Hope you enjoy. Market65. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrobuscp Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Taken in St Ives early in July 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Peter Beckett Posted August 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2015 Taken on Sunday at Lark Quarry, Outback Queensland, home of the Dinosaur Stampede. Peter 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Taken on Sunday at Lark Quarry, Outback Queensland, home of the Dinosaur Stampede. The epitome of Mackellar's "sunburnt country" - the "wide brown land and pitiless blue sky". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2015 Cloudy Cornish sunset 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactustrain Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 The snow of 2014, hailstone damage of 2nd July 2015 and Fenland sunsets. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 1, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) No pictures I'm afraid (too dark) but we have just had the most intense thunderstorm with about 21mm rain in half an hour or so and a 6 degree drop in temperature (From 16 to 10) in a little longer! Keith Edited September 1, 2015 by melmerby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 A misty sunrise over the South Downs 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 10, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 10, 2015 Cloudy sunset over Ireland 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted September 14, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 14, 2015 Yesterday's weather system moving west (left to right) along the North Coast mountains towards Caernarfon dumping rain as it goes. Taken with an iPhone from the Pier in Beaumaris at the end of the Food Festival . 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Yesterday's weather system moving west (left to right) along the North Coast mountains towards Caernarfon dumping rain as it goes. Taken with an iPhone from the Pier in Beaumaris at the end of the Food Festival . IMG_7742 Low tide on the Menai Strait.JPG Lovely photo Polly, very dramatic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at C&M Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 A glorious autumnal start to the day in Carlisle, this morning 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted September 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2015 Today was the day our boat was being hauled out of the water and we hoped to dodge the showers. Caernarfon slipway, so far so good. Leaving Victoria Dock behind, a shower falls in the background as the clouds continue to build. Passing Traeth Gwyllt (Wild Sands) which marks the sandbank. Let's hope the weather holds. While we sort the boat out on a mooring by the boatyard in sunshine, a shower crosses the Strait. The boat safely in her cradle, the yard dries out... and the mussel dredger Mare Gratia sails past on the other side. Guess we were lucky. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted September 22, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2015 Threatening clouds over London Bridge station 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted September 22, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2015 Autumn is in the air at York Race Course on 22nd September 2015 with the just rising sun burning off the early morning mist. It will take longer to burn the mist blanket away out in the country where it's is a little more dense. Seems to be 'full steam ahead' at Drax today. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted September 23, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2015 I think there's a shower on the way. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium mezzoman253 Posted September 23, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2015 Sunset over Lake Konstanz in July Same place on Monday afternoon, the 21st Rob 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted September 23, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2015 Rain is never far away. Llanfairfechan this afternoon. Looking northwest across to Anglesey this evening. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted September 23, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2015 Hi. Here's a photo' of the sunset over Beverley from three days ago: With best regards, Rob. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It was wet in Bristol a few days back. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted September 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2015 Sunset over the north sea this evening. Remember I live in Northumberland. Sunset 7 24th Sept 2015 Sunset 8 24th Sept 2015 David 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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