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Clarks Beach Weather Station |
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P19 V91212 |
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Activities 9/12/09 Changed batteries in radio sender unit. Mounted Sender unit vertical out of trapped heat? 15/11/09 Replaced with surplus computer. Latest Weather Display software 10.37P installed. 14/11/09 Notebook Requested reboot after AVG update. Corrupted hard disk 22/12 until ftp://homepages.ihug.co.nz/ is fixed you can use ftp://homepages.vodafone.co.nz/ updating of website merlinit.co.nz fixed. 21/12 Between 3:45pm and 4:00pm on Sunday 21 December the automatic updating of my website merlinit.co.nz has failed. 2/12 updating of website merlinit.co.nz fixed. 27/11 Between 11:45pm and 12:00 automatic updating of my website merlinit.co.nz has failed. 22/8 Notebook Server shutdown after 17:15upload Restarted at 23:05 26/7 Power Off all Saturday afternoon, Notebook Battery flat — Major Storm 26/7 55 knots @ Grahams Beach 29/06 Line Internet and Voice Service outage 2008-06-29 21:33:30 23/6 24/6 Lost power Notebook battery flat 22/06 Move to new server _ notebook CLEVO 3GHz Hyper Threading 20/06 Losing connection from anemometer to Sending station Other readings OK 16/608 Major Power Outage UPS battery ran down Need to install a higher capacity UPS 12/5/08 Server HDD fail between 6am and 6:15— Weather Display software on second HDD Lost registry settings. Had spreadsheet document with internet settings. 25/04/08 Initial notes Datahtm2.txt change from 2310 to 2350 weather station in \wdisplay \webfiles\ OK 25/04/08 Move main unit to final location—front house on eave 25/04/08 take rain gauge from pole mount on end of roof 25/04/08 Replace bolt & align anemometer to south visual No permanent mount for main unit — temperature spike Rain gauge may affect Anemometer reading on pole decide to move Use Google earth to get GPS coordinates Power pole Latitude 37° 8'4.79"S Longitude 174°42'21.97"E altitude sea level Level Anemometer on pole Align Anemometer to south Power pole Latitude 37° 8'4.79"S Longitude 174°42'21.97"E altitude sea level Use Google earth to get GPS coordinates Align Anemometer to south
Install Anemometer and Rain gauge on pole Document settings that work uploading to merlinit.co.nz Upload to merlinit.co.nz Test on ground Purchase Weather display software Contact Brian Hamilton Connect to station using usb Down load Weather display software Test on ground Purchase La Crosse Weather Station Pro WS2350
——————————————————————————— Vantage Options comprehensive but expensive. Wireless approved. Visit Davis distributor in Frankton Hamilton Vantage Options comprehensive but expensive. Wireless not approved. Contact Davis Agent in NZ Document limitations Link grower weather station to computer Add Investigate Weather stations around Manukau Harbour www.merlinit.co.nz web site created — testing concepts but available to the public Weather on the web for yachting
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Latitude 37° 8'4.79"S longitude 174°42'21.97"E altitude sea level (Google earth) 18 Torkar Rd, Clarks Beach, Manukau Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Measuring instrument locations finalised |
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La Crosse 2350 Professional Weather Station Mounted in Workshop Display and Programming Barometer Indoor Temperature Indoor Humidity
Modules 1 Wireless sender to Weather Station Outdoor Thermometer Outdoor Humidity Mounted under eave of house Data is transmitted every minute
2 Rain Gauge Connected by cable to module 1 Mounted on roof of house
3 Anemometer Wind Direction Connected by cable to module 1 Mounted power pole between house and church
Weather Station Connected to a CLEVO 3GHz Hyper Threading Notebook by a serial cable Data is transmitted every minute Computer runs software Weather Display which shows on the screen in real time. Software from Brian Hamilton Awhitu Peninsular Auckland. Data is uploaded to the web every 15 minutes. wwww.merlinit.co.nz/weather
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http://www.onlineconversion.com/ 1 knot = 1.8 km/hr = 1.15 mph 5 knots = 9.6 km/hr = 5.8 mph 10 knots = 18.5 km/hr = 11.5 mph 15 knots = 37.0 km/hr = 17.2 mph 20 knots = 37.0 km/hr = 23..0 mph 25 knots = 46.3 km/hr = 28.7 mph 30 knots = 55.6 km/hr = 34.5 mph 35 knots = 64.8 km/hr 40 knots = 74.1 km/hr 45 knots = 83.4 km/hr 50 knots = 92.5 km/hr 55 knots = 101.6 km/hr 60 knots = 111.1 km/hr 65 knots = 120.4 km/hr |