Sola Virtus Observatory
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Sola Virtus Observatory
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Welcome to the Sola Virtus Observatory
Weather Station
The
weather station, an extension of the Sola Virtus Astronomical Observatory, became
fully operational in December 2006. It is located in the village of Norrisville in the extreme northwest
corner of Harford County, MD. This station is a member and supporter of CWOP (Citizen Weather Observer Program) and CWOP-snow.
CWOP is a public-private partnership with three main goals: 1) to collect weather data contributed by citizens; 2) to make these data available for weather services and
homeland security; and 3) to provide feedback to the data contributors so that they have the tools to check and improve their
data quality. In fact, the web address, wxqa.com, stands for weather quality assurance. Many
thanks go to Phillip Gladstone for his dedication to the CWOP program.
The
Observatory and Weather Station gather weather data consisting of barometric pressure, temperature, humidity, dew
point, wind speed, wind direction, wind chill, precipitation, lightning activity, u.v. and solar radiation levels.
A Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station along with a Davis Wireless Envoy logs all weather data and uploads the
information using WeatherLink 5.7.1 software to the Citizen Weather Observer Program and CWOP-snow thru the APRSWXNET using the Station ID# CW6888. The incoming data has to pass a quality check before it is distributed to agencies such as Madis and NOAA including NOAA's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center, where it is made available to forecaster's, pilots and the general public. The weather station sends
data to the Weather Underground using the Station ID# KMDWHITE7.
The
weather station using © FARPOINT WEATHER
software also monitors dew point, humidity and temperature inside the Sola Virtus Observatory as well as wind speed, cloud cover and precipitation via a Davis Wireless Envoy and uploaded using Virtual Weather. |
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WEATHER STATION TECHNICAL DATA
Location
Coordinates
Lat 39°42'9"N
Long 76°32'41"W
Elevation
225 Meters/
738 ft.
CWOP
Station ID#
Weather
Underground ID#
Weather Equipment
Davis Vantage Pro2 w/full sensor pack
Heated Rain Collector
Boltek Lightning Detector
Si-Tex Nav-Fax 200 Receiver
JRC 2000 Radar
Hamtronics R139 Modified
QN137 Quadrfilar Helix Antenna
Midland VHF Radio
Bearcat BCT15X Scanner
Midland WR-300 Weather Radio
Stratus 4" Rain/Snow Gauge
Snow Board
Dell Vostro Dual Core 3GHz
Dell 3000 2.66GHz
CyberPower UPS Systems
GENERAC 10KW Standby Generator
Mounting Specifications Anemometer
Height 33 ft.
ISS Unit
Height 5.5 ft.
Software
Weatherlink 5.7.1, Storm Predator,
Virtual Weather, StormLab
FARPOINT Weather,
WXSPOT,NexStorm, Wasp2,Image Salsa, Cute FTP 8.0,Fling
Weather Cam
Panasonic BB-HCM371A
Axis 221
PWS DATA and HAMweather
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Sola Virtus Observatory
12.24.12 3.00"
12.26.12 2.25" 12.29.12 2.10" 01.25.13 1.50" 02.01.13 0.9" 02.03.13 1.50" 02.13.13 1.30" 02.15.13 1.25" 03.06.13 4.30" 03.25.13 3.75"
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the Owner and/or The Sola Virtus Observatory and Farpoint Weather unless otherwise noted. The use or reproduction of any
content and/or images is not allowed except by permission only. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The content on this website
is for informational purposes only and I make no representations or warranties as to its accuracy. We will not
in any event assume liabilty for any loss, injury or damage of any type from the use or misuse of any information or
product found on and/or in the use of this website. The links made from this site or linked to this site
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copyright © 2006 - 2013
Please report any broken links to webmaster@sola-virtus-observatory.org
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