The Gosport Weather Station has been online for one year now and a lot has changed since last December.
Many may not know this but Gosport Weather superseded an old weather website called pompeymet.co.uk. The reason pompeymet was abandoned was due to the lack of an automatic weather station (AWS) which meant data could not be uploaded automatically. Once the Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station was purchased we quickly set about testing all parts of the system and developing the website.The website became fully operational at midnight on 1st January of this year.
In the beginning Gosport Weather relied on a program called Weather Link. This program uploaded HTML images and it was found that the program would often freeze and record false data. It was decided that after successfully testing a program called Weather Display, it would become the main weather program.
With the introduction of Weather Display came a complete website revamp. The HTML homepage was removed and in it's place came the current website which is of PHP format. This enabled dynamic pages which would update most of the weather data every few seconds. The current website was created using scripts from Ken True of saratoga-weather.org and Scott of websterweatherlive.com.
The weather station was also upgraded with the addition of UV and Solar sensors which have been proving very reliable and have enabled us to report the current sky conditions during daylight instead of having to rely on Southampton airport.
The future for Gosport Weather is very bright. We will soon be able to issue warnings when pre-set weather variables have been breached. More on this will follow soon. We are currently working on setting up a mailing list, as our current server only allows us to add and remove email addresses, however we want to allow visitors to subscribe and un-subscribe themselves.
We are also waiting for the owner of a piece of software called WXSIM to finish customising it for our location. This will enable us to issue weather forecasts online and by email.
Gosport Weather would like to thank the following people for their support:
Brian Hamilton- Weather Display software- http://www.weather-display.com
Ken True- Base template of Gosport Weather- http://saratoga-weather.org
Scott- Dashboard on homepage and high/low script - http://www.websterweatherlive.com/
Julian Best- Weather Display Live- http://www.weather-display.com/wdlive.php
Weather Underground- Main weather forecast- http://www.wunderground.com/
TNET Services, Inc- website scripts- http://www.TNETWeather.com
Murry Conarroe- detailed report modifications- http://weather.wildwoodnaturist.com
Ian Jeffery- For adding links to Gosport Weather- http://www.gosport.info
And finally we would like to thank all those who have visited Gosport Weather over the year. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Sunday, 18 December 2011
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Winter update
Meteorological winter has arrived. This means that throughout December, January and February we will be measuring any snowfall, issuing warnings when appropriate and monitoring the extra temperature sensor.
Here at Gosport Weather snow is recorded manually and input directly in to the weather software with the website being updated shortly afterwards. During cold spells when there is a high risk of snow and low risk of rain the rain gauge will be covered up to prevent errors in rainfall recordings. Snow recordings will be uploaded every 12 hours at approximately 9am and 9pm.
The extra temperature sensor acts as a grass minimum thermometer and is used to detect ground frosts during the winter months. The readings and records from the sensor are located on the homepage under the heading 'Grass Temperature'. Drivers are advised to check this temperature before travelling. We also advise that people bear in mind that whilst Gosport Weather may not be recording a frost the temperature around Gosport and the Portsmouth area can vary dramatically and may result in other areas suffering a frost.
We are currently unable to determine whether Gosport will see snow on Christmas Day or on the days before or after it. We will however continue to monitor the forecast and charts and update the website when snow is likely.
Here at Gosport Weather snow is recorded manually and input directly in to the weather software with the website being updated shortly afterwards. During cold spells when there is a high risk of snow and low risk of rain the rain gauge will be covered up to prevent errors in rainfall recordings. Snow recordings will be uploaded every 12 hours at approximately 9am and 9pm.
The extra temperature sensor acts as a grass minimum thermometer and is used to detect ground frosts during the winter months. The readings and records from the sensor are located on the homepage under the heading 'Grass Temperature'. Drivers are advised to check this temperature before travelling. We also advise that people bear in mind that whilst Gosport Weather may not be recording a frost the temperature around Gosport and the Portsmouth area can vary dramatically and may result in other areas suffering a frost.
We are currently unable to determine whether Gosport will see snow on Christmas Day or on the days before or after it. We will however continue to monitor the forecast and charts and update the website when snow is likely.
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