Dials &
Gauges
If you click once anywhere in the Dials & Gauges area,
and then hover over certain parts of the displayed data
text you will see an explanation which describes how
this data is arrived at. Also, if you click on the words
like 'Rainfall', Temperature' etc, you can access lots
of information in graph form.
Rainfall
Information
Please remember that
the information shown on the home page is only updated
every five minutes. Therefore, it may say it is dry when
it has been raining for a few minutes. Dials
& Gauges will
give a more up to date view of current weather
conditions because it is usually only 5 - 8 seconds
behind real time. Also, please remember that it may be
dry where the weather station is situated, even though
you may be having a downpour! Finally, the Rain
Days This Month shown on Rainfall
Data will
not include any amounts less than 0.5mm because they are
insignificant.
Snow
and after effects
When there has been a fall of snow it sometimes takes a
while to melt away. When this is happening it can cause
inaccurate information to appear on the website as the
melting snow 'drips' into the rain catcher. It gives the
equipment the sense that it is (a) raining or (b)
snowing/sleeting (according to the outside temperature).
Please make allowances for these anomalies which are
quite beyond mine or the equipment's control. Also, when
there has been a sharp frost and water falls into the
rain catcher as the temperature rises, it can cause
inaccurate information such as "Snowing/Sleet Fall' to
appear when there is a clear blue sky. This is caused by
the 'dripping' water and the current low temperature,
and the workings of the weather station regards these
two conditions as being compatible with either snow or
sleet.
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