April 13, 2011 Amending some of the pages. The biggest change is for METAR. It is now a text file. This allows me to put more airports from around the state on the page. They are organized alphabetically. There are now reports for the panhandle, east & coasts and the Keys. Following the Florida locations are various reports from the Bahamas, Caribbean and Puerto Rico. As this is a text file, you may need to hit the refresh/reload on your browser. Check the update times. METARs are updated hourly.
Am still trying to find a better location for the anemometer. West winds are blocked by the building, so values from southwest to northwest are under reported.
December 01, 2010 In the process of trying some different graphic packages. Now when you click on the Country Meadows button, you will open an all-inclusive page with links galore. It's a very busy page, but it's easy to access information. If you want to see the original graphics for Country Meadows, just look on the left side of the page and click on "Graphs and Gauges." It is under the Graphs, Details section directly below Local Radar. I am still trying to come up with suitable wind information on the Graphs and Gauges page (wx.htm). From time to time you will probably notice format errors as I make the adjustments. Let me know what you think. Thanks!
October 02, 2010 The new software has performed flawlessly to date. All data fields are incrementing properly. Data to MADIS, Mesowest and wunderground.com is being reported correctly. I added a gauge for the UV values. This was unavailable under the old software. I am still playing around with the graphics, but I haven't developed a layout I really like. Still trying to figure out how to do a wind run.
September 17, 2010 I am unable to resolve software issues regarding accumulated rainfall; consequently, I am changing software vendors. During the next couple of weeks, I will be building new graphics for Country Meadows, METAR and Wind Run pages. Presently, I have put up temporary graphics for Country Meadows. The METAR is pure text for now until I get the graphics built. The information is currently updated and correct, just not very pretty. I am exploring a couple of options for the Wind Run. I'll post updates here. Please feel free to email me suggestions or comments as the new graphics are built.
September 01, 2010 As of 15:30 today, all systems have been restored and everything should function normally. The highs and lows for today will be a little distorted because the weather reporting software went back online midday. Starting at midnight the highs and lows will encompass the entire day for September 2nd and so on. I actually won't know how the rain totals are working until we get some rain. I changed the pointers on the dials to black...hope these will be easier to see.
August 31, 2010 Inasmuch as the rest of the week is supposed to be without rain, I will be doing major software repairs. These repairs are designed to fix the problems with the totals relating to rainfall. The program finally decided to corrupt the rainfall database. Basically, I have to uninstall the weather software entirely, reinstall it and then redesign all the graphics for the three Country Meadows screens (Country Meadows, METAR and Wind Run).
August 21, 2010 Data flowing to MADIS and Mesowest. I added the link to Mesowest on the main page. If you like stats and charts, this is a good place to start.
August 13, 2010 I still don't know what is causing rainfall display errors. In order to display the correct values for the 24-hour and monthly rainfall totals, I am having to restart the program after midnight. In so doing, the counters reset and display the correct figures. There is no data corruption.
August 12,2010 Started uploading data to MADIS (Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System). It takes a couple of weeks for data to start flowing through the system. For those of you who are familiar with how all this works, the station ID is DW5627. Once the sites are displaying the information, I will post the various links. This all takes place through the Citizens Weather Observer Program (CWOP). Click on the graphic below for additional information.
August 10, 2010 Relocated the anemometer today in an attempt to get a more accurate wind picture. Wind from north, south and east should be good. Wind from the west is partially blocked by the roofline. Homeowners Association regulations prohibit masts, so at present, I don't have a solution.
For those of you who like statistics and graphs, I have added a link to the Weather Underground site. See the Weather Related Websites for the link or click on the graphic below. All the data from the weather station is uploaded to it every fifteen minutes and compiled into tables and graphs.
July 31, 2010 Need to do some work on the running totals for rainfall. While the rainfall measurements are accurate and the current figure displayed is correct, there are occasional errors with the 24-hour total and the monthly total. The data stored is correct. This is just a display issue.
July 27, 2010 For those of you who have expressed an interest in the winds, I added a Wind Run. Here you will find detailed wind information complete with a graphic for wind vectors. To view it, click on the Wind Run button next to the Country Meadows button. This is also a gif image, so if the time is older than 15 minutes, you may need to refresh your screen.
July 25, 2010 Added this What's New page. In addition to discussing what's going on with the site, I will attempt to answer your questions. I also welcome any suggestions for the site. Just send me an email: brad@countrymeadowsweather.com
July 22, 2010 Added a running 24-hour rainfall figure. If you get up in the morning to check the site, this will give you the rainfall for the past day. The current rainfall figure is for the present day. It covers the period from 00:01 - 24:00.
July 20, 2010 Because this site started mid-month and mid-year, the statistics for monthly and year-to-date rainfall figures are delayed. Monthly rainfall will begin on August 1st. Year-to-date will not start until January 01, 2011.
July 19, 2010 In order to make certain you are viewing the current weather information, please use your browser's refresh or reload function when viewing the screen. The screens for Country Meadows Weather, METAR and the National Mosaic are uploaded as gif images. Your browser may treat these as just another picture and may not automatically update them. For the sake of speed, browsers try not to reload an entire page each time. Rather, they cache images and files believed to be unchanged and download only the new information. Country Meadows weather updates every 15 minutes. METAR's update fifteen minutes past every hour. The upload times are indicated on each screen. So, if the times on these pages are older, hit your refresh function and you should get the current screen.
July 18, 2010 Country Meadows Website goes online.