• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Weather Station Mounting Specs?

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Mike Parker

I can't seem to find any sites that explain what, if any, official guidelines that are used in setting up weather stations. For example, what size of a radiation shield should be used, what size of a vented box, what kind of wood, what color, how high off the ground etc... If anyone can point me in the direction of the "official specifications" that NOAA uses to set up their official stations I would be grateful. Thanks.
 
Mike,

You've looked through the ASOS User Guide? --> http://www.nws.noaa.gov/asos/pdfs/aum-toc.pdf ... Page 14 of the appendix ( http://www.nws.noaa.gov/asos/pdfs/appen.pdf ) has a table of specifications.

EDIT: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/oso1/oso11/oso...s/sensrgrp.html ... Some sensors have a link to "Technical Information" that includes manufacturer and model names. For example, regarding the tipping bucket:

The current precipitation accumulation gauge ASOS uses is a heated tipping bucket manufactured by the Frise Engineering Company of Baltimore, MD (see figure Page 2). Essentially, it is a revamped version of the old Belfort tipping bucket, widely used for decades. Today's Frise Tipper uses several design modifications that have either solved or mitigated a number of performance flaws in the original design. These modifications allow the new automated gauge to perform close to the old manual gauges, which serve as the "standards" in the testing world.
 
I can't seem to find any sites that explain what, if any, official guidelines that are used in setting up weather stations. For example, what size of a radiation shield should be used, what size of a vented box, what kind of wood, what color, how high off the ground etc... If anyone can point me in the direction of the "official specifications" that NOAA uses to set up their official stations I would be grateful. Thanks.

Are you talking about making an instrument shelter? (Also called a cotton region shelter) If you make one I'd love to see your specs and how you made it.

I've never seen any official specs on one. Just guidelines on how high it needs to be and siting locations. White, glossy paint is best.
 
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