Budgie

Not sure why it's not downloading on it's own Dave. I've done a bit of searching and there's a couple of things to check. 1. In the "Connections" page, check that the Main Internet switch is ON. 2. Also on the "Connections" page, make sure that there is a tick in the box for "Use Weather Display's own FTP", you'll find it under the "Host FTP Settings" area. Then click on "Save Now" and OK to exit. Maybe even click on Exit > Save & Exit - to close the program and restart. Sometimes a restart is what's needed. If none of that works then try a search of the forum at http://www.weather-watch.com/smf/index.php and see if you can find anything in there, maybe even post the problem as the author of the program is on there most day. :huh:

That Metar data looks good to me. In the Metar Download window, did you set the download directory? This tells the file where to go, so to speak, and you should have is set to c:\wdisplay\metar\ - not the location I posted above as I wasn't sure if Wdisplay wis in the program folder or not. Now, as for the other stuff. Normally the two squares would be green but you've haven't got a station connected so one will be red (I think). The numbers that are changing are data packets that WD is receiving from somewhere, not sure where though. Have you set WD to work "Stationless" (no weather station connected)? If not then go to: Control Panel > Station Type & Settings > Stationless/WLK/Vortex/VMS - and click on "Stationless" then close the window. In the Metar Download window, tick all the relivent boxes for using the data in WD. Now to set your altitude: From the Control Panel, click Units & Other Settings and in the bottom righthand box, at the top, you'll see an area to put your altitude. You can also set the units you want WD to display in this area, once complete then click OK to save. Now your position - Control Panel > Solar & Lunar Coordinates - Enter your latitude in the degrees, minutes & seconds boxes at the top and then click "Set Lat". Do the same for your longitude but tick the box to the right of the "Set Long" button if you're EAST of Greenwich. Now set your altitude again and click "Update". At the bottom of this screen, make sure the date is correct, press the "Update" button next to the date and then OK. There that should keep you going for now, next installment tomorrow.

One question, are you running it wired or wireless? Just thinking that maybe some sort of interference has caused it if you're running wireless.

Well the FTP log is saying that it's downloaded it, no errors and no early closing, and it's put it here on your drive: c:\wdisplay\metar\EGUB.met. Try going: View > Downloaded Metars - and switch the log ON (red switch in the top right corner of the window - should turn green), click OK and try another test in the Metar Download. Once that's complete then go back into the Downloaded Metars log and see if anything shows up. And no, I don't think there's a way to get historic data unless you want to pay for it, unless you've already got the logs from a personal weather station. :o

The only things I can suggest it to: Check the connections, remove them and give them a wipe to make sure there's no moisture on them. Change the batteries in the sensor pack. Do a complete power down (batteries out & pull the plug) on the console. This will re-establish the connection to all the sensors. Then see what it's like.

Hi Dave, For Benson you go to: Control Panel > FTP & Connections > Metar Download. 1. Turn on the main switch. 2. Select the ticky box marked "Use passive FTP", well it works for me. 3. Click on the button marked "Select Metar Download Folder" and choose where to put it. I suggest C:\Program\wdisplay\Metar if it's not the default. 3. Scroll through the list of Metars until you find Benson, select it and EGUB.txt should appear in the righthand window. 4. In the top left hand corner are the download time, I suggest just clicking on "Download Hourly" as they normally only get updated that often, and the download times will appear in the window next to the buttons. 5. Click "Test" and it should download the first Metar to the folder you specified. Under the list of stations there are some other choices that will help you get that data into WD, the main one is the ticky box marked "Use this Metar to update Weather Display's data". You must set the WD to "Stationless" in Control Panel > Station Type & Settings. Let me know how you get on. Martin.

Either that or do what I ended up doing and get a 1-Wire anemometer. :lol: Not that that's been running for the last few days, since a near lightning strike took out the USB adaptor for it.

You can set it up to receive data from your nearest airport METAR and use that data until you get the weather station. For hints & tips to get you going there are loads of FAQ's for Weather Display here: http://www.weather-watch.com/smf/index.php As for the station, the OS WMR928NX is a good station, although it lacks a data logger so it won't store any data when the PC is switched off. If it's a REALLY special birthday then you can't go wrong with the Davis Vantage Pro 2, but you need to buy a data logger as well to connect it to a PC. These are big money but worth it.

Not that close to us at the moment and not much chance of seeing anything from here tonight anyway, judging by the way the rain is hitting the windows!!

There were some large CB's heading across the island this morning and some heavy squally showers. One of the CB's produced some very large mamutus from it's base, shame I didn't have my camera with me in work today.

I wouldn't mention that you've had it apart though!!

If you clean up the connections and give them a spray with electrical contact cleaner, allow to dry well before putting it back together again, then that should work. If it doesn't work then, your station's not that old and it may still be covered under warrenty, worth a go anyway.

UK Weather Shop does the sensor pack but it's £40!! Can you not take it apart and clean it?

Hi Busman, It's more than likely that it's the reed switch on the circuit board in the raingauge that's gone. If you're handy with a soldering iron then you can replace these. You can get the reed switch from Maplin's. Failing that, you can get a new raingauge from the UK Weather Shop but that's £25. If you want to go for a different type of raingauge then the only real option is to for a 1-Wire type from Audon in the UK or Hobby Boards in the U.S.

The Muirneag isn't known locally as the "Olympic Flame" for nothing you know!!

I have my raingauge on a post in the garden and it's been there for about 3 years now without any problems. When I first put it up I secured it with screw through the base but I found that this caused the arms, that the bucket spindle goes through, to to be pulled together which stopped the buckets from tipping freely. I now have two 90 degree brackets the secure to the sides of the gauge, you can see one in the photo below. I also made a radiation screen from plant pot drip trays for the sensor pack to sit in as I was getting so very high readings in the summer, upto 25 C!! I'm now reading within 1 C of Stornoway Airport Metar so it seems to have worked. Hi Dimitris, I've not seen you around much, hope you are keeping well and that the temperature in Greece this summer is lower than in 2007!! Budgie - WD forum.

But they only finished putting the windows in on Friday and I've been doing the inside since then.

That depends on whether you'd planned to do some painting outside tomorrow or not.

There's at least one on Point Cookie, next to the Coastguard aerial site at Aird. :lol:

This PDF is worth a read, it's the setup info provided by CWOP (Citizen Weather Observer Program) and gives some good info and the standards that they use: http://home.comcast.net/~dshelms/CWOP_Guide.pdf

I've had the cup type for a while now and it's lasted longer than any of the three fan anemometers I've had. It seems to be accurate but it'll be stationary in light winds when my AAG is registering 1-2 knots.

I took the well thought out approach, looking at past history, the current trends and searching for any clues that may point me one way or the other. Then I threw all that aside and just made a pure guess.

Budgie: Date first named storm is formed: 23rd May Last storm dissipated: 9th December Name of strongest hurricane: Laura Number of Hurricanes (Cat 1+): 12 Number of major Hurricanes (Cat 3+): 3

Shetland Coastie will never make it back to Lerwick with that rig!!

About time too, I'm on leave this week and have plenty of jobs on the "To do" list that requires working out side.