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1. [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 13:37:55 -0500; This made me wonder about sensor placement. I have had a number of different wx stations and the instructions most provide for the placement of the outdoor temperature sensor is to simply mount it on; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00020.html (10,296 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: George Dubovsky <n4ua.va@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 13:54:06 -0500; You pretty much have to avoid the house. As you surmise, even the North side is going to be a heat source or sink. I did not start getting decent readings - ones that compared to Wunderground, etc -; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00021.html (10,840 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: Larry Stowell <wa2fif@att.net>; Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 14:02:12 -0500; I think that the NOAA "standard for temp reading is 5 ft above ground and some what in the clear. I've read that somewhere and for the last several years used that my sensor has the "radiation" shiel; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00022.html (11,221 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 14:17:14 -0500; Very interesting. Can you take a picture of it pse? I would imagine the distance from the sensor to the hood makes a difference and what the hood is made from. I would imagine white Styrofoam may not; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00023.html (12,135 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>; Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 13:18:57 -0600; Our master suite is ICF construction so there are two layers of 2 1/4 inches of Styrofoam separated by 8 inches of steel reinforced concrete in the exterior walls. This space can be heated with a ca; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00024.html (13,814 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: George Dubovsky <n4ua.va@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 14:40:44 -0500; Gedas, Imagine a stack of upside-down, white plastic bowls (about 7" dia, quite thin due to their dollar store origins), spaced from each other by a repeating triangle configuration of 1-1/2 inch or; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00025.html (14,715 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: n4uu73 <n4uu73@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2019 15:18:25 -0500; ,",,,Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -- Original message --From: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net> Date: 3/3/19 2:18 PM (GMT-05:00) To: towertalk@contesting.com Subject: Re:; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00026.html (13,945 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: Don <w7wll@arrl.net>; Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 13:06:28 -0800; If you want to create or setup a wx station compliant to the standards used by NOAA, a good read and place to start is the 'Federal Standard for Siting Meteorological Sensors at Airports', FCM-S4-199; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00028.html (11,520 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: Bob W5RN <rj.newton.w5rn@verizon.net>; Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 13:23:16 -0800; I found the following links with a quick Google search plus the Stevenson screen link which I had bookmarked some time ago. Stevenson Screen https://jimboombaweather.com/station/stevenson.html Proper; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00029.html (12,396 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: Larry McDavid <lmcdavid@lmceng.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 13:33:12 -0800; Note that Davis Instruments offers a "24-Hour Fan-Aspirated Radiation Shield." Its fan runs on a solar panel during the day while charging two NiCd C-cells, and then on the C-cells overnight. The tem; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00030.html (9,972 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: kdutson <kdutson@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2019 18:43:40 -0600; https://www.weatherlink.com/bulletin/2c1eb6cd-2251-4339-aa61-51fa9317547cThis is my station on a 20 foot wood post next to the barn. It has been up for a year with zero maintenance.There is a second; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00031.html (11,375 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 23:37:51 -0600; A good topic. The NWS recommendations are found here: https://www.weather.gov/media/epz/mesonet/CWOP-Siting.pdf Kim N5OP -- Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP SEL; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00068.html (8,884 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: "Bob Shohet, KQ2M" <kq2m@kq2m.com>; Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 06:05:12 -0500; Tnx for posting this. I like the Pilots WX forecasting stone. :-) 73 Bob KQ2M A good topic. The NWS recommendations are found here: https://www.weather.gov/media/epz/mesonet/CWOP-Siting.pdf Kim N5OP; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00069.html (9,229 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1): Author: Don <w7wll@arrl.net>; Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 08:11:44 -0800; Heck of a great read and clear siting guide for the amateur wx observer. Even with the CWOP and other stuff i receive I'd never seen that nice synopsis. Thanks for sharing Kim. I'm real close but see; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00073.html (9,760 bytes)

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