Updates
- February 19, 2006
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- Site completely redesigned to make it more consistent with the Tice Fire Protection and Rescue District web site.
- August 11, 2005
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- Our weather station is now officially up and online!
Site
Our weather station is located at 9351 Workmen Way in the Tice neighborhood of Ft. Myers, FL.
Data Quality
Our station is a member of the Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) and it's data is quality checked by comparing our readings to a predicted value based upon an analysis of the data from other local weather stations. If our values stray too far from this predicted value we are notified. Our current quality status can be viewed by clicking the graphic at the left or by going to CWOP Information for CW4265.
Station Hardware
- Davis Instruments Vantage Pro 2 Wireless Console with Datalogger
- Davis Instruments Integrated Sensor Suite which includes:
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- Temperature
- Humidity
- Rain (measured in .01 inch increments)
- Wind speed
- Wind direction
- PC
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- NEED PC DETAILS
- Windows XP Pro
- APC BackUPS XS1000 UPS
Software
The PC that runs our station is dedicated solely to that purpose. No other applications run on it. Here is our current software setup:
- PC 1 (Weather Station Interface)
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- Windows XP Pro SP2
- Weatherlink 5.5.1 from Davis Instruments.
To conserve bandwidth we upload a small data file that is then processed as each page loads.
Additional Credits
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Our web page was designed and is maintained by Anole Computer Services, LLC.
Our weather station hardware was also installed and configured by Anole Computer Services, LLC. -
Tom at carterlake.org
Tom provided the original php scripts that provide the NWS forecasts and advisories. The scripts have been extensively modified from the originals but none of this would have been possible without his contribution. -
Kevin Reed at TNET Services, Inc.
Kevin created the CWOP logos.