Citizen Weather Observer Program

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Citizen Weather Observer Program</title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 9.00.8112.16437"><link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="http://www.wxqa.com/favicon.ico"></head> <body background="http://www.wxqa.com/marb009.jpg">Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) Information <a href="http://www.findu.com/citizenweather/signup.html" target="_blank"><img border="2" alt="CWOP Logo - Sign up Now and Add to Your Page!!!" src="http://www.wxqa.com/archive/cwp_logo.gif" width="211" height="211"></a> Updated:  November 14, 2012 <div align="center"> <center> <table border="1" bordercolor="#00ffff" bordercolorlight="#0000ff" bordercolordark="#008080" width="1024" bgcolor="#d6d6d6"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="99" align="center"><a href="http://www.wxqa.com/cwop_info.htm#Who are Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) People?">Who are CWOP Members?</a></td> <td width="97" align="center"><a href="http://www.wxqa.com/cwop_info.htm#CWOP/APRSWXNET Information">CWOP Background Info</a></td> <td width="80" align="center"><a href="http://www.wxqa.com/cwop_info.htm#Signup and Access Information:">Join CWOP!</a></td> <td width="125" align="center"><a href="http://www.wxqa.com/cwop_info.htm#Weather Software Supporting CWOP/APRSWXNET Protocal:">Weather Software Supporting CWOP</a></td> <td width="88"> <a href="http://www.wxqa.com/cwop_info.htm#How does CWOP Data get to NOAA?">CWOP Data Flow</a></td> <td width="84" align="center"><a href="http://www.wxqa.com/cwop_info.htm#Viewing Your CWOP Data:">Viewing CWOP Data</a></td> <td width="89"> <a href="http://www.wxqa.com/cwop_info.htm#Sources of Quality Assessment for your Weather Station's Data">Data Quality Monitoring</a></td> <td width="118" align="center"><a href="http://www.wxqa.com/cwop_info.htm#On-line Weather Servers Sharing Data with NOAA">Other Servers Sharing Data with NOAA</a></td> <td width="95"> <a href="http://www.wxqa.com/cwop_info.htm#NOAA and CWOP/APRSWXNET">CWOP Partners</a></td> <td width="89" align="center"><a href="http://www.wxqa.com/cwop_info.htm#CWOP and Internet Security">CWOP and Computer Security</a></td></tr></tbody></table></center></div> <blockquote> <blockquote> <ul> <li><a name="Who are Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) People?">Who are Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) People? </a></li></ul> <blockquote> -- Have an Internet connection (cable, DSL, dial-up, etc.) ***or*** have a wireless digital Ham setup (there are 10,000+ registered CWOP members, i.e., "CWxxxx", "DWxxxx", "APxxxx", "ARxxxx", and "ASXXX" stations, on <a href="http://www.findu.com/citizenweather/">FINDU</a>/ <a href="https://madis.ncep.noaa.gov/index.shtml">MADIS</a>) -- Generally have a well sited weather station (O.K., trees block my winds too) -- Want to share their data -- Have weather data logging software that can format and send APRS messages (VWS, WeatherDisplay, WeatherLink, WeatherView32, etc.) -- Think of watching weather as a serious hobby -- Want to learn about how things fit together</blockquote> <ul> <li><a name="CWOP/APRSWXNET Information">CWOP/APRSWXNET Background Information</a> </li></ul> <blockquote> *  Background Info Page: <a href="http://www.findu.com/citizenweather/" target="_blank">http://www.findu.com/citizenweather/</a></blockquote> <blockquote> * Main CWOP Page by CWOP Support: <a href="http://wxqa.com/" target="_blank">http://wxqa.com/</a> Includes: -- Latest CWOP News and System Status, check here often! -- Weather station siting info -- Posts CWOP station QC data from MADIS -- Show "raw" packets of data -- Post station list of CWOP sites  * CWOP National Hurricane Center Page by WX4NHC and Joe Schmidt: <a href="https://www.fiu.edu/orgs/w4ehw/CWOP-Main.html" target="_blank">http://www.fiu.edu/orgs/w4ehw/CWOP-Main.html</a></blockquote> <ul> <li><a name="Signup and Access Information:">Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) Signup and Access Information: </a></li></ul> <blockquote> * CWOP Signup Page: Get your CWOP ID here, ex. CWxxxx <a href="http://www.findu.com/citizenweather/signup.html" target="_blank">http://www.findu.com/citizenweather/signup.html</a> * Within a week after signing up, please check <a href="http://www.wxqa.com/search.htm">CWOP search</a> to confirm. Then, after verifying your findU.com location, send e-mail to cwop-support@noaa.gov and request registration.</blockquote> <ul> <li><a name="Weather Software Supporting CWOP/APRSWXNET Protocal:">Weather Software Supporting CWOP/APRSWXNET Protocol (in alphabetical order):</a>  Please contact me if your application is not represented or the info needs updating; thanks for supporting CWOP!!! </li></ul> <blockquote> <table border="3" bordercolor="#00ffff" bordercolorlight="#008080" bordercolordark="#0000ff" width="1007" height="1714"> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#e2e796" height="57" width="146" align="center"> Company</td> <td bgcolor="#e2e796" height="57" width="107" align="center">Application Storefront</td> <td bgcolor="#e2e796" height="57" width="91" align="center">User's Forum</td> <td bgcolor="#e2e796" height="57" width="104" align="center">CWOP/   APRSWXNET Forum</td> <td bgcolor="#e2e796" height="57" width="73" align="center">Contact (fix "at" with @)</td> <td bgcolor="#e2e796" height="57" width="109" align="center">Operating System</td> <td bgcolor="#e2e796" height="57" width="331" align="center">Hardware Supported: Manufacturer (Model)</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="110" valign="top" width="146">1.  1-Wire Weather Service for Java ("as is" code)</td> <td height="110" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * <a href="http://mysite.verizon.net/karl_uppiano/wxservice.html">OW4J Page</a> * Download code *Documentation</td> <td height="110" valign="top" width="91" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="110" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="110" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:Karl_Uppiano%20at%20msn.com">Karl Uppiano</a></td> <td height="110" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows</td> <td height="110" valign="top" width="331" align="left">AAG (Dallas 1 Wire weather station (and version 3))</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="105" valign="top" width="146">2. AfterTen Software Supports the Mac!</td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> *<a href="http://www.afterten.com/products/weathertracker/">WeatherTracker</a> Download online version </td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="91" align="center"><a href="http://www.afterten.com/forum/">AfterTen Forum</a></td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:dean%20at%20afterten.com">Dean Davis</a></td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Mac OS X  10.4.5 or later  </td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather-monitoring/#solutions" target="_blank">Davis Instruments</a>  (VP (1 or 2), WM II, Wizard) <a href="https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/index.html" target="_blank">La Crosse</a> (23XX) <a href="http://www2.oregonscientific.com/" target="_blank">Oregon Scientific</a> (WM918 and WMR968)</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="384" valign="top" width="146">3. Ambient</td> <td height="384" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> *  <a href="https://www.ambientweather.com/software.html" target="_blank">VWS Software</a>  <a href="https://www.ambientweather.com/featurescomp.html" target="_blank">Note:  Requires "Web and Internet" VWS Version to support APRS/CWOP</a> Note:  Add on software required for APRS/CWOP: <a href="http://www.meteorologica.co.uk/APRS/VWSaprs.zip" target="_blank">VWSAPRS</a></td> <td height="384" valign="top" width="91" align="center"></td> <td height="384" valign="top" width="104" align="center"><a href="http://users.boardnation.com/~ambient/index.php?board=34" target="_blank">VWS CWOP Forum</a></td> <td height="384" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:ambient%20at%20milltech.co.uk">Tim West</a></td> <td height="384" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows</td> <td height="384" valign="top" width="331" align="left">AAG (Dallas 1 Wire weather station (and version 3)) <a href="https://www.campbellsci.com/" target="_blank">Campbell Scientific</a> <a href="http://www.columbiaweather.com/WeatherStations.html" target="_blank">Columbia Weather</a> (Capricorn 2000) <a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/stations.asp" target="_blank">Davis Instruments</a> (Vantage Pro/Plus, VP2, WM II, Wizard III, Perception) --- VP, VP2 requires Davis <a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/software.asp">WeatherLink </a>Console to PC package Huger (WM-918) <a href="https://www.ambientweather.com/kestrel.html" target="_blank">Kestral </a>4000 <a href="https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/index.html" target="_blank">LaCrosse</a> (WS-2300, WS-2305, WS-2310, WS-2315) <a href="http://www2.oregonscientific.com/" target="_blank">Oregon Scientific</a> (WM-918, WMR-918, WMR-928N, WMR-968) <a href="http://www.peetbros.com/" target="_blank">Peet Bros</a> (ULTIMETER 2100, 2000, 800, 100) ...<a href="http://www.peetbros.com/HTML_Pages/cwop.htm" target="_blank">Peet Bros CWOP Page</a> <a href="http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F007%5F013%5F001%5F000&product%5Fid=63%2D1016" target="_blank">Radio Shack</a> (WX-200, AccuWx 63-1016) <a href="http://www.rainwise.com/" target="_blank">Rainwise</a> (MKIII, WT-2000, MH-1) <a href="http://www.texas-weather.com/" target="_blank">Texas Weather Inst.</a> <a href="http://www.weatherhawk.com/" target="_blank">WeatherHawk</a></td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="105" valign="top" width="146">4. <a href="https://www.controlbyweb.com/" target="_blank">ControlByWeb</a> X-320M Web-Enabled Weather Station Controller with direct data upload</td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> *  <a href="https://www.controlbyweb.com/x320m/" target="_blank">X-320M</a> Web-Enabled Weather Station Controller</td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="91" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:support%20at%20ControlByWeb.com">ControlByWeb Support</a></td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> X-320M can be configured through a web browser on any operating system. No PC is required for data upload.</td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="331" align="left">The X-320M Weather Station Controller is compatible with many 3rd party meteorological sensors from manufacturers such as: Davis Instruments RM Young Met One NRG Systems WaterLog Comet Novalynx Setra Vaisala Stevens Apogee Instruments A detailed list of specific 3rd party sensors can be downloaded <a href="https://www.controlbyweb.com/x320m/X-320M_sensor_compatibility_revB.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. </td></tr> <tr> </tr><tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="105" valign="top" width="146">5. Davis Setup Procedures: </td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> *  <a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/support/weather/software.asp" target="_blank">WeatherLink</a> Requires WxLink version 5.2 or later</td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="91" align="center"></td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:support%20at%20davisnet.com">Davis Support</a></td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows, * Mac version Does NOT support CWOP, yet</td> <td height="105" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/stations.asp" target="_blank">Davis Instruments</a> (Vantage Pro/Plus, VP2, WM II, Wizard III) --- VP, VP2 requires Davis <a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/software.asp">WeatherLink </a> Console to PC package</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="79" valign="top" width="146">6. FreeWX </td> <td height="79" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * <a href="http://www.freewx.net/">FreeWx</a></td> <td height="79" valign="top" width="91" align="center"><a href="http://forums.freewx.net/" target="_blank">FreeWx Forum</a></td> <td height="79" valign="top" width="104" align="center"></td> <td height="79" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:andy%20at%20keir.net">Andy Keir</a></td> <td height="79" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows</td> <td height="79" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="http://www2.oregonscientific.com/" target="_blank">Oregon Scientific</a> (WM-918, WMR-918/928/968) <a href="http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F007%5F013%5F001%5F000&product%5Fid=63%2D1016" target="_blank">Radio Shack</a> (WX-200, AccuWx 63-1016) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="81" valign="top" width="146">7. GNU_Wx(Freeware- use code "as is") </td> <td height="81" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * <a href="https://www.wraith.sf.ca.us/cwop/index.html" target="_blank">GNU Wx</a> </td> <td height="81" valign="top" width="91" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="81" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="81" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:gnu%20At%20wraith.sf.ca.us?subject=CWOP">Steven Bjork </a></td> <td height="81" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * GNU Unix</td> <td height="81" valign="top" width="331" align="left"> Temperature Sensor Note:  This is a "home brew" weather station </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="50" valign="top" width="146">8. Henriksen</td> <td height="50" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * <a href="http://weather.henriksens.net/" target="_blank">1-Wire</a></td> <td height="50" valign="top" width="91" align="center"></td> <td height="50" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="50" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:arsh%20at%20online.no">Arne Henriksen</a></td> <td height="50" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows</td> <td height="50" valign="top" width="331" align="left">AAG (Dallas 1-Wire)</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="65" valign="top" width="146">9. Melhuish Projects (use code "as is")</td> <td height="65" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * <a href="http://melhuish.info/simon/projects/index.html" target="_blank">1WW Linux Project</a> * <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/oww/" target="_blank">SourceForge</a></td> <td height="65" valign="top" width="91" align="center"><a href="http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=86628" target="_blank">Source Forge</a></td> <td height="65" valign="top" width="104" align="center"><a href="http://oww.sourceforge.net/cwop.html" target="_blank">CWOP Info Page</a></td> <td height="65" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:simon%20at%20melhuish.info">Simon Melhuish</a></td> <td height="65" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Linux * BSD *RISC OS</td> <td height="65" valign="top" width="331" align="left">AAG (Dallas 1 Wire weather station (and version 3))</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="99" valign="top" width="146">10. Misterhouse</td> <td height="99" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * <a href="http://www.misterhouse.net/" target="_blank">Misterhouse</a> <a href="http://misterhouse.net/mh/code/public/weather_vw.pl" target="_blank">weather_vw.pl</a>   (PERL script by <a href="mailto:n7qnm%20at%20n7qnm.net">Clay Jackson</a>)</td> <td height="99" valign="top" width="91" align="center"><a href="https://groups.yahoo.com/group/MisterHouse/messages" target="_blank">MH Yahoo Forum</a></td> <td height="99" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="99" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:bruce%20at%20misterhouse.net">Bruce Winter</a></td> <td height="99" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Linux</td> <td height="99" valign="top" width="331" align="left">"weather_vw" is a helper application for the Ambient VWS application; thus, supports the weather stations VWS supports.</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="79" valign="top" width="146">11. Open2300 (use code "as is")</td> <td height="79" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/weather/" target="_blank">Kenneth's Wx Page</a> *  <a href="http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Open2300/WebHome" target="_blank">Open2300 Wiki</a></td> <td height="79" valign="top" width="91" align="center"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lacrosse_weather_stations/" target="_blank">Open2300 Yahoo Forum</a></td> <td height="79" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="79" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:kenneth%20at%20lavrsen.dk">Kenneth Jahn Lavrsen</a></td> <td height="79" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Linux * FreeBSD * netBSD * Windows</td> <td height="79" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/index.html" target="_blank">La Crosse</a> (2300, 2305, 2310, 2315) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="158" valign="top" width="146">12. PC-Wetterstation / WsWin</td> <td height="158" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> *<a href="https://pc-wetterstation.de/en1index.html" target="_blank"> Intro Page</a> * <a href="https://pc-wetterstation.de/en2index.html" target="_blank">Download Page</a> Note: Add on software required for APRS/CWOP: <a href="https://pc-wetterstation.de/wswinaprs.exe">WsWin</a><a href="http://pc-wetterstation.de/wswinaprs.exe" target="_blank">Aprs</a></td> <td height="158" valign="top" width="91" align="center"><a href="https://pc-wetterstation.de/en6index.html" target="_blank">WsWin Forum</a> (German)</td> <td height="158" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="158" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:werner.krenn%20At%20t-online.de">Werner Krenn</a></td> <td height="158" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows</td> <td height="158" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="https://www.elv.de/Main.asp?Menue=Shop&SessionId=00117435150632076442" target="_blank">ELV</a>/ <a href="http://www.conrad.de/" target="_blank">Conrad</a>/ Huger (WS2000 (V2.x) and WS2500 (V3.x)) <a href="http://www2.oregonscientific.com/" target="_blank">Oregon Scientific</a> (WM918,  WMR-918/ WMR-968/ WMR-928N) <a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/stations.asp" target="_blank">Davis Instruments</a> (Vantage Pro, Vantage Pro2)... with WeatherLink file Mebus, Irox, Honeywell, RSB (TE923) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="82" valign="top" width="146">13. Mach 10 Software</td> <td height="82" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> *  </td> <td height="82" valign="top" width="91" align="center"><a href="http://www.weathermatrix.net/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=9">WxMatrix</a></td> <td height="82" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="82" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:mxcp%20at%20mxcp.com">Marcus Adams</a></td> <td height="82" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows</td> <td height="82" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="http://www.peetbros.com/" target="_blank">Peet Bros</a> (ULTIMETER 2100, 2000, 800, 100)</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="82" valign="top" width="146">14. OSCirrus Software</td> <td height="82" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * </td> <td height="82" valign="top" width="91" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="82" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="82" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:oscirrus%20at%20360lv.com">Landon Cox</a></td> <td height="82" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Linux (Ruby)</td> <td height="82" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="http://www.fascinatingelectronics.com/">Fascinating Electronics Anemometer</a> <a href="https://www.olimex.com/">Olimex AVR MT 128 controller</a>   -- Sold by <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php">SparkFun Electronics</a></td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="85" valign="top" width="146">15. Raindrop Labs "wiz3d" ("as is" code)</td> <td height="85" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * <a href="http://www.rdrop.com/mrtg/weather.html" target="_blank">Raindrop Labs Page</a> * </td> <td height="85" valign="top" width="91" align="center"><a href="http://www.weathermatrix.net/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=9">WxMatrix</a></td> <td height="85" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="85" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:alan%20at%20batie.org">Alan Batie</a></td> <td height="85" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * FreeBSD</td> <td height="85" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/stations.asp" target="_blank">Davis Instruments</a> (Weather Wizard II/III)</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="123" valign="top" width="146">16. Thunderhead Technologies</td> <td height="123" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> *  <a href="http://www.thunderheadtech.com/">WxSolution</a></td> <td height="123" valign="top" width="91" align="center"></td> <td height="123" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="123" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:DanHanson%20at%20ThunderheadTech.com">Dan Hanson</a></td> <td height="123" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows</td> <td height="123" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/stations.asp" target="_blank">Davis Instruments</a> (Weather Monitor II, Weather Wizard II/III, Vantage Pro, VP2) --- VP, VP2 requires Davis <a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/software.asp">WeatherLink </a>Console to PC package <a href="http://www.webbcon.com/forecasttech/products.html" target="_blank">Heathkit </a>(ID-4001, ID-5001) <a href="http://www.texas-weather.com/" target="_blank">Texas Weather Inst.</a> (WR-25 and variations)</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="74" valign="top" width="146">17. VanProd</td> <td height="74" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * <a href="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/S/ST/STSANDER/" target="_blank">Vanprod Root</a> * <a href="http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/S/ST/STSANDER/vanprod-doc.html">Home Page</a> * </td> <td height="74" valign="top" width="91" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="74" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="74" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:stsander%20at%20sblan.net">Stan Sander</a></td> <td height="74" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Linux, * Unix, * Mac OS X</td> <td height="74" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/stations.asp" target="_blank">Davis Instruments</a> (Vantage Pro, Vantage Pro2)</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="74" valign="top" width="146">18. Steve's Weather Tools/ VPLive (Freeware)</td> <td height="74" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * <a href="http://www.softwx.com/index.html" target="_blank">Steve's Weather Tools Root</a> * <a href="http://www.softwx.com/weather/vplive.html">VPLive Home Page</a> * <a href="http://www.softwx.com/weather/vptools/vplive.rtf">Readme</a>  </td> <td height="74" valign="top" width="91" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="74" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="74" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:support%20at%20softwx.com">Steve Hatchett</a></td> <td height="74" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows</td> <td height="74" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/stations.asp" target="_blank">Davis Instruments</a> (Vantage Pro, Vantage Pro2)</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="554" valign="top" width="146">19. Weather Display (WD) </td> <td height="554" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * <a href="http://www.weather-display.com/" target="_blank">WD - Full Version</a> * <a href="http://www.weather-display.com/downloadfiles/aprslitesetup.exe">APRSLite</a> - Supports CWOP only</td> <td height="554" valign="top" width="91" align="center"> <a href="http://www.weather-watch.com/smf/index.php?theme=3&Itemid=40" target="_blank">WD Forum</a> </td> <td height="554" valign="top" width="104" align="center"><a href="http://www.weather-watch.com/smf/index.php/board,13.0.html" target="_blank">WD CWOP Forum</a></td> <td height="554" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:info%20at%20weather-display.com">Brian Hamilton</a></td> <td height="554" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows * <a href="http://www.weather-display.com/linux.php" target="_blank">Linux</a> - RedHat7.2+, SuSe7.3+, or Mandrake8.2+) (limited hardware support for Linux)</td> <td height="554" valign="top" width="331" align="left">AAG (Dallas 1 Wire weather station (and version 3)) <a href="http://www.campbellsci.com/" target="_blank">Campbell Scientific</a> <a href="https://www.columbiaweather.com/products/weather-stations/" target="_blank">Columbia Weather</a> (Capricorn 2000) <a href="http://www.climatronics.com/" target="_blank">Climatronics Ultrasonic</a> <a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/stations.asp" target="_blank">Davis Instruments</a> (WMII, Wizard III, Grow, Vantage Pro/Plus, VP2) --- VP, VP2 requires Davis <a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/software.asp">WeatherLink </a> Console to PC package <a href="http://www.environdata.com.au/" target="_blank">Environdata </a>(2000) <a href="https://www.elv.de/Main.asp?Menue=Shop&SessionId=00117435150632076442" target="_blank">ELV</a>/ <a href="http://www.conrad.de/" target="_blank">Conrad</a>/ Huger (2010/ 2110/2210/2310/ 2315/2300/WS23XX/WS2500PC/2510/3600) <a href="http://www.webbcon.com/forecasttech/products.html" target="_blank">Heathkit </a>(ID -5001)  <a href="https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/index.html" target="_blank">La Crosse</a> (2010, 2110, 2210, 2300, 2305, 2310, 2315, 2500, 2510, 3600) <a href="https://www.maximum-inc.com/index.cfm" target="_blank">Maximum Inst.</a> (Weathermax) Mebus, <a href="http://www.irox.ch/">Irox Pro</a>, <a href="http://www.honeywellweatherstations.com/TE923W.html">Honeywell</a>, RSB (TE923) Metron (UWS 3000-ws) <a href="http://www.novalynx.com/" target="_blank">Novalynx</a> (WS-16 Weather Station) <a href="http://www2.oregonscientific.com/" target="_blank">Oregon Scientific</a> (WM918,  WMR-918/ WMR-968/ WMR-928N, WM-900H) <a href="http://www.peetbros.com/">Peet Bros </a>(Ultimeter 100, 500, 800, 2000, 2100 and II)...<a href="http://www.peetbros.com/HTML_Pages/cwop.htm" target="_blank">Peet Bros CWOP Page</a> <a href="https://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F007%5F013%5F001%5F000&product%5Fid=63%2D1016" target="_blank">Radio Shack</a> (WM200/MK III) <a href="http://www.rainwise.com/" target="_blank">Rain Wise</a> (WS2000) <a href="http://www.texas-weather.com/" target="_blank">Texas Weather Inst.</a> (WR-25 and variations)  <a href="http://www.weatherhawk.com/" target="_blank">Weather Hawk</a></td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="98" valign="top" width="146">20. WeatherHawk-XP/X Supports the Mac!</td> <td height="98" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * <a href="http://www.weatherhawk.com/products-systems-software.htm" target="_blank">Download online version</a> </td> <td height="98" valign="top" width="91" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="98" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="98" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:johnston%20At%20weatherhawk.com">John Johnston</a></td> <td height="98" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows 2000/XP * Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later </td> <td height="98" valign="top" width="331" align="left">(Models 232, 240, 510, 511, 520, 521 916, 922)  </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="171" valign="top" width="146">21.WeatherView32  </td> <td height="171" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> *  <a href="http://www.weatherview32.com/" target="_blank">WV32</a> <a href="http://www.weatherview32.com/downloads.html" target="_blank">Download online version</a> 6.0.0.156 for free from WV32.  CWOP supported in all versions except Home</td> <td height="171" valign="top" width="91" align="center"><a href="http://www.weathermatrix.net/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=9" target="_blank">WxMatrix Forum</a></td> <td height="171" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="171" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:wxview%20at%20weatherview32.com">Dave Heider</a></td> <td height="171" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows: NT, 2000, ME, and XP</td> <td height="171" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="http://www.columbiaweather.com/products/weather-stations/" target="_blank">Columbia Weather</a> (Capricorn 2000) <a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/stations.asp" target="_blank">Davis Instruments</a>  (WM II, III, VP 1, 2) --- VP, VP2 requires Davis <a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/software.asp">WeatherLink </a>Console to PC package <a href="https://www.maximum-inc.com/index.cfm" target="_blank">Maximum Inst.</a> (Weathermax) <a href="http://www2.oregonscientific.com/" target="_blank">Oregon Scientific</a> (WM-918/WRM-918) <a href="http://www.peetbros.com/">Peet Bros </a>  (Ulitmeter 2000, 2100) <a href="https://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F007%5F013%5F001%5F000&product%5Fid=63%2D1016" target="_blank">Radio Shack</a> (WM200) <a href="http://www.rainwise.com/" target="_blank">Rain Wise</a> (WS2000) <a href="http://www.texas-weather.com/">Texas Weather Inst.</a><a href="http://www.texas-weather.com/"> </a>(1-Wire)</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="199" valign="top" rowspan="3" width="146">22. WUHU  (Freeware)</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> * <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wuhu_software_group/" target="_blank">WUHU Yahoo Forum</a>  </td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="91" align="center"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wuhu_software_group/" target="_blank">Yahoo Forum</a>  </td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:wuhu_software%20at%20yahoo.com">H. Smith</a></td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows (except Win98)</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/index.html" target="_blank">La Crosse</a> (WS23XX, and WS3600) <a href="http://www2.oregonscientific.com/" target="_blank">Oregon Scientific</a>(WMR-968/918/928) Mebus, <a href="http://www.irox.ch/">Irox Pro</a>, <a href="http://www.honeywellweatherstations.com/TE923W.html">Honeywell</a>, RSB (TE923) Note:  WUHU replaces the LaCrosse "HeavyWeather" data logging application</td></tr> <tr> <td height="63" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> b.  <a href="https://www.ambientweather.com/featurescomp.html" target="_blank">Ambient VWS</a> - Base and Internet Versions</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="91" align="center"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wuhu_software_group/" target="_blank">Yahoo Forum</a> </td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:wuhu_software%20at%20yahoo.com">H. Smith</a></td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows (except Win98)</td> <td height="63" valign="top" width="331" align="left">All <a href="https://www.ambientweather.com/cowest.html" target="_blank">weather stations</a> supported by <a href="https://www.ambientweather.com/featurescomp.html" target="_blank">Ambient VWS application</a> (#1 above).  Note:  WUHU is a helper application for the Ambient VWS.  You need to install and configure this application before loading WUHU. </td></tr> <tr> <td height="63" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> c.  <a href="http://www.weatherview32.com/" target="_blank">WV32</a> - Supports all versions of WV32</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="91" align="center"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wuhu_software_group/" target="_blank">Yahoo Forum</a>  </td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:wuhu_software%20at%20yahoo.com">H. Smith</a></td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Windows (except Win98)</td> <td height="63" valign="top" width="331" align="left">All <a href="http://www.weatherview32.com/downloads.html" target="_blank">weather stations</a> supported by <a href="http://www.weatherview32.com/" target="_blank">WeatherView32 application</a> (#15 above).  Note:  WUHU is a helper application for WeatherView32.  You need to install and configure this application before loading WUHU. </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="73" valign="top" width="146">23.  WView Supports the Mac!</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> *  <a href="http://www.wviewweather.com/">WView</a></td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="91" align="center"></td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:mark%20at%20teel.ws">Mark Teel</a></td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Linux * FreeBSD * Unix * Mac OSX</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/stations.asp" target="_blank">Davis Instruments</a> (Vantage Pro and VP 2) --- Requires Davis <a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/software.asp">WeatherLink</a> Console to PC package <a href="https://www.vaisala.com/businessareas/instruments/products/weathermulti-sensor">Vaisala WXT-510</a> <a href="https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/index.html">La Crosse</a> (WS-2300, 2305, 2310, 2315)</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="73" valign="top" width="146">24.  weewx Written in Python!</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> *  <a href="http://www.weewx.com/">weewx</a></td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="91" align="center"><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/weewx-user">weewx User's Group</a></td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:tkeffer%20at%20gmail.com">Tom Keffer</a></td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Linux * FreeBSD * Unix * Mac OSX</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/stations.asp" target="_blank">Davis Instruments</a> (Vantage Pro and VP 2) --- Requires Davis <a href="https://www.davisinstruments.com/weather/products/software.asp">WeatherLink</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="73" valign="top" width="146">25. WX200D</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="107" align="center"> *  <a href="http://wx200d.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">wx200d</a> *  </td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="91" align="center"></td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="104" align="center">TBD</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="73" align="center"><a href="mailto:tyler%20at%20allisonhouse.com" target="_blank">Tyler Allison</a></td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="109" align="center"> * Linux</td> <td height="73" valign="top" width="331" align="left"><a href="http://www2.oregonscientific.com/" target="_blank">Oregon Scientific</a> (WM-918, WMR-918, WMR-968) <a href="https://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F007%5F013%5F001%5F000&product%5Fid=63%2D1016" target="_blank">Radio Shack</a> (WX-200)</td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote> <blockquote> * APRS Protocol:  CWOP uses the APRS protocol to format its messages.  Here's a couple places to learn more about APRS formatted weather messages:         -  <a href="http://pond1.gladstonefamily.net:8080/aprswxnet.html" target="_blank">Philip Gladstones APRSWXNET Page (learn by example):   http://pond1.gladstonefamily.net:8080/aprswxnet.html</a>         -  <a href="http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/rawwx.cgi?call=CW0351" target="_blank">Raw data stream example:  http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/rawwx.cgi?call=CW0351</a>         -  <a href="ftp://ftp.tapr.org/aprssig/aprsspec/spec/aprs101/APRS101.pdf" target="_blank">TAPR Full APRS© Specification (pdf file):   ftp://ftp.tapr.org/aprssig/aprsspec/spec/aprs101/APRS101.pdf</a></blockquote> <ul> <li><a name="How does CWOP Data get to NOAA?">How does CWOP Data get to NOAA?</a> </li></ul> <blockquote> <ol> <li>CWOP data are sent in real-time from your Personal Weather Station (PWS) via the Internet or through a Ham Radio wireless RF broadcast to a site with an Internet connection (Digipeater) </li><li>Data are forwarded to the CWOP servers, using the round-robin domain "cwop.aprs.net" port 14580.   </li><li>Data are sent to the <a href="http://www.findu.com/citizenweather/" target="_blank">FINDU</a> server where <a href="http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=K4HG&last=36&radar=***" target="_blank">html time series</a> web pages are created for CWOP members and files are queued for pickup by the NOAA <a href="https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gsd/">Global Systems Division.</a> </li><li>Finally, NOAA <a href="http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gsd/">Global Systems Division</a> fetches the data from <a href="http://www.findu.com/citizenweather/" target="_blank">FINDU</a> every 15 minutes and ingest the data into the <a href="https://madis.ncep.noaa.gov/index.shtml/">Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS)</a> database (as "APRSWXNET" data type) where data are quality controlled, merged with over 25,000 other surface observations and forwarded to other NOAA workcenters, including some Weather Forecast Offices (WFO)... <a href="https://madis.ncep.noaa.gov/index.shtml" target="_blank">more info about MADIS</a>. </li></ol> CWOP servers supporting CWOP connections:  APRS nodes and ports (blue columns below) are used in data logging software to send data to CWOP/APRSWXNET <table border="1" width="93%" height="132"> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#e2e796" height="38" width="25%">SYSOP/Email</td> <td bgcolor="#e2e796" height="38" width="25%">Web Page</td> <td bgcolor="#e2e796" height="38" width="26%">Server Status</td> <td bgcolor="#e2e796" height="38" width="24%">APRS Node</td> <td bgcolor="#e2e796" height="38" width="25%"> Port</td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" height="79" width="25%">Gerry Creager</td> <td height="79" width="25%"><a href="http://cwop.aprs.net:14501/">http://cwop.aprs.net:14501/</a></td> <td height="79" width="26%">Note:  "cwop" is not an actual server, pseudo 'round-robin' load sharing.  We recommend "cwop.aprs.net" be your primary server.</td> <td bgcolor="#738fc4" height="79" width="24%">cwop.aprs.net</td> <td bgcolor="#738fc4" height="79" width="25%">14580</td></tr></tbody></table> <blockquote> <blockquote> Notes:  </blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <ul> <li>Software connecting to CWOP/APRSWXNET should only use the cwop.aprs.net server, port 14580 as the primary server and automatically "roll-over" to servers listed above if the primary server is unreachable. </li><li>Suggest CWOP/APRSWXNET members send their data every 15 minutes, optimally every 10 minutes (but not more frequently than every 10 minutes as this could stress server bandwidth) </li><li>If your data logging applications does not have auto-rollover (those programs other than VWSAPRS and WeatherDisplay) and should a server stop accepting your weather messages, you will have to manually reconfigure your CWOP setup to point to an alternative APRS-IS server (see APRS Nodes and ports in blue shaded columns in above table).  Check the <a href="http://wxqa.com/news.html" target="_blank">cwop.net "News" page</a> to verify that it is the server and not your Internet connection or computer problem. </li></ul></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <ul> <li>CWOP/APRSWXNET System Status Pages: <ul> <li>CWOP/APRSWXNET News and Overall System Status at the <a href="http://wxqa.com/news.html" target="_blank">CWOP News Page</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.findu.com/new.html" target="_blank">FINDU News and Status Page</a> </li><li>Global Systems Division MADIS Status - TBD </li><li>University of Utah: <ul> <li> </li><li> </li><li><a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/mesowest/monitor/APRSWXNET.gif" target="_blank">CWOP/APRSWXNET Observations Received</a> at Mesowest </li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> <ul> <li><a name="Viewing Your CWOP Data:">Viewing Your CWOP Data:</a> </li></ul> <blockquote> * FINDU Station Time Series Page: <a href="http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=cw0351&last=36&radar=***" target="_blank">http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=cw0351&last=36&radar=***</a> Note: add your "CW" ID in place of "K4HG" in above link <blockquote> <a href="http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=K4HG&last=120&radar=***" target="_blank"><img alt="FINDU Time Series of CWOP/APRSWXNET Data" src="http://www.wxqa.com/findu_tseries.jpg" width="615" height="699"></a></blockquote> * FINDU Station Table Page: <a href="http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wx.cgi?call=CW0351&last=36" target="_blank">http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wx.cgi?call=CW0351&last=36</a> Note: add your "CW" ID in place of "cw0351" in above link * Other CWOP/APRSWXNET Stations in your vicinity: <a href="http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxnear.cgi?call=cw0351" target="_blank">http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxnear.cgi?call=cw0351</a> Note: add your "CW" ID in place of "cw0351" in above link * CWOP data plotted in real-time: Select your "Region" your state or NWS CWA, change "Network" to "All Networks", and then click on the "Map It" button to display your station <a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/mesomap.cgi?state=MD&rawsflag=1">http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/mesomap.cgi?state=MD&rawsflag=1</a> <blockquote> <a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/mesomap.cgi?state=MD&rawsflag=1"></a></blockquote> * NOAA MADIS: select "APRSWXNET" from the "Select Data" menus <a href="http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mesonet/" target="_blank">http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mesonet/</a> Notes: -- Data displayed with over 18,000 surface observations -- Must first register with valid latitude/longitude and successfully send data through FINDU/APRS before appearing on MADIS -- Will take about 1 week to get the new "CW"s onto NOAA MADIS (after confirmation with Russ); database updated every Wednesday afternoon (~23:00GMT) <blockquote> <a href="https://madis-data.ncep.noaa.gov/MadisSurface/" target="_blank"><img border="2" alt="MADIS plot of CWOP and many other mesonet data" src="http://www.wxqa.com/national_cwop.jpg" width="628" height="477"></a></blockquote>   *  MesoWest, University of Utah - Station Data: <a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/droman/" target="_blank">https://mesowest.utah.edu/droman/</a></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> <table border="1" width="84%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="50%"><a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/droman/states/CO_state_frame.html" target="_blank"><img alt="MesoWest Clickable Map Station Data" src="http://www.wxqa.com/mesowest1.jpg" width="759" height="618"></a></td> <td width="50%"><a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=AP001&unit=0&hours=24&hour1=0&day1=0&month1=0&year1=2002&windred=25" target="_blank"><img alt="MesoWest Station Time Series " src="http://www.wxqa.com/mesowest2.jpg" width="610" height="623"></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> *  View your data on NOAA's National Weather Service web pages using the following links: <a href="https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/getobext.php?wfo=lox&sid=c3247&num=48">http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/getobext.php?wfo=lox&sid=c3247&num=48</a> -- View graphs for your station by replacing "C3247" station ID in the above links with your 5 character CWOP ID (drop the "W" in this case). * Steve Dimse FINDU CGI Page: Very interesting and useful set of tools <a href="http://www.findu.com/cgi.htm" target="_blank">http://www.findu.com/cgi.htm</a> * CWOP Logo... Please post logo on your site and link back to signup page: <a href="http://wxqa.com/archive/cwp_logo.gif" target="_blank">http://wxqa.com/archive/cwp_logo.gif</a></blockquote> <ul> <li><a name="Sources of Quality Assessment for your Weather Station's Data">Sources of Quality Assessment for your Weather Station's Data</a> </li></ul> <blockquote> *  NOAA's MADIS Quality Control and Monitoring System (QCMS) was developed to assist NWS meteorologists use mesonet data on their AWIPS workstations.  QCMS uses automated validity, internal consistency, temporal, and spatial checks to evaluate data quality (<a href="https://msas.noaa.gov/qcms_descrip.html" target="_blank">read more about QCMS</a>).  Your station's performance statistics are available at these locations:         - NOAA's QCMS Statistics for <a href="https://madis.ncep.noaa.gov/qcms_messages.html" target="_blank">APRS Wx Net Citizen Weather</a> ("flagged" stations only)  <a href="https://madis-data.bldr.ncep.noaa.gov/qcms_data/qc12/qchour.txt" target="_blank">Hourly</a> |  <a href="https://madis-data.bldr.ncep.noaa.gov/MSAS/qcms_data/qc12/qcday.txt">Daily</a>   |  <a href="https://madis-data.bldr.ncep.noaa.gov/MSAS/qcms_data/qc12/qcweek.txt" target="_blank">Weekly</a> |  <a href="https://madis-data.bldr.ncep.noaa.gov/MSAS/qcms_data/qc12/qcmonth.txt" target="_blank">Monthly</a> - CWOP <a href="http://wxqa.com/aprswxnetqc.html" target="_blank">QCMS Interactive Retrieval Page</a> - Get feedback of your weather station's performance by registering with Phillip Gladstone Quality Reporter Suite which includes a Quality Assurance Listserver and Graphs Email Service (strongly recommended for CWOP members):            o Sign up for daily weather station QCMS performance statistics to be emailed to you:          <a href="http://pond1.gladstonefamily.net:8080/weather-qc" target="_blank">http://pond1.gladstonefamily.net:8080/weather-qc</a>         o Participate in a discussion of weather station operations list server:         <a href="https://weather.gladstonefamily.net/mailman/listinfo/wxqc">http://pond1.gladstonefamily.net:8080/mailman/listinfo/wxqc</a>         o Add pictures of your weather station siting using FLICKRTM, which will appear on your Station Info Page:          <a href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brookevilleweather/flickr_setup.html">http://my.xfinity.com/brookevilleweather/flickr_setup.html</a> - Phillip also plots graphs (below) of QCMS and Observed CWOP station data (replace "C0351" with your ID):     <a href="https://weather.gladstonefamily.net/cgi-bin/wxqchart.pl?site=C0351" target="_blank">https://weather.gladstonefamily.net/cgi-bin/wxqchart.pl?site=C0351</a> <table border="1" width="63%" height="1046"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="458" width="50%"> Observed Station Pressure (Reading) verses QCMS "Guess" (Analysis) in millibars (altimeter pressure reduction) <a href="https://weather.gladstonefamily.net:8080/cgi-bin/wxqchart.pl?site=C0351"><img alt="QCMS Pressure Comparison (Observed vs Expected)" </a></td></tr> <tr> <td height="508" width="50%"> Observed Station Temperature (Reading) verses QCMS "Guess" (Analysis) in degrees Fahrenheit (F) <a href="https://weather.gladstonefamily.net:8080/cgi-bin/wxqchart.pl?site=C0351"><img alt="QCMS Temperature Comparison (Observed vs Expected)" </a></td></tr> <tr> <td height="62" width="50%"> Observed Station Dew Point (Reading) verses QCMS "Guess" (Analysis) in degrees Fahrenheit (F) <a href="https://weather.gladstonefamily.net:8080/cgi-bin/wxqchart.pl?site=C0351"><img alt="QCMS Dew Point Comparison (Observed vs Expected)" </a></td></tr></tbody></table> *  MesoWest Quality Assessment, using regression analysis   (<a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/droman/help/qc.html" target="_blank">more about Mesowest quality assessment</a>), replace "C0351" with your CWOP ID, <a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/regress_database.cgi?stn=C0351" target="_blank">https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/regress_database.cgi?stn=C0351</a> <a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/regress_database.cgi?stn=C0351" target="_blank"></blockquote> <ul> <li><a name="On-line Weather Servers Sharing Data with NOAA">On-line Weather Servers Sharing Data with NOAA</a> through MADIS outside of APRSWXNET (see above): </li></ul> <blockquote> *  Weather for You and Ham Weather Signup Page: Thanks to the efforts of Joe Torsitano!  *  Anything Weather: <a href="http://www.anythingweather.com/">http://www.anythingweather.com/</a> *  Citizen Observing Networks Supporting CWOP: <ul> <li><a href="http://members.cox.net/wxr/acon2.htm">Atlantic Coast Observer Network ACON - Southeast Atlantic Coast (VA, NC, SC)</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.jhuapl.edu/weather/education/ACONdata.html" target="_blank">Atlantic Coast Observer Network ACON - Mid Atlantic Coast (DC, DE, MD</a>) - Kevin Shaw </li><li><a href="http://my.xfinity.com/hydromet/t78.html" target="_blank">Atlantic Coast Observer Network ACON - New England (MA, RI</a>) and <a href="http://my.xfinity.com/hydromet/acon.htm" target="_blank">this link too</a> - Ed Capone </li><li><a href="http://sheridan.geog.kent.edu/owon/">Ohio Weather Observer Network (OWON)</a> - Scott Sheridan </li></ul> * Weather Blogs to Visit and Interact with: <ul> <li>WeatherNation, <a href="http://www.wxnation.com/blog/">http://www.wxnation.com/blog/</a>, national commentary <ul> <li>Lead Blogger: Bill Young Jr. , email:   webmaster(@)wxnation.com </li></ul> </li><li>CapitalWeather,  <a href="http://www.capitalweather.com/">http://www.capitalweather.com/</a>, active commentary for the D.C. Metro area <ul> <li>Lead Bloggers:  Jason Samenow, email:     Andrew Freedman, email:   , Josh Larson, email:  </li></ul> </li><li>Gothamist Weather:  <a href="http://gothamist.com/weather/index.php">http://www.gothamist.com/archives/weather/index.php</a>, active NYC area commentary <ul> <li>Lead Bloggers:  Joe Shumacher, email:   joe(@)gothamist.com and Kevin Porterfield, email:  kevin(@)gothamist.com </li></ul> </li><li>Fresh Bilge:  , hurricane commentary (seasonal) <ul> <li>Lead Blogger:  Alan Sullivan, email: disabled, correspond through commentary on the blog </li></ul> </li><li>MyWeatherGuide:  <a href="http://blog.myweatherguide.com/">http://blog.myweatherguide.com/</a>,   hurricane commentary (seasonal) <ul> <li>Lead Blogger:  Ed Oswald, email:  eoswald(@)myweatherguide.com </li></ul> </li><li>more??? </li></ul> *  "Old School"  Weather ListServers: <ul>  </li><li>Google Meteorology, <a href="http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.geo.meteorology">http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.geo.meteorology</a>, good current events posts and commentary </li><li>Google Regional Weather Commentary for the Northeast U.S., <a href="http://groups-beta.google.com/group/ne.weather.moderated">http://groups-beta.google.com/group/ne.weather.moderated</a>, pretty tame narrative for Yankees </li><li>Wisconsin Weather Discussion, <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WISCONSINWX/">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WISCONSINWX/</a>, just as it sounds </li><li>more??? </li></ul></blockquote> <ul> <li><a name="NOAA and CWOP/APRSWXNET">NOAA and CWOP/APRSWXNET</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bis/aprs.php">WFO Bismarck, North Dakota</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/ADASLDIS.html">WFO Melbourne, Florida</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/digest/issue23/swarn2.html">Skywarn and CWOP at Melbourne WFO</a> </li></ul> </li><li><a href="http://www.crh.noaa.gov/jkl/newsletter/Fall2005.pdf">WFO Jackson, KY</a>, Tech Tips on page 5 </li><li><a href="https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/summer06web.php">WFO Seattle, WA</a>, Skywarn Spotter Notes, lower quarter of page </li><li><a href="https://www.sierratel.com/emergency/weather.htm">WFO Hanford, CA</a>, Emergency Preparedness Committee </li><li><a href="https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/newsletter_fall05.pdf">WFO Monterey, CA</a>:  Fall 2005 Office Newsletter, p.11 </li><li><a href="http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw/html/tbw/skywarnnews/autumn2003_pg1.htm">WFO Tampa, FL</a>:  Fall 2003 Quarterly </li><li>NOAA <a href="http://www2.fiu.edu/orgs/w4ehw/CWOP-Main.html">National Hurricane Center</a> <li><a href="https://www.weather.gov/om/marine/voluntary.htm">NWS Marine and Coastal Services Branch - Volunteer Observing Opportunities</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/hydrometnet/">UCAR Joint Office for Scientific Support (JOSS) - National Hydrological Networks</a> </a> <ul> </ul> </li><li><a href="https://mesowest.utah.edu/mesowest/" target="_blank">MesoWest, University of Utah</a> </li></ul></li></ul> <a name="CWOP and Internet Security">CWOP and Internet Security</a>:  Participating in the CWOP does not by itself increase risk from Internet attacks.  CWOP communications protocol does not allow other computers to connect to your computer, rather CWOP members connect to a trusted CWOP server, upload your weather data, and immediately disconnect.  No data is sent from the CWOP server to your computer.  However, increased exposure to the risks of computer software damage, denial of service, and identity theft is possible if you don't take steps to educate and protect yourself when using the Internet.    While you should patch computer insecurities using software and hardware, you also must resist responding to emails requesting personal information.  This fraudulent activity by criminals is called "phishing."  <a href="http://www.wxqa.com/">Back to </a><a href="http://www.wxqa.com/">CWOP Main Page</a></blockquote></blockquote> </body></html>

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