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The weather data displayed on this website is produced by a Peet Brother's Ultimeter 2000 weather station located in Newport, VT under the designation of KVTNEWPO3. The data is collected every second while being updated to this site in near real-time. Weather data is collected using the latest version of Weather Display Software. The station comprises of an anemometer, rain gauge and a thermo-hydro sensor situated in optimal positions for the highest accuracy possible. This weather station has been in continuous operation since 1999 with online weather records dating back to 2004. These records are available from Weather Underground. Click Here for Weather Station History from KVTNEWP03. |
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| Web Cams | ||||||||||||
In addition,
three
weather cameras are located in various locations to record weather events as
they happen. The weather cams are
D-Link Security Cams, which include the DCS-910 and two wireless DCS-920's.
Each camera comes with their own web servers and Internet addresses. All three
upload images to this website, and to
Weather
Underground, which produces the all day videos.
WX CAM 1 faces towards the South and provides video through low light due to
the available street light.
WX CAM 2 faces the East, while
WX CAM 3 faces the West and provides great time-lapse videos of approaching
weather. |
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| Software | ||||||||||||
| Weather data is collected using the latest version of Weather Display Software. | ||||||||||||
| Site Location | ||||||||||||
| Placement of the sensors determines the accuracey of the data it collects. Due to the location in a residential neighborhood, efforts were made to conform with the guidelines according to NOAA's National Weather Service Proper Siting Guide. | ||||||||||||
Latitude : N 44° 56 ' 54 '' Longitude : W 72° 11 ' 32 '' Elevation : 745 feet
Aerial View of Newport, Vermont |
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| Contributors | ||||||||||||
| To display the weather
data on a web site, customized software is developed to display the data more
effectively by weather enthusiasts around the world. The coding, or scripting,
of these programs are available free of charge. Most of the ideas for the
scripts are from personal weather station owners. There are two weather forums
where anything about weather is discussed in a friendly atmosphere. It's well worth the visit!
Weather-Watch.com Forum and
WXForum.net
This web site incorporates many free scripts. Listed below are the contributors. |
