Weather Blog

Sensor(y) deprivation

Published Feb. 27, 2025, 11:01 a.m. by tom

The station has been down (or erratic) since Monday with a sensor problem. This follows several months of interrupted service.

The BME280 sensors, which I prefer, do tend to …

New antenna - end to dropped readings?

Published May 26, 2024, 10:53 a.m. by tom

The station has been missing a few readings lately. A quick check of the signal strength revealed why.

The RSSI was typically around -118dB and the SNR swinging from …

Weather warnings are live

Published Feb. 8, 2024, 12:47 p.m. by tom

Weather warnings from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service are now live on the site.

Active warnings for Curbar are indicated by a clickable icon at the …

EUMetsat images are back - again

Published Jan. 25, 2024, 4:52 p.m. by tom

The problem with EUMetsat images rendering as all black has now been fixed.

New PCB-based weather station design

Published Nov. 29, 2023, noon by tom

I have upgraded the weather station hardware. None of the components have been changed, but the original, prototyped on stripboard, was starting to deteriorate.

This has now been replaced …