Weather Bits

 

Temporarily Offline displayed across the webcam image

This situation will occur under the following circumstances.

 

An updated image is uploading at the same time your browser is trying to download the image. Wait 30 seconds and refresh your browser.

The current image is over an hour old indicates a power disruption at the camera location. This will correct automatically after the power is restored.

 

Power Failure

This situation will occur under the following circumstances.

 

When a new weather data file is uploading at the same time your browser is trying to access this file. Wait 30 seconds and refresh your browser.

The current data is over an hour old indicates a power disruption at the weather station location. The weather server requires a manual restart. This may take several days before this occurs.

 

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Reporting of Snowfall.

The precipitation/rain guage measures rainfall in millimetres. To be able to measure snowfall, a heater has been installed to melt the snow and measure it as rain.

 

A tipping bucket electronically records precipitation electronically. It has a funnel, like a simple rain gauge, but the funnel leads to two tiny "buckets." The two buckets are balanced (somewhat like a sea-saw) and each holds .2 mm of water. When one bucket fills, it tips down and is emptied while the other bucket fills with rain water. Each tip of the buckets causes the device to record an increase of .2 mm of rain.

 

Snowfall measurement determines the equivalent amount of water in a unit of snow. To obtain this ratio, the snow must be collected and melted into water. Generally, 10 mm of snow produces 1 mm of water. However, it can take up to 100 mm of loose, fluffy snow though as little as 2-4 mm of wet, compact snow can produce a millimetre of water.