A serial weblog of my adventures setting up https://contoocook.org as a weather observation, reporting and learning site. Topics include: weather, CoCoRaHS, websites, CWOP, NWS Storm Spotter™, the American Meteorological Society’s Weather Band, WxForum.net, the water cycle, all that earth science you’ve forgotten from school, geology, oceanography, space weather, physics, chemistry and biology and a scary amount of mathematics.
What’s This?
News and updates about a personal weather station in Contoocook, NH, its associated website, and weather information around the world. We are all connected.
About
A blog that documents some of my adventures in weather and running a hobbyist weather station. Not related to “It’s All Your Fault, Ted” nor “Information At Your Fingertips” which are trademarks of other organizations.
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Offline yesterday
Alert weather watchers observed the websites (https://wx.iayft.com, https://contoocook.org and https://contoocook.org/cell.php) were offline Sunday morning, July 27th. My internet hosting provider (Linode/Akamai) had a long-term site power outage and troubled recovery of their HVAC systems resulting in a long, slow, manual restoration. The were good about keeping their users informed. I expect many lessons were learned …
How ’bout now?
Yesterday, June 23rd had a high temperature of 97.9°F, a record for the day, a heat index of 116.0°F and a dew point of 81.0°F! Today is expected to be similar. making an early New England heat wave, 3 days over 90°F.
Hot Enuf for ya?
97°F on the mercury and 115.5°F on the heat index
Contact
Email webmaster at iayft.com or use the web form at https://contoocook.org