no problem!..im always willing to help!..just ask me!..


--- In meteorology@yahoogroups.com, "robpus" <rpeffer@i...> wrote:
> Thanks Ryan.. I'll check out those references.
>
> I'm still using hardware-store equipment. My measurements are
> currently limited to recording the day's low from my hi/low
(mercury)
> thermometer. It recieves direct sun most days and so is useless for
> recording the daily high. My readings generally are a few degrees
> different (both higher and lower) from the official NWS report for
> Sacramento. I also record the "sky" ("partly cloudy" or whatever)
but
> have no decent instrumentation for any other measurement.
>
> I still have a goal of purchasing one of the fancy new hand-held
> weather instruments being offered by mail. From what I have read,
> though, none but the most expensive are warranted to work reliably.
> There are multiple reviews of both La Crosse and Oregon Scientific
> which state that both companies have very poor customer service - to
> the point of being unable to contact the companies at all. (I
> searched Amazon for "weather instruments".) I guess hobbyist-level
> equipment is still not quite "ready for prime time". So I am still
> looking..
>
> -R
> Robert M. Peffer
> West Sacramento, CA, USA
>
>
> --- In meteorology@yahoogroups.com, "arem_29" <arem_29@y...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Why dont you also try these one!.. http://www.tp
> ub.com/meteorology.htm
> > i hope you'll found these link very useful cause i found it very
> > useful for me!..ohhh!...i forgot!...I'm Ryan!...hope it helps!..
> >
> > --- In meteorology@yahoogroups.com, "robpus" <rpeffer@i...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have lived in West Sacramento, California for a few years.
> > >
> > > I have been lazily interested in meteorology since I was young.
I
> > > would like to begin recording the weather in my own back yard. I
> do
> > > not see this pursuit as being a generally useful hobby due to my
> > very
> > > local environment (in the suburbs, near my heated dwelling, etc
.)
> > but
> > > it would be a great education and might be useful to somebody
> > someday.
> > > I have bills and a day-job (and a 100 mile-each-way commute)
but
> I
> > am
> > > sure I could muster the energy to record the information from
> decent
> > > weather equipment, if I had some.
> > >
> > > Currently I have only hardware-store grade equipment. Mercury
> > > thermometers in which the scale was just slapped on, including
> three
> > > min/max thermometers in which the low-end scale and the high-end
> > scale
> > > do not show the same current temperature); hygrometers that show
> 85%
> > > in a steamy bathroom, 30% in a dry oven; barometers in which the
> > scale
> > > from 29 inches through 31 inches in approx 1 deg of arc on the
> face
> > of
> > > the barometer (thats an exaggeration but not much of one). In
> short
> > -
> > > the cheapest possible equipment made to be decorative rather
than
> > > accurate.
> > >
> > > I have looked into electronic measuring equipment that hooks up
a
> > > computer and automatically records various measurements, but
that
> it
> > > way more than I want or need or can afford. Besides, my goal is
> to
> > > learn how to measure the weather, not how to run a computer
> program.
> > >
> > > I read a prior post which stated that the only good hygrometer
is
> of
> > > the "sling psychrometer" variety and that Edmund Scientific
sells
> > such
> > > an instrument.
> > >
> > > I have read the Jetstream Online Weather School offered by the
> > > Southern Regional Headquarters of the National Weather Service
> > > backwards and forwards and printed out the lists of symbols.
The
> > > weather tutorial at uiuc.edu has also been very helpful to me.
> > >
> > > I am interested in recording at my location:
> > > --Daily high and low temps
> > > --Sky
> > > --Wind speed and direction
> > > --Air pressure
> > > --Relative humidity
> > >
> > > I would like this group's recommendations re: equipment that I
> > should
> > > use and also any general advice to a complete weather newbie.
> > >
> > > Thanks for reading this. I am looking forward to your replies.
> > >
> > > -R
> > > Robert M. Peffer
> > > West Sacramento, CA