Duggleby Weather Station

Latitude 54.0925N & Longitude -0.6609W

I've been asked a number of times which hardware / software I'm using to create the website and run the weather station so here goes (complete with links) ...

The Weather Station itself is a Davis Vantage Pro/2 FARS 6163UKX Wireless from Davis & includes a Davis DataLogger device which connects the Vantage to a dedicated PC (a Dell Optiplex) via the serial port.

The new weather station hardware (Nov'11) was purchased from those nice people at the Weather Shop in Eastbourne - don't forget to tell them who sent you their way ;-)

The main Weather Station software is Weather Display by Brian Hamilton which I registered years ago and have been using ever since.

The Live Gauges page uses data from Weather Display via an add-on called Weather Display Live (WDL) - this uses flash technology to grab the data and update the dials etc. It's made by Julian Best and can be obtained via the Weather Display website link above.

I also use MesoMap Live (MML) to update the MesoMap page. This is a subscription service which I pay for annually; although there is a free version available via WDL. Tide information comes courtesy of WXTide32 by Michael Hopper.

I've tried a few other types of software (and there are plenty available) but this combination works best for me personally.

I use some specialised software & scripts too such as WXSIM (to create the weather forecasts) and the excellent ajax powered dashboard scripts from Saratoga Weather and Carter Lake (both in the US). You can find out more about all of this from Google.

Finally, the website is made on my excellent iMac using RapidWeaver web design software. Lots of PWS (Personal Weather Stations) use a template website - which is why they all tend to look the same; I've managed to avoid this temptation sofar.

If you'd like any further information or help in setting up your own PWStation please email me.

Thank you for visiting DuggleNet - The Duggleby Weather Station ;-)

[SiteMap | NOV 2011]

Live Weather Gizmo

Welcome to the DuggleNet Weather Station based in Duggleby, which is in Ryedale in North Yorkshire, UK.

Tonight's Moon

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Welcome to Duggleby Weather Station.
Live weather information from Ryedale in North Yorkshire, UK.

Be sure to check out the live weather feed, it's updated every 2 seconds ;-)