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Canadian Coast Guard Chooses Orion Weather Station for Arctic InstallationJuly 2010 – CWS President Nader Khoury recently travelled to Prescott, ON, Canada to train members of the Canadian Coast Guard on the Orion Weather Station in preparation for their installation in Killiniq, Nunavut at the extreme northern tip of Labrador. A heated Orion weather station with visibility sensor will be used to monitor weather conditions in this remote outpost in the Canadian Arctic. Data will be collected with a Weather MicroServer and monitored remotely with WeatherMaster Software from the Prescott Station. |
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Orion 420™ Weather Station Travels to Spain with LumenhausJune 2010 – The Solar Decathlon - Europe begins in Madrid this month and the Virginia Tech Solar House is competing using an Orion 420 weather station with Weather MicroServer and WeatherMaster Software to help optimize energy usage. "Lumenhaus" was originally designed and built for the 2009 U.S. Solar Decathlon. At the turn of the New Year, the house was on Times Square in New York for four days exhibit and an appearance on Good Morning America. For more information: |
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Searching for weather on GoogleJune 2010 – Remember the Superbowl ad that told a love story through Google Search? Well, in honor of small business week, Google offered us the chance to write our own search story. Turn on the audio and click here or on the image to view the result: Weather Here and Now The moral of our story? Professional weather monitoring – right where you need it, right when you need it. (And here is the love story ad in case you've forgotten: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnsSUqgkDwU ) |
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Magellan Weather Station participates in Gulf oil spill monitoring effortsMay 2010 – While crews in the Gulf of Mexico are working to mitigate the damage caused by the recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill, scientists aboard the R/V Pelican research vessel are taking samples from the sea floor to analyze for changes in chemicals and marine organisms. (HoumaToday.com) The Magellan Weather Station by Columbia Weather Systems provides weather data aboard the R/V Pelican. With its internal compass and rugged metal construction, the Magellan is well-suited to mobile weather monitoring. The R/V Pelican is operated by LUMCON, the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Formed in 1979, LUMCON provides coastal laboratory facilities to Louisiana universities, and conducts research and educational programs in the marine sciences. (R/V Pelican photo courtesy of LUMCON.) |
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Magellan Weather Station: Wind Direction Aligned to True NorthMay 2010 – Standard factory setup for the Magellan Weather Station provides wind direction alignment to True North. The internal compass reading is aligned to Magnetic North. At the factory, the declination angle is entered to offset wind direction output to True North based on the "Ship To" address. A new tutorial on our Resources page describes how to easily reset the declination angle. This would need to be done only if the weather station was installed in a significantly different geographic location, or if alignment to Magnetic North was desired. Click here for Magellan Weather Station Tutorial: Aligning Wind Direction to True North. |
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New Collapsible Roof Mount Mast Option for Vehicle-Mount StationsApril 2010 – If your vehicle doesn't have a place for the standard side-mount pole, this new collapsible roof mount mast may be just the ticket. The pole is designed to be permanently mounted on a flat surface (such as a vehicle roof) and folded away into the stored position. Shown at right with the Magellan Weather Station sensor, the collapsible roof mount mast is suitable for any CWS weather station. Click here for specifications and order info.
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 Photo by Colleen Collyer,courtesy of Dixon Weather Service, Inc.. |
Dixon Weather provides "potentially life-saving" weather information.March 2010 – Using a fully-loaded Capricorn 2000 weather station, this local, not-for-profit weather service provides weather forecasts, current readings, and warnings to Central Missouri. Administrator Tim Brandt explains, "Our mission is to provide the citizens of the Dixon, MO area a source to obtain the most accurate, real time and potentially life saving weather warnings as issued by the National Weather Service." "Our relationship with CWS has been an excellent experience for us!" Brandt says. "We have received excellent support and services from CWS and we highly recommend CWS." Click to find out more on their CWS Applications page: Dixon Weather Service |
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Which Weather Station Is Right for You?February 2010 – Thinking about an Orion all-in-one weather station? What about that new Magellan with internal compass? Don't need a compass, but maybe you need three different temperature readings? Are you wondering which CWS weather station is best for your weather monitoring requirements? We've implemented a new comparison chart to help you make an informed decision. From any page on our website, click on the Products tab (or click to go there directly). Scroll down a bit to see the chart that compares Orion,™ Magellan™ and Capricorn 2000EX™ Weather Stations:
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Saddlebrook Joint Facility Monitors Green RoofFebruary 2010 – An innovative building project in the community of Omaha, Nebraska incorporates a green roof on one section of the building. Two Capricorn 2000 EX™ Weather Stations monitor the differences in meteorological parameters for the two different roofs using a customized WeatherMaster Software.™ The facility incorporates an elementary school, a public library and community center. Click for the full story Saddlebrook Joint Facility Photo by Kessler Photography / courtesy BCDM Achitects. |
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How to Display Weather Data on Your Web PageJanuary 2010 – A new tutorial is available for uploading weather data to your website. Displaying your weather station’s data on the Internet is a great way to disseminate it — whether for general public information or to make it available simultaneously to multiple parties involved in an Incident Response for example, responders, dispatchers, and commanders. Columbia Weather Systems offers two options for posting weather data to the Internet – WeatherMaster Software™ and the Weather MicroServer.™ Both of these options can automatically upload weather data to your website. Additionally, the MicroServer offers automatic upload to CWOP and Weather Underground websites. The new tutorial gives step-by-step instructions for setting up your web page and configuring the Weather MicroServer to automatically FTP XML files to it. Click below for more information: Tutorial: How to Display Weather Data on a Web Page Sample Weather Web Page illustrated at right. |
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