Amidst the craziness of the pandemic, a giant Saharan dust plume has made its way across the Atlantic Ocean. It has started affecting the United States, as well as the rest of North America and the Caribbean. Today, we’re going to look at 13 facts about Saharan Sand Storms. We’ll […]
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I recently identified a rather unfortunate bug that left part of my weather station’s QA/QC algorithm redundant. Fixing it treated the symptom, but not the cause of the problem. Today, we’re going to look at what is causing the temperature sensor on one of my Raspberry Pi’s to seemingly randomly […]
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A couple years ago, I built a weather station using a network of Raspberry Pi’s. It obtained data from Weather Underground and the National Weather Service. Last spring, I finally added temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure sensors to the weather station. I have plans to add rain and wind sensors […]
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I recently built a couple of DIY solar radiation shields to house outdoor temperature sensors I have at my house. I built one out of plastic plates and one out of plastic bowls because I was curious to see if one worked better than the other as a solar radiation […]
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Wow, it’s hard to believe that the hardware for taking sensor readings for the DIY weather station is finally all in place. Now, it’s time to dive into the programming and the software end of things that makes everything click. The software for the sensor and the data logger consists […]
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For our DIY Weather Station, we’ve built our sensor housings and run power and internet out to the data logger site. It’s time to install the data logger and hook up our sensors. Thankfully, this is much easier than getting power and internet to the site. First, let’s take a […]
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Disclaimer: Working with electricity can be extremely dangerous. If you’re not comfortable working with electricity or circuitry, please consult an electrician. This blog and its owners are not responsible for anything that happens to you while you are working with electricity. The sensors and database for my DIY weather station […]
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Over the past two years, I have been (very slowly) building a homemade DIY weather station and data logger using a network of sensors and Raspberry Pi’s. My plan all along has been to collect as much data as I can from sensors in my back yard, and get the […]
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During a monsoon storm last week, I observed evidence of a possible tornado. Today, we will look at some of the data from the storm. I built weather station and data logger at my house that logs data every 5 minutes. While I have plans to put a network of […]
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The summer monsoon kicked into high gear last night as a wild night of dust storms, flash floods, and severe weather ripped through the greater Phoenix area. During the storm, I became very suspicious that a small tornado had hit my house, so after a bit of clean up this […]
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It is one of the most unforgettable sights you’ll ever see rolling across the deserts. From afar, it looks just like a low cloud formation at the base of a thunderstorm, but as you get closer, the area between the ground and the base of the thunderstorm begins to turn […]
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In January, 2017, a strong storm system dropped over 2 feet of snow across northern Arizona, including Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon, and the Mogollon Rim. Seeing one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World is gorgeous enough on a normal day, but under a fresh blanket of snow is […]
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