Mark BoszkoThe last couple of hours have really affected the vertical scale of my rain gauge chart #losangeles #rain #ambientweather
BrownsBayMy new weather station is setup and online. This new unit is the Ambient Weather WS-4000 Solar Powered UltraSonic Wi-Fi Weather Station. It replaces an Ambient Weather WS-2902 Home Wi-Fi Weather Station, which we had going for about 10 years. The old unit seemed to be getting clunky, disconnecting more often with the console. So far, the WS-4000 seems to be working fine. Setup was relatively easy. We'll see how it works in the long run. #geekalert #wawx #wx #weather #AmbientWeather
EdgeMy #WeatherStation is looking forward to the rain that's coming, it's been bored recently.
Caught a sparrow eyeing it today and had a little conversation with him/her to look for a nest somewhere else...
I should be a whiz at blowing out candles - I clocked 2.2mph just puffing at the new weather station (sitting on my kitchen counter.)
With luck and care it should be installed today. Wish us luck.
KayakpatrickInspired by a post @ai6yr responded to (I'm sorry I can't remember who originally asked how easy it was to do this or I would tag you) I finally got around to connecting my weather station to the web. I'm happy to report it was relatively painless.
It took about 5 minutes, and the hardest part was remembering my wifi password.
#wx #weatherstation #ambientweather
It took about 5 minutes, and the hardest part was remembering my wifi password.
#wx #weatherstation #ambientweather
Solarbird 
I made a thing!
As part of my ongoing air-exchange-based #HVAC project, I have an outdoor air quality sensor from #AmbientWeather (no sponsorship, I bought it). It's battery/solar powered, and that's fine... except for the part where that doesn't work here in the winter.
But since it plugs in to charge and keeps working when plugged in, winner winner chicken dinner, right?
NO! Because first you have to take the bottom off the case, then the charge plug sticks directly out from the bottom facing down, like a goddamn Apple Magic Mouse.
I can't fix the mouse, but I can fix _this_, and I have made a printable tray and rack system to let you use it that way. Enjoy!
Tray and rack for Ambient Weather PM2.5 Wireless Outdoor Particulate Monitor by solarbird
This is a rack and tray for mounting an Ambient Weather PM2.5 Wireless Outdoor Particulate Monitor outdoors in a way that you can still use it while it's plugged in.Much of the time, these sensors are solar-powered, and they can be run most places entirely on solar power. However, if you are far enough north and have enough clouds, solar power is not effective any sort of device like this over the winter. Since this device works fine plugged in, the obvious solution is to either recharge it regularly, or just keep it plugged in. But in hot weather, that stresses the batteries via overheating. Also, the charge cord comes straight out the bottom of the battery compartment, creating a very difficult situation in terms of placing the device on any surface when in use. (Think Apple Magic Mouse. Same problem while charging.)Accordingly, I have designed this tray and rack system to hold the device in a reasonable position for extended periods while driving it with a USB charging cable. Originally, the idea was that you could slide the tray into the rack even with the cord plugged in, but in some plastics the rack became too flexible. So I abandoned that part of the idea. The rest is still good though, and keeping the tray still a separate object allows more refinements by other people and also keeps water flowing away from the electronics of the device.Please note there are TWO DIFFERENT RACKS. One is for use with the tray, and is for when the battery cover of the monitor has been removed and it's sitting on the tray running while charging or being powered solely by USB. This is the rack seen in the photos. It's right next to an outlet.The other rack is for use without a tray, as it is exactly the right width for the monitor when fully assembled and running on battery and solar. I have that rack out in full sun, and the monitor just sits on it. The tray mounts are not quite symmetrical and smaller than the charging rack, and the fact that it fits the fully-assembled monitor perfectly was an accident I was happy to use. ^_^ It's sitting out in as much sun as I can get it.
Ed W8EMV 
Thinking more about weather sensors, which can also be thought of as cheap ($0-$20) 433.92 MHz low power battery operated beacons.
If I pick the sensor right, and if it's cheap / small / interesting enough, it could go into my backpack as an every day carry, and then if the backpack ever went astray there would a transmitter in it to help find it.
My #FlipperZero did decode a random #AmbientWeather #F007TH while I was on my bicycle, listening, so I have some proof it could work.
Jason Pettis 😷🗽
Kat FollandWe had to get a new display panel for my weather station (support for the hardware was aging out) so I took a picture of the total rain year; if I had not my rain data for the whole rain year would be useless. So there in the lower right corner is the total rain since the start of the rain year (October 1st).
Old display panel
Steve WetherillIt's raining, California! It is not yet 11:00 AM local time.