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General Category => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: Steve on February 26, 2012, 03:41:51 PM

Title: I'm Steve, from Avon, Ohio
Post by: Steve on February 26, 2012, 03:41:51 PM

Hello fellow WeatherCat users!

I'm Steve, and I live in Avon, Ohio. Deb and I retired in the spring of 2010, and we decided we have enough time now that we wanted to know more about what's happening in our garden. After many years of using various manual and digital rain gauges, barometers, in/out thermometers, handheld anemometers, etc., we bought our first "serious" weather station last September.

Aside from gardening and learning more about our weather, we also bicycle around town, ride scooter, have an old MG, enjoy photography, hike/walk several times a week, and more. So knowng more about the weather fits right in with our lifestyle.


Here's our weather station:

(http://smorris.smugmug.com/Weather/Setup/i-D7JzzXq/0/XL/DSC0045-XL.jpg)

(http://smorris.smugmug.com/Weather/Setup/i-XVGBHqb/0/L/DSC0043-L.jpg)

(http://smorris.smugmug.com/Weather/Setup/i-Wgk22Ws/0/L/DSC0047-L.jpg)

(http://smorris.smugmug.com/Weather/webphotos/i-z9HKv9z/0/L/DSC0072-L.jpg)


Here's our garden as of last summer:

(http://smorris.smugmug.com/Gardening/Summer-2011/i-mPsXKLF/0/L/DSC0001-L.jpg)

(http://smorris.smugmug.com/Gardening/Summer-2011/i-9WZMB6D/0/L/DSC0011-L.jpg)



And here's Deb and I on my last day of work, 30 May, 2010, age 54 and 56, respectively.

(http://smorris.smugmug.com/photos/882610132_pYbJD-M.jpg)



Station Specifications
Location: Long Road, Avon, Ohio
41* 26' 13.03" N Latitude
82* 2' 51.57" W Longitude
686 feet Elevation
Wireless Anemometer ~35 feet AGL
Wireless Rain Collector and Thermo/Hydro sensor 5 feet AGL
CoCoRaHS Rain & Snow Gauge 4 feet AGL

Davis Wireless Vantage Pro2 w/24 hr FARS, solar sensor, and DIY rain collector heater
Davis Wireless Anemometer Transmitter
Davis Wireless Weather Envoy
Davis WeatherLink for Mac OS v5.10 w/USB datalogger
Trixology WeatherCat V0.92, Build 35
Apple 27" iMac 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5 (2011), Mac OS X 10.7.3
Evological Software's EvoCam v3.7.5
Sharx Security SCNC3605 Wireless IP Network Camera
Logitech WebCam Pro 9000 USB Camera

CoCoRaHS (Stratus RG202) Official 4" Long Term Professional Rain & Snow Gauge

Title: Re: I'm Steve, from Avon, Ohio
Post by: nickdeck on February 26, 2012, 03:50:50 PM

Howdy Steve,

Good to see you (again)!

Nick

Title: Re: I'm Steve, from Avon, Ohio
Post by: WCDev on March 03, 2012, 10:44:28 AM

Thanks for the great introductory post Steve, and welcome  :)

Cheers,
Stu.