So what's up with the weather station web page?

Well, a couple of things...first, as recently reported the anemometer, which measures wind speed and direction sustained some damage over the holidays and is no longer operational. So when you visit www.thereycenter.org/weather you won't get current wind conditions. The good news is, we just placed an order for a different anemometer better suited to the harsh conditions experienced on top of the ski slopes of Mount Tecumseh. This new anemometer is ultrasonic, which means it uses the travel time of sound to calculate its measurements. It is also a heated unit, which will keep off ice and better protect it from winter conditions. The folks at the Mount Washington Observatory recommended this unit to us - thanks to their staff for their advice and support! We are all excited for its arrival in March and look forward to installing it.

You may have noticed that some times the weather station web page is "stuck." Periodically, communication between our modem at the weather station and our computer in the office breaks down. This is a problem with the weather station modem. The good news here is that we don't lose any data, we just can't upload the latest data to the website for everyone to see. Unfortunately, it took many hours on the part of staff and our weather station intern, testing all parts and chatting with all our service and parts manufacturers to figure this out! We still have some work to do to fix it but are hopeful to have it resolved within the next week or two.

So, don't give up - we are proud to operate the weather station atop the ski slopes of Mount Tecumseh and working hard to ensure it is operational year-round and that its information is accessible to everyone, all the time. We've started tracking the number of visits we get to the weather station website and were pleased to see lots of people are checking it out. Keep it up! Check that web page often to see how we are doing and thanks for your continued support.