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Nora Keating !
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Barton-Brown Observatory opens Weather Station at WPL
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R2D2 confronts the Dark Side at WPL !
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From the Archives of
At Home in the Huddle 2008
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Now, on to 2016 !
Nora Keating !
-- IN THE NEWS --
Barton-Brown Observatory opens Weather Station at WPL
Temporarily mounted on the pergola in the Library's garden, the station will be relocated to a pole on the lawn near the Observatory next spring. The equipment measures everything we need to know about the local weather from right here in
the Hub of the Huddle.
The station is now part of the Weather Underground network of over 180,000 personal weather stations nationwide. Having this local station contribute up to the minute data, will help refine the accuracy of WU's forecasts for us. The Observatory station joins three existing WU stations nearby in Franklin Springs, Deansboro and Hubbardsville. Click here for lots more information about the WU forecasting model.
Weather information can be accessed on-line by clicking on the colorful "WU" bug in the column at right. Or, you can go directly to wunderground.com on the internet, either through your browser or using the Weather Underground app that's available for most mobile devices. Entering "13480" in the search field will take you right to the Barton-Brown Observatory station at Waterville Public Library.
All the data is updated every 15 seconds. It will be archived prospectively and is searchable on the WU site. Check it out. Very informative and addictively fun!
Coming very soon: perhaps in time for the next sunny day--- a webcam that will display a real time image of what's happening outside the Library window!
Anemometer and rain gauge with solar powered transmitter
Remote display for the weather station that you can view in the Library
-- LOCAL SEEN --
R2D2 confronts the Dark Side at WPL !
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Back to "Normal"
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- TBT -
From the Archives of
At Home in the Huddle 2008
*****
Now, on to 2016 !