Station Log

Station/Data Problems

26/8/10 Anemometer replaced at 11:52, break in weather, all wind data working ok.
25/8/10 Anemometer- readings stuck at 14.3 mph since 23:00, waiting for good weather to replace unit
21/8/10 NO OR INTERMITTENT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION READINGS Anemometer faulty, ordering replacement Monday, will take a few days
                 to arrive. This one has lasted far longer than the previous 2, update 25/8/10 arrived from Skyview
15/7/10 Rain bucket not working, removed spider webs and debris, added 2.0 mm of rainfall educated guess
                 of rainfall missed this morning before 10.00.
9/6/2010 Weather data lost from 09:19 to 10:20, Power down, planned cable replacement work by electric company
26/5/2010 Weather Station PC memory upgraded to 1Gb, thanks to Chris at SolSoft
9/5/2010 Weather data lost from 07:21 - 6/5/2010 to 11:26 - 9/5/2010 - hardware failure
6/5/2010 Hardware failure, local weather updates back hopefully Monday 10th May, everything else should work
18/3/2010 Rain gauge not recording rain, my fault plug not pushed in fully after I moved thermo/hydro
                 unit into screen, might of missed recording 0.5mm to 1.0 mm of rainfall today, no measurable rain other days.
12/3/2010 Thermo/hygro transmitter moved into homemade Stevenson screen at 13:30
10/3/2010 Fitted homemade Stevenson screen in place - hopefully move instruments Friday/Saturday
27/2/10 ADSL down from 00:00 to 14:20, no weather data lost
25/1/10 PC crash, data lost from 03:31 to 04:25
25/8/09 PC crash, data lost from 02:36 to 04:10
2/7/09 Power outage, thunderstorm - no data lost, beach cam/streaming down, needs reset
20/4/09 Weather station back online, no data recorded
17/4/09 Power supply gone off line for 4 to 6 days
7/12/08 Back online all data lost between 29/11/08 and 7/12/08
29/11/08 Weather Station offline, no data recorded approx 7 to 12 days
23/11/08 PC crashed, no data lost
21/9/08 Data loss from 00:07 to 07:15 approx, WD locked up on scheduled data backup
2/8/08 Data loss from 00:07 to 07:00 approx, PC crash
1/7/08 Weather station offline (wind only) from 11:10am to 12:15pm, OFL error fix, cable run in earthed copper pipe
26/6/08 Have bought 10mm copper tubing to run Anemometer cable in
26/6/08 Data - wind OFL from 13:55 to 14:20 and 14:40 to 15:00 approx
25/6/08 Anemometer OFL readings again, looking into copper tube, rather than cat 5, screened
6/6/08 TX 20 replaces TX12 anemometer at 11.15am
26/5/08 till late 29/5/08 Data problems please be aware wind data may not be reliable
26/5/08 Anemometer looks to have gone faulty again / or interference, cat 5 required (ordered)
19/5/08 Station been up and running for one year today
12/5/08 WS2300 cabled to sensors now, updates every 8 secs
29/4/08 Some data loss 3am to 7am, wireless communication lost
11/4/08 Data loss 2am to 7am, wireless communication lost
16/3/08 Replacement anemometer fitted data lost from 13:05 to 13:45 approx
              Excellent service from SKYVIEW, no quibble replacement.
14/3/08 WS2300 wind speed reading low or none, direction ok, replacement anemometer ordered
              ring magnet broke up on fan.
8/3/08 PC restart (unknown) approx 3am and corrupted data files for march, restored from
              backup and logger. Data loss from 3.01am to 3.48am.
7/3/08 Garden tidy, sensor catching direct sunlight for a couple of hours in afternoon, fixed
4/8/07 Data Loss 3pm to 4-30pm and 5:15pm to 6.45pm approx
27/7/07 Data Loss 5am to noon approx

General/Website/Hosting/PC Woes

26/8/10 Anemometer replaced at 11:52, break in weather, all wind speed/direction working ok now.
25/8/10 Anemometer stuck on 14.3 mph since 23:00, waiting good weather to replace unit
21/8/10 NO WIND SPEED/DIRECTION READINGS Anemometer faulty, stuck at 3.6 mph
18/7/2010 Added Global Station Map of Affiliated Weather Networks
24/6/2010 Added Temperature and Rain Trends since May 2007
13/6/2010 Added night sky map
5/6/2010 Added 2nd BP ROV feed plus AIS shipping on spill site
4/6/2010 Added link to Environment Agency, Newquay bathing water quality
29/5/2010 Temporarily added the live feed from the BP ROV on the seabed at the oil spill site.
28/5/2010 ESA/Hubble/SOHO RSS feeds added
27/5/2010 Major extension of Astronical pages, JPL/NASA Various RSS feed pages added
22/5/2010 Display the record high & low temps, daily rain, mtd rain, and ytd rain for each day of the year from
                May 2007 page added, plus air quality from Saltash roadside page
13/5/2010 Added skycam time lapse video
11/5/2010 Added volcanic weekly activity page, plus 2 links on the EYJAFJALLAJOKULL volcano (southern Iceland)ash cloud
9/5/2010 Back online.
6/5/2010 Hardware failure, weather data data lost till 9/5/2010
29/4/2010 UKHO licence renewed for another year
14/4/2010 Sky usb webcam replaced with ip cam, live streaming added
24/3/2010 Live updating back online, host has fixed, no data lost
23/3/2010 Live updates, appears its caused by a new security feature in c-panel on my host, waiting more from host,
                updating every 15 mins, no 8 sec live updates for now, no loss of data
22/3/2010 22:00 Live data ftp upload failing, host investigating
20/3/2010 Snow daily and yearly report pages added
13/3/2010 Earthquake facts and local news page added
9/3/2010 Advertising gone live, to help support site
5/3/2010 Kitesurfing page added
27/2/2010 ADSL (sky) down from 00:00 to 14:20, major fault local exchange, no weather data lost,
                Tsunami 5 Warning Pages added, plus info page and Home page new layout
26/2/2010 Beach Cam 3 now online
22/2/2010 Help support this site by advertising, page added
18/2/2010 Added expermental page of AIS raw data from comar 200N.
17/2/2010 Changes to the layout (footer) on all pages, much clearer now.
8/2/2010 Web cam 2 back online / Updated radar page / Volcano, alerts and activity page added.
6/2/2010 Added volcano/webcam pages, Hawaii, Mt Redoubt and St Helens
5/2/2010 Upgraded wireless link for webcam 1
4/2/2010 Webcam 2 offline - back soon
31/1/2010 Added yearly summary's for rain, temperture and wind, started cornwall webcam map, menu layout changes
29/1/2010 Updated webcam local page, more webcams added, now has clickable map
28/1/2010 Web server upgrade - Printable forecast flyer page added - Beach cam 2 added to home page.
26/1/2010 New flash fusion graphics page added
24/1/2010 Started work on flyout menu, old menu getting to big.
22-23/1/2010 Beach cam 2 - Snaps page added, click for large image and cam 2 added to mobi site.
17/1/2010 Webcam 2 added, covering beach carpark and beyond by kind permission of Porth Sands
15/1/2010 Changes to temperture history page.
8/1/2010 Time lapse all day video page added, layout changed 12/1/2010
7/1/10 Daily detailed wind history added.
28/12/09 Daily detailed temperture history added.
27/12/09 Minor changes to menu bar layout and colour.
2/12/09 Added european map to uk earthquakes page.
28/11/09 Added solar eclipses for 2010 to astromny page.
16/11/09 Games page added.
9/11/09 Major meteor showers and NEO's page added.
5/11/09 USGS map added to world earthquake page.
20/10/09 Space weather page added
16/10/09 Sunspots page added
13/10/09 UV Forecast page added
1/10/09 October's tide page error, corrected by 11am, according to server log just 1 vistor to page
prior to correction, 1 day and 7 day tides unaffected.
28/9/09 Beach cam angle moved up, sun moved back round.
21/9/09 Added banner image rotate, 2 different banners at the moment.
15/9/09 World Earthquakes page added to site.
4/9/09 Hurricane and tropical storm page added.
1/9/09 Fixed display on home page displaying tide times (re long month name), first sunspots, script working ok.
20/8/09 Downtime due to host server upgrade (10am to 12pm), no data lost
29//7/09 www.newquayweather.mobi now available for on the move weather
22/7/09 Yesterday sun spot total added from NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
19/7/09 Astronomy Page updated to include SOHO images, radio propagation
18/7/09 Comar AIS receiver online
17/7/09 Newquayweather's very own Comar SLR200N online testing, re local shipping movements
6/7/09 RNLI links and EasyTides links for cornish locations added
24/6/09 AIS shipping movements Courtesy of marinetraffic.com added.
11/6/09 Second PC legs in the air job, thanks to Chris at SolSoft, getting it up and running.
24/5/09 Cloud height graphic added to home page
22/5/09 Home page updated with more information displayed. (work in progress)
15/5/09 Weather facts and definitions added.
7/5/09 UKHO licence renewed for another year
20/4/09 Weather station back online, no data recorded
17/4/09 No Weather data from ws2300 - PSU, 4 to 6 days
5/4/09 Beach cam now angled down, direct sun into lens
4/4/09 Replaced beach webcam video feed receiver, image improved
30/3/09 Temporary loss of host services, twice today, sorted
15/3/09 Detailed rain report added
23/2/09 Live beach cam refresh 15 secs added to mobile pages
21-22/2/09 My host upgraded server, File system error causing loss of site
                   from 14:43 to 05:15 GMT, no data loss, all ok now
20/2/09 Rain Radar/UK Earthquakes added to Wap Mobile.
16/2/09 Forecast added to Wap Mobile, Mobile Tides increase to 5 days
5/2/09 High, low and averages page added
4/2/09 Snow graph added
1/2/09 Webcam Server changes and month tide table added
17/1/09 Month,Year and All Time records pages added
15/1/09 Surfing events for 2009 updated
14/1/09 Forecast script updated
8/1/09 Weather records broken today - notification page
27/12/08 Testing - Beach cam 2 Full size image added, updated every 15 secs 24/7
7/12/08 All back online
29/11/08 Weather Station offline, data lost, webcams and streaming offline for approx 7 to 12 days as well
17/11/08 Site down 17:30 to 18:00 GMT, host upgrading MySQL version, no data loss
9/11/08 Video servers snapshots archive added
28/10/08 Kramer video distributor installed, improved webcam image/stream
26/9/08 Video link from beach cam upgraded
22/9/08 Video server testing
20/9/08 Cam angled up, improved beach view, work on going on 24/7 video server
18/9/08 Video server installation and testing over next few days, interruptions to streaming likely
16/8/08 Added other local cams page
12/8/08 ADSL upgraded for faster streaming
29/7/08 Added Satellite imagery page, redesigned Surf events page
27/7/08 Streaming - changed offline image to daytime captured image
20/7/08 Streaming / beach cam down for 1hr 30 mins, RCB tripped
12/7/08 Added Uk Shipping forcast and help/donation links
4/7/08 Pinnacle Capture card fitted, improved streaming image
12/6/08 Testing Streaming with beach cam, daytime only
29/5/08 Added Auroara Activity - Northern Hemisphere to astronomy page
27/5/08 Added Solar X-rays / Geomagnetic Field to astronomy page
22/5/08 Beach webcam up - testing and adjusting
18/5/08 Headland Hotel, kindly donated a webcam for beach view, coming soon
13/5/08 Permission and Licence granted - Tide Page online, graph for today + 6 days tides
12/5/08 Applied for permission to display tide times from UKHO / Bellfield Software
10/5/08 New, Pond Cam online plus compare page, yesterday to last year graphs
7/5/08 Added print feature to months tide table page
5/5/08 New tide page and script, gives day tide graph and current month tides table
1/5/08 Added extra graphs page
20/4/08 Added photo banner top of page, world day/night map and surfing contest page
19/4/08 Corrected minor issues with monthly data display
13/4/08 Added Contact and Logo pages to site
9/4/08 Installed USB 2 PCI card for new SweeX webcam, webcam now on same PC again
7/4/08 Replacement Sweex webcam fitted
6/4/08 site transfered to www.newquayweather.com
1/4/08 Obtained newquayweather.com domain, currently re-directed to existing site
25/3/08 Sweex Webcam failure, using lower resolution cam till replacement arrives
20/3/08 My website host had server issues approx 5 hrs, no data lost
16/3/08 Weatherbonk page added, showing Cornwall and UK.
15/3/08 Theme and style switcher options added plus Data by monthly page and log updated.
12/3/08 Working on Newquay tides page
11/3/08 UK Earthquake and new mobile page added
8/3/08 GuestBook, new gallery script and RSS/Wap Pages added.
7/3/08 This station log page added
2/3/08 Site converted to php, thanks ken
29/2/08 Change went without a hitch, no data lost.
29/2/08 Changing ISP there may be no updates between 8am and 10pm, no data will be lost.
27/2/08 Added Station log page
25/2/08 Added Buoy page
18/5/07 Station up and running

Things to do

Add one wire lightening detector
Acquire UV solar sensor