Station Log

Station/Data Problems

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

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
Acquired Pan and Tilt unit for beach cam streaming, to allow full beach view when sun not in shot