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Drury Hill Weather
(Holden, Massachusetts)

*Updated each half hour*

Current Status: FTP Transfer Down, Above Image not Updating -- working issue with Charter
Last issue: 4/16/2008 ( Station Log, Issues, Outages )

`FORECASTS`	`MAPS`	`SKY & SPACE`
`WHDH CH 7 (NBC) 7-Day Forecast`	`NWS Short-Range Radar Image (w/W1PA)`	`HF Radio Propagation`
`FOX25 5-Day Forecast`	`NWS Short-Range Radar Loop`	`SpaceWeather`
	`NEXRAD Radar Loop`	`This Weeks Sky-at-a-Glance` `(Sky and Telescope)`
`NWS Forecast for Worcester Area`	`Intellicast` `North-East Radar Loop`	`Sun/Moon Rise/Set Data from 40-below.com`
`NWS Weather Warnings (listed by proximity to my location)`	`APRS MAP centered on my location (shows other CWOP and ham APRS locations)` `What is APRS? What is the CWOP?`	`Current Moon Phase`
`Weatherman Todd Gross' New England Weather Website`	`Where is Drury Hill in Holden?`	`What time is it?`

TREND DATA (last 48 hours)

NOTE: Time Scale on these charts is GMT/UTC -- subtract 4 or 5 hours for Local EDT(EST)
(e.g. the dark vertical lines are 7PM, or 8PM during the Summer (DST))


`TEMP DEW POINT`	`DIRECTION AVG SPEED(mph) GUST(mph)`

`Barometer (mm Hg)`	`Daily Running Total (Resets at Midnight Local Time)` `Link: Monthly Rain Total`

Alternative CURRENT CONDITION and HISTORY Links for this Station:

	`findu.com`	`Download` `Weather Exchange,` `a free program.`	`http://w9if.net/cgi-bin/wapaprs/wx?w1pa`
`Via Browser (W(eather)underground)`	`Via Browser (APRS Sites)`	`Via Desktop Ap`	`Via WAP Enabled Phone or Blackberry`
`Current Condx(KMAHOLDE1)` `Click image for Day/Week/Month Stats`	`Trend and Radar Link via APRS(this link auto-updates every 3 minutes)`	`Search for Holden, MA or KMAHOLDE1 when you set it up.`	`Load this link into your` `device's WAP browser.`

Station Configuration:

Hardware:

Davis Vantage Pro Wireless, sensors mounted 20ft above ground level in a residential neighborhood (some tree shielding of the anemometer).
All the software runs on an old, dedicated, HP Vectra Pentium-II 166. (what a great use for an ancient PC)
Since I am using cable modem, if I lose power my reporting will go down.
Rain indications during winter months are typically snow melting in the collector, or a freezing event interfering with the "tilting bucket" of the collector, or sometimes even rain.

Software: Ambient Virtual Weather Station, Internet Edition sending:

email reports to the FOX25 Boston Weather Team, to the WHDH Ch7 Boston WX Spotter List and to Todd Gross' list.
APRS reports to the www.findu.comAPRS and WAPaprs server and the CWOP via cable-modem on Charter (using VWSaprs) instead of via VHF radio.
Reports to the WeatherUnderground (capability comes with VWS).
data available to users of Ambient Weather's "Weather Exchange" Desktop application. This station is KMAHOLDE1.

Me:

My APRS-WX ID and Amateur Radio callsign is W1PA. I am a NWS-trained SKYWARN Spotter. I do this for the fun of it.

“Not expected or required, but appreciated”

DISCLAIMER: This page is provided for my own personal use, and anyone else who may come across it. I am not responsible for the accuracy of the information, the up-time of the system, or how you choose to use this data, any more than I am responsible for the weather itself. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. This station is privately owned and located on a private residence in Holden, MA. I am at the mercy of Charter Communications and Holden Municipal Power and Light for the 'uptime' of this station.

(c)2008
This page last updated: April, 2008 Inquiries/email/questions to: w1pa [at] hotmail [dot] com