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Latest Radar ------------- This is the latest radar image courtesy of Environment Canada & The Weather Underground from the King City (CWKR) radar site located just north of Toronto near hwy 9 & hwy 400. The weather station
appears on the map as a circle with a + symbol inside and the radar cycles through the
last 10 radar scans available. |
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1KM VISIBLE - DAYTIME ONLY |
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4KM INFRARED |
Soil Temperature & Moisture
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A lower moisture reading number in centibars
(cb) = more saturation & wetness, a higher number means the soil is drier.
The soil at this particular site is rich black earth between 0 & 10cm
becoming a mix of brown earth at 15cm & well mixed with clay at 30cm. The soil nearly
all dense clay at 60cm.
Guidelines 0-10 CB = Saturated soil. Occurs
for several days after irrigation or rainfall 60-100 CB = Usual range to
irrigate heavy clay soils
Soil Info
The soil in Vaughan and much of Woodbridge consists of
Peel Clay & Cashel Clay which are both Grey-Brown Podzolic's with good
to imperfect drainage & moisture retention. The station is visible above
as a star with a red dot in the center. For more information about the
soil types of York Region & Southern Ontario visit
http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/publications/on/on19/intro.html |
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Leaf Wetness, Grass Minimum & Evaptranspiration Data
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| Leaf Wetness ------- The lower the number the drier the surface, this is used to calculate thickness and duration of morning dew and/or precipitation |
Grass Wetness ------- The lower the number the drier the surface, this is used to calculate thickness and duration of morning dew and/or precipitation |
5cm Grass Minimum Temperature ------- Used to calculate the number of frost days & find the lowest temperature at the surface of the earth |
Daily
Evaptranspiration
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The amount
of moisture plants loose or release into the
atmosphere through transpiration |
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| Solar Radiation ------- The amount of solar radition recieved at the surface of the earth in watts per square meter. This sensor is also used to evaluate cloud & sky conditions |
UV Index ------- The amount of UV radiation recieved at the surface of the earth on a scale of 0 - 16 with 6 considered high, 8 very high & 11+ extreme |
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| 2M Temperature | 2M Dew Point | Humidity | Rain Rate | Wind Speed | Pressure | Wind Chill & Humidex | Solar |
| 9.7°C | 7.2°C | 96% | 2.5mm/hr | 48.3 km/hr | 996.2mb | -22.2 | 823W/m² |
| -13.5°C | -17.8°C | 40% | 1032.5mb | 9.4°C | 3.0index | ||
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| About
This Weather Station |
| My weather station consists of a Davis Vantage
Pro2 Plus model #6163 which boasts a light intensity and UV sensor while
having a 24 hour fan aspirated radiation shield for maximum temperature and moisture
accuracy. The station also hosts a rain collector which is accurate to 0.01 inches. At
present, the station is mounted on a tripod with the radiation shield sitting exactly 2
meters above the ground. The station anemometer is remotely mounted using the Davis
Wireless Remote Anemometer kit #6332 above my chimney at exactly 10 meters. I am also
running the Davis complete soil moisture & temperature station #6345CS with one Leaf
Wetness Sensor #6420 and additional remote temperature station #6372 which prives the
grass minimum or 5cm temperature. Lastly, the rain guage also hosts the Davis heating unit
#7720 which can melt snow with a liquid density of 6mm per hour providing liquid snow
totals for more accurate liquid to snow ratios. The weather station web interface consists of a 2 GHz Dell Computer running Windows XP Professional which has been stripped down for maximum power efficiency. The Davis WeatherLink USB-Serial interface which provides data to the PC is split via software called Virtual VP, essentially turning one weather station into four using virtual com ports. From here the data is logged by the Davis WeatherLink software, Weather Display 10.37 & VPLive where it is then fed to sources such as Wunderground, CWOP & this very website. Some images of my station and install are visible below. Click on any of the images to pause the slideshow and bring up a description of the photo. |
External Links
Wunderground
CWOP Station Info
CWOP
Realtime Data