Author Topic: POST your currently updating webcam image here!  (Read 96755 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline PRAT

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 31
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #150 on: June 14, 2016, 03:14:41 AM »
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KAKANCHO211#history

 [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]

Wow, I need a new camera.   :oops:

Online PaulMy

  • Forecaster
  • *****
  • Posts: 5509
    • KomokaWeather
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #151 on: June 14, 2016, 09:28:05 AM »
Hi morfeas,
when I first glanced at it it looked like war torn damage view, until I got my glasses focused and cleaned and then saw the beauty of the sky and buildings.


PRAT,
the darkness from the sun's glare has certainly obstructed an otherwise beautiful view.

Very nice.
Paul


Offline PRAT

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 31
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #152 on: June 17, 2016, 11:00:05 PM »
Here's a better one  :grin:

Online PaulMy

  • Forecaster
  • *****
  • Posts: 5509
    • KomokaWeather
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #153 on: June 17, 2016, 11:26:08 PM »
I was waiting for a moose or something to come out of the woods :lol:

Paul

Offline satxwx

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 3
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #154 on: June 18, 2016, 10:27:03 PM »

Indeed they are. Since my camera's are custom built I have two modes on them. Day and Night. Day mode is automatic camera settings, but night is long shutter times(3 second)! I have been able to see lightning with these and of course star movement. All my cameras also upload to youtube which makes for a boring channel most of the time. Last year I caught this storm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UihB9iQt5o4&list=PLu7dJllMb-gEYc73E8QKGyDGZZiXwhBYc&index=4

I would like to think I can stop with this hobby anytime but I just got a Raspberry Pi Zero with the new 8MP camera coming in the mail to upgrade my north facing camera so I guess I can't stop.. :)

Enjoy,

Nickolas

Ok, that is awesome.  I'm a total noob and just put my camera up yesterday.  How the heck can I do the same thing?  Would love to know!!

Offline mighty3507

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 5
    • Chino Hills Weather
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #155 on: June 18, 2016, 11:23:24 PM »
View of sunset in Chino Hills, CA   99F today. Forecast: 106F Sunday and 107F Monday.

Steve Caron
CWOP: DW2585
WeatherUnderground: KCACHINO10


Offline weathernick

  • Senior Member
  • **
  • Posts: 90
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #156 on: June 19, 2016, 04:34:25 PM »
Raspberry pi zero with 8MP camera is now up and running. This makes my 4th raspberry pi camera setup. These new cameras need a few adjustments but the larger FOV and better sensitivity with low light makes it worth it. This one points Northeast of Yuma.

« Last Edit: March 09, 2017, 04:18:18 PM by weathernick »
PWS: Custom built with Raspberry Pi collecting the data from the sensors.
CWOP: EW5462
Wunderground: KAZYUMA27
Personal WX page: http://mccolls.weewx.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/

Offline morfeas2002

  • Forecaster
  • *****
  • Posts: 458
  • Kostas, Kalamata, Greece
    • Kalamata weather station
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #157 on: June 25, 2016, 07:22:45 AM »
New, fresh webcam, the second in Kalamata Beach, with view of the beach and Messinian Gulf


Offline Intheswamp

  • Early on one frosty morn'...
  • Forecaster
  • *****
  • Posts: 1485
  • Sure...I know enough to be dangerous, now.
    • Beeweather
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #158 on: July 03, 2016, 10:10:06 AM »
Ah, water and mountain on a clear day...very nice!!!

Davis VP2, v3.12
Cumulus v1.9.4  Build 1079
Today's weather beats no weather at all!
www.beeweather.com
www.beausandbonnets.com

Offline weathernick

  • Senior Member
  • **
  • Posts: 90
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #159 on: July 14, 2016, 04:20:27 PM »
Looks like I am ready for the North American Monsoon here in the desert southwest. I have finished my 4th web cam. All my cameras are raspberry pi with the camera module. Three are outside (East, Northeast, and Northwest) and one inside (south) pointing outside. The cameras are taking an image every 6 seconds during the day and every 15 seconds during the night. Night shots are exposed at 3.1 seconds for all the cameras except the Northeast, it is at 3.5 seconds. I transfer all the images to my server and then create youtube videos twice a day (9am for night videos, 9pm for day videos). All images are overlaid with weather data from my own custom built weather stations (that is another thread).

For now I am happy with this setup. I have thought about a 360° or at least a vertical cam. This way I can detect precip events (rain on windshield situation).

Here are the four cameras:

PWS: Custom built with Raspberry Pi collecting the data from the sensors.
CWOP: EW5462
Wunderground: KAZYUMA27
Personal WX page: http://mccolls.weewx.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/

Offline Daali

  • weather n00b
  • Senior Contributor
  • ****
  • Posts: 223
    • The weather in Jefferson, GA
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #160 on: July 14, 2016, 04:33:12 PM »
These are awesome!

What cams are you using where you can set the exposure to 3.5 at night?  I really want a better night sky cam

Offline Feelgood Ranch

  • Senior Member
  • **
  • Posts: 92
    • Feelgood Ranch Weather

Ken Keyes
RainWise MkIII-LR, WeatherView 32 v8, StarDotXL 3mp cam, Boltek PCI lightning detector/L2K, CWOP/CW4669, Weather For You
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KMTBOZEM2&wuSelect=PWS
http://www.anythingweather.com/current.aspx?id=22721

Offline weathernick

  • Senior Member
  • **
  • Posts: 90
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #162 on: July 17, 2016, 10:35:11 AM »
These are awesome!

What cams are you using where you can set the exposure to 3.5 at night?  I really want a better night sky cam

For that one I am using the Raspberry pi zero with the 8mp camera module. Hard to get right now but hopefully supplies will improve.

Nickolas
PWS: Custom built with Raspberry Pi collecting the data from the sensors.
CWOP: EW5462
Wunderground: KAZYUMA27
Personal WX page: http://mccolls.weewx.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/

Offline Daali

  • weather n00b
  • Senior Contributor
  • ****
  • Posts: 223
    • The weather in Jefferson, GA
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #163 on: July 25, 2016, 08:31:32 AM »
Nickolas,

If you do not mind me asking, what software are you using on your PiZero to take long exposure cam shots??

Offline weathernick

  • Senior Member
  • **
  • Posts: 90
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #164 on: July 25, 2016, 12:22:26 PM »
Nickolas,

If you do not mind me asking, what software are you using on your PiZero to take long exposure cam shots??

I use picamera and python. Code is below if you care to take a whack at it. I have enhanced the code to now give images every 6 seconds with an exposure of 5.9seconds. You can see my first test here at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL5eRo7TSsM

This code should work.. but I did gut it a little so some settings might need changed. But this is the bulk of it. camera.capture_continuous with burst mode set to true is how I get long exposures to happen ultra fast.
Code: [Select]
#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Python weather camera using raspberry pi with camera module
# Copyright (c) Nickolas McColl 2016
import picamera
import time
from datetime import datetime, date, timedelta
from fractions import Fraction
import ephem
import os
import math
import sys

# Configuration
lat = "32.643356"
long = "-114.523051"  # Yuma, Az
dayfpm = 10
nightfpm = 10




def sun():
    global lat, long
    yuma = ephem.Observer()
    yuma.pressure = 0 # assume no refraction
    yuma.horizon = '-8' # Twillight
    yuma.lat, yuma.lon = lat, long       
    yuma.date = datetime.utcnow()
    sunset = yuma.next_setting(ephem.Sun(), use_center=True)
    sunrise = yuma.next_rising(ephem.Sun(), use_center=True)
    sun = "day"
    if sunset > sunrise:
        sun = "night"

    return sun

def nextpictime(mode, filename):
    nowsecond = float(datetime.now().strftime('%S.%f'))
    if mode == "night":
        nextsecond = math.ceil((nowsecond / (60 / nightfpm))) * (60 / nightfpm)
    else:
        nextsecond = math.ceil((nowsecond / (60 / dayfpm))) * (60 / dayfpm)
    if nextsecond == 60:
        shutil.copyfile(filename, webimage)
 
    pause = nextsecond - nowsecond
    return pause


camera = picamera.PiCamera()
camera.start_preview()
camera.CAPTURE_TIMEOUT = 60  # Seconds
time.sleep(10)

if sun() == "night":
    # Nighttime shot sequence
    # Crossing over from day
    camera.exposure_mode = 'off'
    camera.awb_mode = 'auto'
    camera.framerate = Fraction(1, 6)
    camera.shutter_speed = 5900000
    camera.iso = 800
               
    #take night picture
    for i, filename in enumerate(camera.capture_continuous('{timestamp:%H%M%S}.jpg', resize=(1440,1080), burst=True, quality=20)):
        sleep = nextpictime("night",filename)
        time.sleep(sleep)
        camera.annotate_text = (datetime.now() - timedelta(seconds=6)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') + '\n'         
        if sun() == "day":
            # switch to day mode by ending this loop
            break               
           
else:
# Daytime shot sequence
     
# take day picture       
    for i, filename in enumerate(camera.capture_continuous('{timestamp:%H%M%S}.jpg', resize=(1440,1080), quality=20)):
        sleep = nextpictime("day", filename)
        time.sleep(sleep)
        camera.annotate_text = (datetime.now() - timedelta(seconds=6)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') + '\n'
        if sun() == "night":
            # switch to night mode by ending this loop
            break

I have that code setup as a service that restarts if it quits. (In this case it would quit went we transition at sunset/sunrise and restart with the correct exposure)

Enjoy,

Nickolas
PWS: Custom built with Raspberry Pi collecting the data from the sensors.
CWOP: EW5462
Wunderground: KAZYUMA27
Personal WX page: http://mccolls.weewx.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/

Offline diego

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 32
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #165 on: August 07, 2016, 05:26:01 PM »
Another ip camera HD ....in the "Cordillera Cantábrica" north of Spain.
« Last Edit: August 11, 2016, 05:05:21 PM by diego »

Offline Supercell

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 35
    • Dublin Weather
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #166 on: September 17, 2016, 08:36:05 AM »
Loughlinstown, Dublin, Ireland, sorry , not as scenic as some!


Offline Intheswamp

  • Early on one frosty morn'...
  • Forecaster
  • *****
  • Posts: 1485
  • Sure...I know enough to be dangerous, now.
    • Beeweather
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #167 on: September 17, 2016, 11:05:04 AM »
Looks great to me, Supercell!!!!  Those folks around you oughta be logging in to the station...it's *their* weather, too!!!  Would be a nice community service for them! :)

Ed

Davis VP2, v3.12
Cumulus v1.9.4  Build 1079
Today's weather beats no weather at all!
www.beeweather.com
www.beausandbonnets.com

Offline morfeas2002

  • Forecaster
  • *****
  • Posts: 458
  • Kostas, Kalamata, Greece
    • Kalamata weather station
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #168 on: October 20, 2016, 06:53:49 AM »
New, fresh webcam, in our weather network, with view of Kalamata, the beach and Messinian Gulf.


Offline gardengrub

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 26
    • KNEVALPA2
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #169 on: November 03, 2016, 02:26:47 PM »
I've been having good success with my Ubiquity Aircam mounted outdoors under the eve peak. Setting the fixed focus was a little tricky but manageable.  I recently figured out how to get NTP to work correctly in the camera so that I don't have to manually set the date and time after a power loss.  Upload and data overlay are handled by Meteobridge.  The camera is facing southwest.


Offline saberonyx

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 24
    • my weather and astronomy site
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #170 on: November 21, 2016, 08:19:09 AM »

This is my first post of a gif from my bloomsky station in NY.

Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk


Offline lectrichead

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 4
    • Marc's Jefferson County NY Weather/Outdoors Cams
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #171 on: December 02, 2016, 03:53:51 PM »
New member here, outside of Watertown, NY (right near the Canadian border).

I have a slightly different set-up than most of you I think - I use a pair of pretty old computers that I had laying around gathering dust, running XP and Jawcam (previously used Webcam32) and connecting to the Internet via my WiFi using a pair of old USB WIFI adapters (had to patch Windows XP with the last upgrade they came out with to get WPA2 to work on the old adapters and Windows) on long USB extension cables to get a favorable signal (I live in a 200 year old stone house so I have a number of routers to cover all of the bad spots and 1 1/2 foot thick walls, but it still can be iffy). 

One comp is way out in my disconnected garage (at the top of a hill) looking out toward the road, this is using an older Logitech C120 webcam, in the peak of my garage looking through a hole covered in glass and looking approximately southward.

Down the hill a bit is my house and at the very back of the house, which is also at the bottom of the hill is the lower level of my cellar where the other webcam is, running a cheapo Technet Model C016 webcam looking through a cellar window (I am thinking of mounting this in a weather-proof box in the Summer as the window will have a screen over it) viewing in an approximately northerly direction with good sight of my chickenhouse, and an Amish horse/cow field and Amish house in the distance.

These feed into my website running Wordpress and update at staggered intervals once an hour, twice an hour during weather events.  Both computers can be remotely logged into using VNC for maintenance and changing the update intervals, or to fire off a live shot.

The two opposite directions that the webcams face give a good over-view of the weather.  Plans for the future include maybe adding a weather station or at least a remote temp sensors connected to one of the computers, maybe another webcam/computer, and maybe an on-demand HTTP capture for both webcams.  http://hmienterprises.com/webcam








----------
Marc's Jefferson County NY Weather Webcam
https://hmienterprises.com/webcam

Offline overlookcircle

  • Senior Member
  • **
  • Posts: 57
    • Overlook Circle Weather and Birds
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #172 on: December 08, 2016, 12:25:24 PM »
I have a live stream of my backyard bird feeders, which doubles as a weather webcam. :)

Weather overlay on the video is coming from my Davis Pro 2 station, and updated every 5 minutes. The camera streams daily to YouTube during daylight hours Central Time.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/embed/UkMmKD-mU1I[/youtube]
« Last Edit: December 08, 2016, 12:27:16 PM by overlookcircle »

Offline mickopla

  • Forecaster
  • *****
  • Posts: 358
    • Waterford City Weather
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #173 on: January 24, 2017, 05:21:33 PM »
Set up my streaming Weather webcam using youtube. Working pretty well so far. Showing a live view from Waterford City, Ireland

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6bP4ek9-1PE1I9Ui936EMA/live
« Last Edit: January 24, 2017, 05:23:41 PM by mickopla »

Offline ryan hothersall

  • Senior Contributor
  • ****
  • Posts: 160
    • My Stuff on the Web
Re: POST your currently updating webcam image here!
« Reply #174 on: April 19, 2017, 05:03:34 AM »
Here is my setup here in Gulfview Heights, South Australia.
Camera faces roughly south west.

http://124.181.150.187:8101/m/ipcam.asp

I have used an Edimax IP camera. Quality is better during the day.

It is a continuous live stream and can be viewed without having to log into the camera.