Most folks posting in this Forum recognize the insignificance of the Weather Underground Goldstar. It would be nice if it really meant something, but obviously something went wrong along the way, and it really means next to nothing. MesoWest quality checks are much more informative and useful.
And the video posted by vreihen above is exceptional viewing. Great job! Satire at all!
You are talking quality again, how many times do i have to say, stop comparing the GS to other quality checking sites
thats not what the GS is about, its only for consistency, you could send 30ºC higher than it should be, it does not make
any difference, (unless your station is reported of course) as long as you are sending data without at a break you get a GS
and i think the break is about 90 minutes or more, not figured that part out.
Folks that have replied on here have confirmed this too, their data stopped sending, they lost their GS.
For a start, has WU ever stated that the GS is for data quality? some of you just automatically assumed it was for data
quality "has passed our quality control process for 5 consecutive days." does not say data quality, just says quality process
but the "5 days" part and when i have stopped sending for over and hour, tells me that its consistency
Even the UKMO WOW is the same, Submit over 350 days and you get gold badge