Topic: Barometer settings

[skywatcher_3]

Ok. You buy a nice weather station. I go to wunderground and look at the PWS in my area. 31.34?? Mine says 29.88. Then one says 28.45? Oh my god! A hurricane is coming!! In SW mo. We do get tornadoes here.  Please set your barometers right. I have a speedtech and it works great. Always close to the NWS here in springfield mo. But now they are hard to find. So lets get them barometers set right. That would help so much.   

[weatherforyou]

There is occasional confusion over sea level, raw, etc. and how to set it all properly.  A lot of people probably don't check what's on WU (or weatherforyou.com or CWOP for that matter) as long as what's in front of them is right.  In a recent survey we found people pay attention to the temperature, then wind, then humidity... barometric pressure was down the list a ways, after the short term forecast.  Rain jumps in somewhere around wind and humidity if it's, well, raining. 

[CookevilleWeatherGuy]

There is occasional confusion over sea level, raw, etc. and how to set it all properly.  A lot of people probably don't check what's on WU (or weatherforyou.com or CWOP for that matter) as long as what's in front of them is right.  In a recent survey we found people pay attention to the temperature, then wind, then humidity... barometric pressure was down the list a ways, after the short term forecast.  Rain jumps in somewhere around wind and humidity if it's, well, raining. 

Interesting that the ol' barometer rates so low when it is one of the best indicaters of potential weather!

[weatherforyou]

There is occasional confusion over sea level, raw, etc. and how to set it all properly.  A lot of people probably don't check what's on WU (or weatherforyou.com or CWOP for that matter) as long as what's in front of them is right.  In a recent survey we found people pay attention to the temperature, then wind, then humidity... barometric pressure was down the list a ways, after the short term forecast.  Rain jumps in somewhere around wind and humidity if it's, well, raining. 

Interesting that the ol' barometer rates so low when it is one of the best indicaters of potential weather!

I was somewhat surprised as well.  I think barometer has fallen into the category of one of those "scientific" readings that us hardcore weather enthusiasts interpret.  People know if they're hot or cold, they know if they're uncomfortable because of the high humidity, they know why their fence just ended up down the street, they know if they don't take an umbrella they're going to get soaked.  But barometric pressure's direct impact on people is a little harder to quantify unless you're really in to this stuff.   

[blackjack52]

...Please set your barometers right. I have a speedtech and it works great. Always close to the NWS here in springfield mo. But now they are hard to find. So lets get them barometers set right. That would help so much.   

Not ensuring accurate barometer setup is probably the reason why the barometric drift is occurring on the CWOP Quality Spread.   For the longest time I was almost dead center and now I'm almost outside the right side of the box.  And looking at the spread everything seems to be shifting to the right.

[racenet]

And looking at the spread everything seems to be shifting to the right.

Tilt your console slightly to the left until it corrects itself.   

[blackjack52]

Already tried that.
Even tried banging it from the right side to get the contents to shift to the left.   This too was a nogo.  What it ended up doing: shifted my lightning strikes from Arkansas into Oklahoma.  Man are they gonna be mad.

[racenet]

Already tried that.
Even tried banging it from the right side to get the contents to shift to the left.   This too was a nogo.  What it ended up doing: shifted my lightning strikes from Arkansas into Oklahoma.  Man are they gonna be mad.

Damn, I forgot to mention that was one of the side effects.   

LOL

[Mark / Ohio]

.... And looking at the spread everything seems to be shifting to the right.

Maybe it's trying to predict the results of the presidential election instead of the weather.   

[CookevilleWeatherGuy]

.... And looking at the spread everything seems to be shifting to the right.

Maybe it's trying to predict the results of the presidential election instead of the weather.   

That's good!  Too funny! 

[blackjack52]

.... And looking at the spread everything seems to be shifting to the right.

Maybe it's trying to predict the results of the presidential election instead of the weather.   

And you're from Ohio.

[skywatcher_3]

Not ensuring accurate barometer setup is probably the reason why the barometric drift is occurring on the CWOP Quality Spread.
[/quote] So what is CWOP??

[blackjack52]

VWS and VWSAPRS programs send data to CWOP.  Check it out.
http://www.wxqa.com/

[weatherforyou]

VWS and VWSAPRS programs send data to CWOP.

Actually most software sends data to CWOP including Weather Display, WUHU, FreeWX, Weather Solution, Weather View 32 and others.