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Simple. The other guy said aviation got it right, and I explained why. The "altimeter" was a dirty word when I joined this forum umpteen years ago, and is now becoming the norm because it's what the public gets from the media, and it makes comparisons an apple to apple thing. Exactly the argument I made back then. Not difficult.


The public gets crap from everywhere but the worst offenders are manufacturers condoning the lowest common denominator, much like the 6313 is clearly not an international product with only an Altimeter provision, the rest of the world does not think like the US
Yeah, oh well, don't bitch to me, bitch to Davis.
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Simple. The other guy said aviation got it right, and I explained why. The "altimeter" was a dirty word when I joined this forum umpteen years ago, and is now becoming the norm because it's what the public gets from the media, and it makes comparisons an apple to apple thing. Exactly the argument I made back then. Not difficult.

My response was the fact you agreed
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...Aviation had to get it right. It's used for vertical separation from other aircraft and terrain below 18,000' (FL180).
don't condone adding to the confusion.

The public gets crap from everywhere but the worst offenders are manufacturers condoning the lowest common denominator, much like the 6313 is clearly not an international product with only an Altimeter provision, the rest of the world does not think like the US   
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Simple. The other guy said aviation got it right, and I explained why. The "altimeter" was a dirty word when I joined this forum umpteen years ago, and is now becoming the norm because it's what the public gets from the media, and it makes comparisons an apple to apple thing. Exactly the argument I made back then. Not difficult.
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It is crazy. Did you notice the picture of the RAWS site they disqualified? I can’t speak to the instrumentation, but the siting looks exceptional. I’ve been waiting, for years now, on the 130°F Death Valley temp. The climate extremes committee are looking at one from 2020 and 2021. Still nothing out. Speculation that they might be considering decertifying the 134°F record.
https://stormbruiser.com/chase/2023/11/29/the-death-valley-temperature-record-is-being-fought-over/

In any case, the Furnace Creek station used the CS215 temp/rh probe which utilizes the SHT75. It’s crazy to me they were using that sensor (in a tiny, poorly sited passive shield) at a climate station with that kind of public interest.

At least Dr Baker and Campbell Scientific seem to have a serious interest …
https://www.campbellsci.com/blog/death-valley-collaboration-update
https://stormbruiser.com/chase/2022/09/06/detailed-afternoon-temperature-comparisons-at-furnace-creek-in-death-valley-in-july-2021/

But I digress …
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.... Aviation had to get it right. It's used for vertical separation from other aircraft and terrain below 18,000' (FL180).

But QNH and associates are not set and forget, an aircraft requests/sets QNH to take off, then an area QNH, then the local QNH prior to landing.
Please explain to me this relevance to a PWS owner.

Exactly, so why did you actually raise or mention it then? PWS owners are not interested in Aviation matters why did you even mention it?
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WOW, I can't believe they accepted the UTAH record High from that location. Notice the FARS read about a degree lower, so they thought it was all good. WHAT? That location doesn't meet siting guidelines for temperature or rainfall.
And that's a block fence, they get hotter than hell. And so close to the house.
I don't get it at all.
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.... Aviation had to get it right. It's used for vertical separation from other aircraft and terrain below 18,000' (FL180).

But QNH and associates are not set and forget, an aircraft requests/sets QNH to take off, then an area QNH, then the local QNH prior to landing.
Please explain to me this relevance to a PWS owner.
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.... Aviation had to get it right. It's used for vertical separation from other aircraft and terrain below 18,000' (FL180).

But QNH and associates are not set and forget, an aircraft requests/sets QNH to take off, then an area QNH, then the local QNH prior to landing. I just wisthpeople wouldn't keep on confusing people with such stuff that is really not relevant to the normal everyday weather station user. 
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Even the Kindle version is expensive (but I pre-ordered it).  Got to feed the weather itch :)
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Good... also change ORZ008 to ORZ118 and KEC42 to ORC039 for the NWS alerts too in Settings.php
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$SITE['NWSalertsCodes'] = array(
    "Southern Willamette Valley|ORZ008|KEC42"
//  "Santa Clara Valley|CAZ513|CAC085",
//  "Santa Cruz Mtns|CAZ512|CAC081|CAC085|CAC087",
//  "Santa Cruz|CAZ529|CAC087",
//  "Monterey|CAZ530|CAC053",
//  "South/East Bay|CAZ508|CAC081",
//  "San Mateo Coast|CAZ509|CAC081",
//  "San Francisco|CAZ006|CAC075"
);
to
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$SITE['NWSalertsCodes'] = array(
    "Southern Willamette Valley|ORZ118|ORC039"
//  "Santa Clara Valley|CAZ513|CAC085",
//  "Santa Cruz Mtns|CAZ512|CAC081|CAC085|CAC087",
//  "Santa Cruz|CAZ529|CAC087",
//  "Monterey|CAZ530|CAC053",
//  "South/East Bay|CAZ508|CAC081",
//  "San Mateo Coast|CAZ509|CAC081",
//  "San Francisco|CAZ006|CAC075"
);
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