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Personal Weather Station Links / Re: Nimbus MMTS, Davis 7714, Davis DIY FARS compair
« Last post by CW7491 on Today at 08:22:57 PM »Yeah, that's just not right. To be honest, it's not that surprising considering the NWS is using equipment manufactured by a company that went defunct nearly 15 years ago. It comes down to cost I assume. Lots more user friendly technology available now with the ability for better siting. The issues with the current MMTS system have been documented. Although the radiation shield seems to work well. Even Davis published a study in comparison around 2007 and ran into problems https://ams.confex.com/ams/87ANNUAL/techprogram/paper_118190.htm
ASOS isn't immune either though as I posted elsewhere a really interesting video from NWS Lexington KY documenting the extremely lax tolerances. At least a fix there is in the works ...
ASOS isn't immune either though as I posted elsewhere a really interesting video from NWS Lexington KY documenting the extremely lax tolerances. At least a fix there is in the works ...