Topic: Fire Station providing weather data to NWS...

[ADM]

Not sure if this is the correct forum or not but here goes. 

I had a local fire station ask me today (via email) about setting up a weather station where they could report local weather directly to the NWS.  I am not clear what they actually mean but before I respond to them I though I would post the question, is there a way to provide data directly to the NWS.

Thoughts...

Thanks!

Al.

www.RockyCreekWeather.com

[kray1000]

The data will be sent through CWOP and MADIS to the NWS, which receives a data file with everyone's observations at one time.

[SLOweather]

I'm not sure there is any way to get data directly to the NWS except for an expensive RAWS station.

OTOH, anything sent over APRS or CWOP should get to the NWS via CWOP or MesoWest.

Respond to them and see if they can give you some clarification. I'm in the late implementation process of a product/service that would be perfect for a situation like this, if they can do it via CWOP/MesoWest. I have hardware and demo web pages running now, full service by the end of the year.