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Boltek Lightning Detection Systems Spheric lightning detectors and StormTracker software *

Wind & Weather Wide range of weather insturments along with gifts for the home and garden

Locally Created Freeware Scripts

Local scripts are not supported & are available as a starting point for your personal weather station application development. Remarks will be as self-explanatory as possible. Scripts were designed to run with WeatherLink & NexStorm software, & most are intended to run on a scheduler. If you have any specific questions, feel free to e-mail me.

AMOES v1.01 AutoOb Additional Manual Observation Entry System [Language: PERL] (last update: 11/3/02)

AutoOb v1.30 Sends hourly observations to coolwx.com including lightning remarks from NexStorm
[Language: PERL] (last update: 9/15/04)
Chimes Very simple script that will play 3 short beeps and can be scheduled to run before the time to take manual observations.
[Language: PERL]
DailyObs v1.11 Creates table of hourly observations at the end of each day and sends to printer...will likely be combined with HourlyObs software in the future
[Language: PERL] (last update: 8/7/04)
HourlyObs v1.02 Creates table of hourly observations each hour...will likely be combined with DailyObs software in the future
[Language: PERL] (last update: 8/7/04)
Lightning Extractor v1.01 Extracts last 15 minutes of lightning data from NexStorm every hour with nxutil.exe...for use in AutoOb, DailyObs, and HourlyObs
[Language: PERL] (last update: 8/23/04)
TRACtable v1.01 Arranges NexStorm TRAC report into tabular format
[Language: PERL] (last update: 10/27/04)

FifesPhoto.com Jacksonville (Marietta), FL CW
JaxWeather.net Jacksonville (Westside), FL CW
Macclenny Weather Observatory Macclenny, FL CW
PicOlio.com Oviedo, FL CW

South Florida Lightning Boynton Beach, FL L

Rest of the United States

GP-1 Lightning Locator Altoona, PA L
Hartford, ME Weather Conditions Hartford, ME CW
Lorick Weather Live Eau Claire, WI LW
Mesa, AZ Weather Conditions Mesa, AZ LW
Montgomery Village Weather Mongomery Village, MD CW
North Conway Weather North Conway, NH CW
Round Hill Weather & Climatology Round Hill, VA CW
Sandy Ridge Weather Station Elkridge, MD CW

Around the World

Key: Climate Lightning Weather

Tips & Tricks

HTML Character Entities Special HTML character sets which display certain symbols without the use of graphics
Server Side Includes Tutorial How to use server side includes (SSI)... very powerful if you want to use menus on more than one page, automatically display last update info, etc.

Software

Irfanview Graphical viewer software...allows you to create icons and convert between numerous graphic formats

Weather Instruments		Software
*Manufacturers* Boltek Lightning Detection Systems Spheric lightning detectors and StormTracker software * Davis Instruments Manufacturers of Vantage Pro * * In use at Arlington Weather Observatory *Distributors* Wind & Weather Wide range of weather insturments along with gifts for the home and garden		*Weather Station Software* Astrogenic Systems NexStorm and StormVue lightning detection and ranging software * Davis Instruments Manufacturers of WeatherLink * *Other Computer Software* ActivePerl PERL core and modules for programming or running scripts from ActiveState (Freeware) * NetTime Allows scheduled time syncs for your computer and for your PC to act as a time server for other PC's on a LAN (Freeware) * Programmers' File Editor Great file editor for programming (Freeware/Unsupported) * * In use at Arlington Weather Observatory Locally Created Freeware Scripts Local scripts are not supported & are available as a starting point for your personal weather station application development. Remarks will be as self-explanatory as possible. Scripts were designed to run with WeatherLink & NexStorm software, & most are intended to run on a scheduler. If you have any specific questions, feel free to e-mail me. AMOES v1.01 AutoOb Additional Manual Observation Entry System [Language: PERL] (last update: 11/3/02) AutoOb v1.30 Sends hourly observations to coolwx.com including lightning remarks from NexStorm [Language: PERL] (last update: 9/15/04) Chimes Very simple script that will play 3 short beeps and can be scheduled to run before the time to take manual observations. [Language: PERL] DailyObs v1.11 Creates table of hourly observations at the end of each day and sends to printer...will likely be combined with HourlyObs software in the future [Language: PERL] (last update: 8/7/04) HourlyObs v1.02 Creates table of hourly observations each hour...will likely be combined with DailyObs software in the future [Language: PERL] (last update: 8/7/04) Lightning Extractor v1.01 Extracts last 15 minutes of lightning data from NexStorm every hour with nxutil.exe...for use in AutoOb, DailyObs, and HourlyObs [Language: PERL] (last update: 8/23/04) TRACtable v1.01 Arranges NexStorm TRAC report into tabular format [Language: PERL] (last update: 10/27/04)

Weather & Data Links		Other Online Weather Stations
coolwx.com Internet user wx observation page (where users can submit observations), plus offshore wx data, hourly U.S. wx stats, mesoscale analysis, & precip type Daily Weather Maps Latest and archived daily weather maps from the NWS Federal Meteorological Handbook (FMH-1) Detailed rules for surface weather observations (pdf format) NexStorm Online North America Europe Maps with links to NexStorm Lightning sites weather.gov National Weather Service main site with links to other NWS offices around the country WMO World Weather Information Service Links to national weather agencies from around the world		[Submit Your Site] Florida & Georgia FifesPhoto.com Jacksonville (Marietta), FL CW JaxWeather.net Jacksonville (Westside), FL CW Macclenny Weather Observatory Macclenny, FL CW PicOlio.com Oviedo, FL CW South Florida Lightning Boynton Beach, FL L Rest of the United States GP-1 Lightning Locator Altoona, PA L Hartford, ME Weather Conditions Hartford, ME CW Lorick Weather Live Eau Claire, WI LW Mesa, AZ Weather Conditions Mesa, AZ LW Montgomery Village Weather Mongomery Village, MD CW North Conway Weather North Conway, NH CW Round Hill Weather & Climatology Round Hill, VA CW Sandy Ridge Weather Station Elkridge, MD CW Around the World Key: Climate Lightning Weather

HTML/Java Tips, Tricks & Software		Online Forums
Tips & Tricks HTML Character Entities Special HTML character sets which display certain symbols without the use of graphics Server Side Includes Tutorial How to use server side includes (SSI)... very powerful if you want to use menus on more than one page, automatically display last update info, etc. Software Irfanview Graphical viewer software...allows you to create icons and convert between numerous graphic formats XENU Link Sleuth Checks for broken links on your website		WeatherLink Software Board Forum for Davis WeatherLink users

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