ATC Weather Station

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="03e005a0dkcfqa.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Applied Technology Center"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B> </B><B> </B><B>   | </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Applied Technology Center</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> ATC Weather Station</div> <div> <I><B>42.54.04 North</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>71.56.03 West</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Elevation: 780 feet</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Click <A HREF="http://www.region14atc.org/weather.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.region14atc.org/weather.htm"><U>here</U></A> for current weather conditions.</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="533" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 200 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0f803c20.jpg" border=0 width="259" height="194" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="261"><bR> <bR> <div> The weather collection instruments are attached to the solar panels located immediately above the ATC offices.  </div> <div> The system is manufactured by Davis Instruments and is a Vantage Pro model.</div> <div> Data is collected every 2.5 seconds.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 198 WIDTH="261"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> The data from the collection instruments is transmitted wirelessly to this console located in the ATC offices.</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0fa00c00.jpg" border=0 width="256" height="192" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 247 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0fcb5f10.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="261"><bR> <div> This computer (clearly not one of the Center's recent purchases!) logs the data and converts</div> <div> it to a "live" display.</div> <div> The data is uploaded to the ATC web site every 10 minutes.</div> <div> During severe weather, the web site receives an average of 5,000 to 8,000 "hits" per week.  The largest number of hits recorded in any week was 12,213 during the week of 2/15/2003.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>