Bellmere Weather

Now:	23.8°c
Max:	23.9°c (at 09:05)
Min:	16.6°c (at 06:31)
Avg:	19.3°c

Now:	66%
Max:	98%(at 07:05)
Min:	64%(at 09:11)
Avg:	89%

Now:	3.1Kts (NW)
Max:	11.1Kts (at 08:15)
Min:	0.0Kts (at 00:49)
Avg:	3.2Kts
Avg Dir:	168° (S)

Total:	0.0mm
Last Hr:	0.0mm
Started:
Stopped:

Now:	1022hpa
Max:	1022hpa (at 08:33)
Min:	1018hpa (at 03:47)

About
The weather station is an 'Oregon WMR200' and the instruments are located on my roof in Bellmere, near Caboolture in South East Queensland. Data is captured from the weather station using 'Virtual Weather Station' software and this software is used to save data into a CSV file. This data is then imported into the seperate database using SSIS packages and TSQL scripts. For more information on the hardware setup, view the instruments page. Various sources of publicly available weather data is used for the creation of weather forecasts and weather charts, together with local data obtained from the WMR200. Weather satellite images are received directly from the three NOAA satellites using a "WeSaCom APT-06" receiver and processed into visible images.

Oregon WMR200 instruments on the roof in a homemade Stevenson screen with solar powered fan for those hot, sunny and wind-less days. In addition a home made QFH antenna to receive the NOAA satellite images direct from the satellite.

Data
The first data recordings in the five minute historical database occurred on the 9th February 2007 and the database currently contains 370,313 individual weather recordings and Lightning detection commenced 1st November 2008.

Hardware / Gadgets
A mixture of hardware is used to make Bellmere Weather and this hardware uses the software below to extract and present the data. Please visit their website for product details and copyright / legal information.
Oregon Scientific WMR200 Weather Station - Main hardware for the capture of local weather data. Website
Boltek Storm Tracker - Lightning detection hardware used to detect and locate lightning strikes. Website
Logitech QuickCam - Webcam, sitting on top of the BBQ with a pair of polarising sunglasses taped over the lens! Website
WeSaCom APT-06 - Used to receive data from the Polar Orbiter Weather Satellites in the VHF frequency range Website
Quadrifilar Helix Antenna - Home built to receive the satellite images from the NOAA satellites. Instructions
Eaton UPS - Provide power filtering and backup power for all servers. Website

Software
Bellmere Weather is almost totally automated and makes use of the following software to collect local data, plus download data from various sources on the Internet. Please visit their website for product details and copyright / legal information.
Microsoft SQL Server (Express) - Main database and data import and transformation software. Website
Virtual Weather Station (VWS) - Retrieve data from the WMR200 weather station into text files for import. Website
NexStorm - Lightning detector software to display lightning strike data and calculate storms. Website
NSLog - An excellent little application that 'hooks' into NexStorm and enables data imports. Website
WxSim - Weather forecasting software that downloads data off of the internet, plus my data, and produces forecasts. Website
Digital Atmosphere - Weather charting software used to produce weather charts and radar maps. Website
WebCamXp - Webcam software for scheduled snapshots and streaming of live webcam video. Website
WxToImg - Software to process data from NOAA satellites. Website

Disclaimer
Data received from the weather station, lightning detector, NOAA satellites, webcam and custom generated forecasts / charts is made as accurately as possible, however as the data is automatically imported 24/7, it's accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
Data from the weather station or downloaded from the internet to generate weather forecasts is not quality controlled by me and it's accuracy cannot be guarenteed. As a result, please do not make any decissions based on the data on this site.

Additional Information
Website weather photographs taken by my lovely wife. (A.K.A. The Boss)
BellmereWeather is a non-commercial private hobby website, which has evolved over the past few years and is hosted in Bellmere. All Local weather data and lightning data is owned by BellmereWeather and all data downloaded from the internet and used for charts and forecasting is property of the respective owners.