Weather Coder 3 Examples
(Not real observations, we hope !)
Grant Kelly, Greg McCurdy, Kelly Redmond
Western Regional Climate Center
Desert Research Institute
Reno NevadaAASC Annual Meeting
Coeur d’Alene ID July 16-19, 2007
Opening page acis.dri.edu/wxcoder
Welcome to Station Named Demo
Form presented to station WFO RenoNow enter observations
Calendar showing days that have observations
Form ready for observer entry (numbers deliberately faint)
Form with 2 days opened, precip times, remarks
Printable copy for local storage
Observer error, logical inconsistency, TMIN > TOBS
Just prior to submission:
Does everything look right?
Then submit
Strange day, definite and uncertain precip times, remarks.
Lost? Mixed up? Can’t understand ?Press the help button.
Bad Snow DepthObserver entered 1.0 inchWhole inches only
Made the correctionNow confirm before submittal
Hmmmm…This is a monthly extreme temperature.
Are you sure ??Please confirm.
Email sent to site administratorMonthly extreme exceededThis may merit further attention.
Site Administrator can trackdetailed station metadata.Protected site
More complex stationThis one also has soil and river information
