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