Weather forecasting

[DBusby]

Does anyone have any information or a website on the equipment used for 'on the ground' weather data collection. Thanks.

[Mortartube]

The white louvred boxes that contain weather recording instruments are called Stevenson's screens and you may find more data if youdo a Google search on this term. Otherwise, this site will give you a start. http://www.coolweather.co.uk/weatherstations.htm#T
ypes%20of%20Weather%20Station

[incitatus]

the basic equipment though is a recording barometer, recording anemometer, rainfall guage and recording thermometer. You can add in such luxuries as a sunshine guage if you wish. Most of this stuff is now automatable using a small computer nd a visit to radio shack, so the old rolls of paper are not necessary.