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Want to know exactly what the weather is doing in Shelter Bay? Wind
speed, direction, precipitation, humidity, dew point, and barometric
pressure? And just how bad are those wind gusts anyway? Now you can
find out by linking to Weather Underground at the link below and
enjoying accurate Shelter Bay weather information updated every four
minutes. The temperature and wind symbol over La Conner on the map is
actually our own Shelter Bay station. And here you will also find other
personal weather stations reporting from all over the northwest.
This
weather station is registered and supported by Stuart and Lynn
Thornton, Lot 450. They are located on Shelter Bay Drive right across
from the 4th green. If you look up at the roof on the blue/gray house
with white window trim, you will see the weather instruments doing
their job.
Stuart points out that if you click on the La Conner
temperature/wind symbol after logging onto the website, you will open a
window tabbed "Current" with more specific Shelter Bay information.
Clicking on the "Forecast" tab will give you the next five-day outlook.
And if you click on the station identifier,"KWALACON1", you will open a
new page that provides all of the reported data in the form of graphs
along with the actual tabular transmissions sent throughout the day.
The wind speed and direction graphs are especially useful as you can
see the trend during and after one of those nasty little storms we get.
And in the Statistical area, you will find all the totals for both the
day and the month.
One note. Rainfall is measured in 0.04 inch
increments (four one hundredths of an inch), so it might start raining,
but you will not see it reflected in the readings until the accumulated
rainfall reaches 0.04", then 0.08", etc. Rain gauges that are more
sensitive are cost prohibitive for this application.
A tip from
the webmaster: Sometimes when I click on the link below, the La Conner
symbol does not show up. I have found that if I refresh that page, it
will show up, and I can check the weather. I have no idea why it should
work this way, but it does.--Don Monroe
Community
residents can feel free to utilize this weather resource for as long as
it continues to be supported by the Thorntons. If you have any
questions, you can contact Stuart at stuart.thornton@verizon.net.
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