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Present Day Installation

PaloAltoWeather.com Rooftop
Photo: December 12, 2020

RainWise Weather
Station Installed
January 26, 2019

Rainwise Mark III-LR
(Now secondary station.)

Reporting to the
National Weather Service
Begins—Station F4751
(APRSWXNET/CWOP)
March 13, 2019

Click to see this station on NWS.

PaloAltoWeather.com
Goes Live
April 21, 2019

Original PaloAltoWeather.com (re-creation)

WeatherBoard™
Introduced
July 2019

Click to check out WeatherBoard!

Seismograph
Goes Live
Early August 2019

Raspberry Shake 4D

Infrasound Monitor
Goes Live
Mid August 2019

Raspberry Boom
RE991, AM Network, Raspberry Shake, S.A.

Seismograph
Upgraded
Mid October 2019

Raspberry Shake 3D
R24AE, AM Network, Raspberry Shake, S.A.

Air Quality Reporting
Goes Live
Late December 2019

PurpleAir PA-II-SD

Second Weather Station
Installed
September 1, 2020 (For Testing)
September 5, 2020 (Designated Primary)

Wireless Vantage Pro2™ Plus
Additional Capabilities
24-Hr Fan Aspirated Radiation Shield (more accurate readings)
Ultrasonic Anemometer (more accurate windspeed and direction)
On Board UV Sensor
On Board Radiation Sensor
Con: Inferior Rain Gauge—Replaced by RainWise gauge (see below).

Davis Air Quality Sensor
Installed
September 18, 2020 (currently in testing)

Davis AirLink

RainWise Rain
Gauge Installed
October 1, 2020
(Retired November 23, 2020)
Replaced VantagePro2 On-Board Rain Gauge

RainWise Rain Gauge
8" diameter collector meets NWS specifications for statistical accuracy.
This rain gauge, in turn, has subsequently been upgraded (see below).

RainWise Industrial
Rain Gauge Installed
November 23, 2020
Replaced Previous Rain Gauge Upgrade

RainWise Industrial Rain Gauge
8.5" diameter collector.
Meets NWS specification for statistical accuracy.

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