** Inaccurate readings **
I noticed that the weather station was supplying inaccurate readings for rainfall. Usually, this is the result of some object blocking the drain from the rain bucket, or a stray pine needle blocking...
View Article** Dried out the Temp/Humidity Sensor **
Hair dryers are wonderful tools. :)The unfortunate side-effect of the drying out is that the temperature will read artificially high and the humidity artificially low until they reach the actual...
View ArticleLightning strike
Sorry for the PWS outage!The house was hit by lightning on Monday 10/26, taking out our Internet connection, the weather station server, and a variety of other equipment.We're back up on a standby...
View ArticleBastrop Wildfire
Well, folks, it looks like we're on the Western edge of the forest fire that's engulfed Circle D.We are located just about 1/2 mile to the North of the local fire station, and WUG is showing the fire...
View ArticleAu Revoir, y'all
To whomsoever might be following the weather at KTXBASTR2, greetings:Our time in Bastrop is nearly at an end. The Labor Day wildfire, thankfully, missed us - but it put significant doubt in our hearts...
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