About This Station

Weather Station

Davis Vantage Pro 2 with solar & UV sensors (wireless version)
Serial data logger
RS-232 Optical Isolator (9POP4), 12V power supplied from computer

Webcam

X-View KPC-650 Color Nite Cam DSP
3.5-8mm CS Auto Iris Lens f 1.4
VT-1 Single Cable Video Transmitter

Lightning Detection

Boltek StormTracker Lightning Detector
NexStorm Software

Computer

Dell Pentium 4, 2.6GHz, 512MB RAM, Raid 5 HD configuration
Windows 2003 server, service pack 1 OS
Firewire addon card (for video capture)
Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge

Weather data is provided by a Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station with supplementary information obtained from Environment Canada, The Weather Network, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, The Ontario Ministry of Transportation and the local airport.

The data is collected every 2.5 seconds and the site is updated approximately every 5 seconds using Weather Display Software. The station comprises of an anemometer, solar gauge, uv gauge, rain gauge and a thermo-hydro sensor situated in optimal positions for highest accuracy possible.

About Wawa

Wawa, Ontario is a community in Northern Ontario, Canada, located in Michipicoten Township in the Algoma District. The community is known for its 28-foot-tall metal statue of a Canada goose, built in 1963. Wawa takes its name from the Ojibwe word for "wild goose", wewe.

Wawa's main source of employment and survival over the years has ranged from fur trade, mining and forestry to tourism.

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