1. How to build your ownpersonal weather stationBrian ODonovan - http://brianodonovan.ie

2. BackgroundIrish Weather varies-By Day/Hour/Minute-By Location - Met office weather is not mine 3. Sunday May 12th 9:15am 4. Sunday May 12th 11:30am 5. Cultural ResultsWhen I call my parents in GalwayConversation starts with:"what is the weather like where you are?"We then discuss the weather forecastWe watch weather forecasts closelywe rarely find them useful for us 6. High Tech version of our chat 7. Irish Weather Network - local amateur reports 8. Started christmas 2010Very Severe SnowSanta got a strong hint thatMaplin had a special offeron personal WeatherStationsMy Own Involvement 9. March 2011 Went On-lineUnit came with Windows only SWLocated PYWWS python package which canconnect to Weather Underground or otherSitesFinally found a use for my Tonido PlugBalance easy to see v easy to connect 10. TonidoPlugRouterWeatherStationReceiverUnit 11. My ActivitiesAnalysed accuracy of different forecastservices for unsucessful Young Scientist projecthttp://bit.ly/vPA5BWStarted Twittering as @LLWeather May 2013I am not really a weather nerdCheck out the Irish Met Society 12. Where to Find out morehttp://www.irishmetsociety.orghttp://irelandsweather.com/http://www.met.ie/educationhttp://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/edures.shtmlhttp://www.wunderground.comhttps://code.google.com/p/pywwshttp://www.maplin.co.uk/gadgets-and-toys/time-weather-and-scahttps://twitter.com/LLWeather/following