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My web building pages (Build web 1-3) are now complete, please see links above, although primarily intended as a guide for building Web Pages to display your  Virtual Weather Station data  this guide may be useful for general web design, take a look it won't bite and it's FREE


A good TIP if you are upgrading from before version 10.xx VWS use the Weather Web Site Builder: Whilst running VWS go to Menu "Internet" then "Web Site Builder" this will set all the tags for you :) (NOTE: backup your original .htx templates) Have FUN  Regards Paul Hayes

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Ok here's your chance :) any ideas on a decent colour code?

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If you have VWS version 10.xx installed check out Manual (version 10) starting at page 74 for jpeg file index: if you are upgrading from pre-version 10 and want to see jpeg index file download the Virtual Weather Station User's Manual (Adobe Acrobat File) from Ambient web site Library, be warned it's just over 6meg zip file, it does come with VWS when you download version 10.xx (Hint to Ed :)

TIP: If you have already downloaded version 10.xx but not yet installed you can view the Manual, create a new folder call it vwstemp or similar extract the zipped vws.zip into new folder then view the contents you should see a zipped file called "Distfile" double click it to open it in winzip or whatever you use for zip files now you should see Manual.pdf double click it and it should open in Adobe Acrobat Reader if you don't have the reader on your PC then you will need to download it FREE from HERE
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Wind Humidity Temp Station Baro Rain Ch not present with some stations Sea Level Baro
W =Wind Direction 0 =Ch 3 Humidity
356 =Wind Direction Hi 0 =Ch 3 Humidity Hi 
6:23am =Wind Direction Time 12:00am =Ch 3 Humidity Hi Time
0 =Wind Direction Lo 0 =Ch 3 Humidity Lo
4:55am =Wind Direction Lo Time 12:00am =Ch 3 Humidity Lo Time
299 =Wind Direction Average 0 =Ch 3 Humidity Average
-33.5 =Wind Direction Rate 0.0 =Ch 3 Humidity Rate
45.5 =Wind Direction Rate Hi 0.0 =Ch 3 Humidity Rate Hi
2:20pm =Wind Direction Rate Hi Time --- =Ch 3 Humidity Rate Hi Time
-287.6 =Wind Direction Rate Lo 0.0 =Ch 3 Humidity Rate Lo
2:21pm =Wind Direction Rate Lo Time --- =Ch 3 Humidity Rate Lo Time
0 =Wind Speed 0.0 =Evapotranspiration
15 =Wind Speed Hi 0.0 =Evapotranspiration Hi
12:35pm =Wind Speed Hi Time 12:00am =Evapotranspiration Hi Time
0 =Wind Speed Lo 0.0 =Evapotranspiration Lo
12:00am =Wind Speed Lo Time 12:00am =Evapotranspiration Lo Time
4 =Wind Speed Average 0.0 =Evapotranspiration Average
-4.5 =Wind Speed Rate 0.000 =Evapotranspiration Rate
9.0 =Wind Speed Rate Hi 0.000 =Evapotranspiration Rate Hi
2:28pm =Wind Speed Rate Hi Time --- =Evapotranspiration Rate Hi Time
-5.1 =Wind Speed Rate Lo 0.000 =Evapotranspiration Rate Lo
1:45pm =Wind Speed Rate Lo Time --- =Evapotranspiration Rate lo Time
13 =Wind Gust 0.0 =UV Undex
15 =Wind Gust Hi 0.0 =UV Undex Hi
12:35pm =Wind Gust Hi Time 12:00am =UV Undex Hi Time
0 =Wind Gust Lo 0.0 =UV Undex Lo
12:00am =Wind Gust Lo Time 12:00am =UV Undex Lo Time
9 =Wind Gust Average 0.0 =UV Undex Average
4.6 =Wind Gust Rate 0.0 =UV Undex Rate
5.3 =Wind Gust Rate Hi 0.0 =UV Undex Rate Hi
1:46pm =Wind Gust Rate Hi Time --- =UV Undex Rate Hi Time
-6.9 =Wind Gust Rate Lo 0.0 =UV Undex Rate Lo
2:00pm =Wind Gust Rate Lo Time --- =UV Undex Rate lo Time
52 =In Humidity 0 =Solar Radiation
58 =In Humidity Hi 0 =Solar Radiation Hi
11:57am =In Humidity Hi Time 12:00am =Solar Radiation Hi Time
48 =In Humidity Lo 0 =Solar Radiation Lo
12:00am =In Humidity Lo Time 12:00am =Solar Radiation Lo Time
53 =In Humidity Average 0 =Solar Radiation Average
-1.2 =In Humidity Rate 0.00 =Solar Radiation Rate
vvh004 =In Humidity Rate Hi 0.00 =Solar Radiation Rate Hi
--- =In Humidity Rate Hi Time --- =Solar Radiation Rate Hi Time
-1.6 =In Humidity Rate Lo 0.00 =Solar Radiation Rate Lo
2:18pm =In Humidity Rate Lo Time --- =Solar Radiation Rate Lo Time
50 =Humidity 15.4 =Wind Chill
92 =Humidity Hi 15.4 =Wind Chill Hi 
7:59am =Humidity Hi Time 2:16pm =Wind Chill hi Time
49 =Humidity Lo 8.4 =Wind Chill Lo
2:28pm =Humidity Lo Time 3:08am =Wind Chill Lo Time
55 =Humidity Average 15.1 =Wind Chill Average
-5.1 =Humidity Rate 0.3 =Wind Chill Rate
0.3 =Humidity Rate Hi 0.4 =Wind Chill Rate Hi 
1:56pm =Humidity Rate Hi Time 2:16pm =Wind Chill Rate Hi Time
-6.8 =Humidity Rate Lo -0.5 =Wind Chill Rate Lo
2:28pm =Humidity Rate Lo Time 2:28pm =Wind Chill Rate Lo Time
21.7 =In Temp 22.3 =In Heat Ix
21.8 =In Temp Hi 22.6 =In Heat Ix Hi 
12:00am =In Temp Hi Time 11:57am =In Heat Ix Hi Time
21.5 =In Temp Lo 21.9 =In Heat Ix Lo
6:41am =In Temp Lo Time 6:41am =In Heat Ix Lo Time
21.6 =In Temp Average 22.2 =In Heat Ix Average
0.1 =In Temp Rate 0.0 =In Heat Ix Rate
0.1 =In Temp Hi 0.1 =In Heat Ix Rate Hi
2:11pm =In Temp Rate Hi Time 2:11pm =In Heat Ix Rate Hi Time
0.0 =In Temp Rate Lo -0.1 =In Heat Ix Rate Lo
--- =In Temp Rate Lo Time 1:42pm =In Heat Ix Rate Lo Time
15.4 =Out Temp 15.8 =Out Heat Ix
15.4 =Out Temp Hi 16.5 =Out Heat Ix Hi 
2:16pm =Out Temp Hi Time 10:25am =Out Heat Ix Hi Time
8.9 =Out Temp Lo 11.0 =Out Heat Ix Lo
2:26am =Out Temp Lo Time 2:26am =Out Heat Ix Lo Time
15.1 =Out Temp Average 15.8 =Out Heat Ix Average
0.3 =Out Temp Rate 0.0 =Out Heat Ix Rate
0.4 =Out Temp Rate Hi 0.4 =Out Heat Ix Rate Hi
2:16pm =Out Temp Rate Hi Time 2:00pm =Out Heat Ix Rate Hi Time
0.0 =Out Temp Lo -0.2 =Out Heat Ix Rate Lo
--- =Out Temp Lo Time 2:28pm =Out Heat Ix Rate lo Time
1011.2 =Barometer (Station)  5.0 =Dew Point
1011.2 =Barometer (Station) Hi 11.6 =Dew Point Hi 
12:00am =Barometer (Station) Hi Time 10:23am =Dew Point Hi Time
1010.2 =Barometer (Station) Lo 4.7 =Dew Point Lo
12:16am =Barometer (Station) Lo Time 2:28pm =Dew Point Lo Time
1011.2 =Barometer (Station) Average 6.2 =Dew Point average
0.0 =Barometer (Station) Rate -1.1 =Dew Point Rate
0.0 =Barometer (Station) Rate Hi 0.4 =Dew Point Rate Hi
--- =Barometer (Station) Rate Hi Time 2:00pm =Dew Point Rate Hi Time
0.0 =Barometer (Station) Lo -1.7 =Dew Point Lo
--- =Barometer (Station) Rate Lo Time 2:28pm =Dew Point Lo Time
475.0 =Total Rain 1021.0 =SL Barometer
475.0 =Total Rain Hi 1021.0 =SL Barometer Hi 
12:00am =Total Rain Hi Time 12:00am =SL Barometer Hi Time 
475.0 =Total Rain Lo 1020.0 =SL Barometer Lo
12:00am =Total Rain Lo time 12:16am =SL Barometer Lo Time
475.0 =Total Rain Average 1021.0 =SL Barometer average
0.000 =Total Rain Rate 0.0 =SL Barometer Rate
0.000 =Total Rain Rate Hi 0.0 =SL Barometer Rate Hi 
--- =Total Rain Rate Rate Time --- =SL Barometer Rate Hi Time
0.000 =Total Rain Rate Lo 0.0 =SL Barometer Rate Lo
--- =Total Rain Rate Lo time --- =SL Barometer Rate Lo Time
0.0 =Ch 1 Temp 16.7 =Press Alt
0.0 =Ch 1 Temp Hi 0.0 =Press Alt Hi
12:00am =Ch 1 Temp Hi Time --- =Press Alt Hi Time 
0.0 =Ch 1 Temp Lo 0.0 =Press Alt Lo
12:00am =Ch 1 Temp Lo Time --- =Press Alt Lo Time
0.0 =Ch 1 Temp Average 0.0 =Press Alt Average
0.0 =Ch 1 Temp Rate 0.000 =Press Alt Rate
0.0 =Ch 1 Temp Rate Hi 0.000 =Press Alt Rate Hi
--- =Ch 1 Temp Rate Hi Time --- =Press Alt Rate Hi Time
0.0 =Ch 1 Temp Rate Lo 0.000 =Press Alt Rate Lo
--- =Ch 1 Temp Rate Lo Time --- =Press Alt Rate lo Time
0 =Ch 1 Humidity 1421.3 =Cloud Base
0 =Ch 1 Humidity Hi 0.0 =Cloud Base Hi
12:00am =Ch 1 Humidity Hi Time --- =Cloud Base Hi Time
0 =Ch 1 Humidity Lo 0.0 =Cloud Base Lo
12:00am =Ch 1 Humidity Lo Time --- =Cloud Base Lo Time
0 =Ch 1 Humidity Average 0.0 =Cloud Base average
0.0 =Ch 1 Humidity Rate 0.000 =Cloud Base Rate
0.0 =Ch 1 Humidity Rate Hi 0.000 =Cloud Base Rate Hi
--- =Ch 1 Humidity Rate Hi Time --- =Cloud Base Rate Hi Time
0.0 =Ch 1 Humidity Rate Lo 0.000 =Cloud Base Rate Lo
--- =Ch 1 Humidity Rate Lo Time --- =Cloud Base Rate Lo Time 
0.0 =Ch 2 Temp 40.9 =Air Density
0.0 =Ch 2 Temp Hi  0.0 =Air Density Hi 
12:00am =Ch 2 Temp Hi Time --- =Air Density Hi Time
0.0 =Ch 2 Temp Lo 0.0 =Air Density Lo
12:00am =Ch 2 Temp Lo Time --- =Air Density Lo Time
0.0 =Ch 2 Temp Average 0.0 =Air Density Average
0.0 =Ch 2 Temp Rate 0.000 =Air Density Rate
0.0 =Ch 2 Temp Rate Hi 0.000 =Air Density Rate Hi
--- =Ch 2 Temp Rate Hi Time --- =Air Density Rate Hi Time 
0.0 =Ch 2 Temp Rate Lo 0.000 =Air Density Rate Lo
--- =Ch 2 Temp Rate Lo Time --- =Air Density Rate Lo Time
0 =Ch 2 Humidity 16.3 =Virtual Temp
0 =Ch 2 Humidity Hi 0.0 =Virtual Temp Hi 
12:00am =Ch 2 Humidity Hi Time --- =Virtual Temp Hi Time
0 =Ch 2 Humidity Lo 0.0 =Virtual Temp Lo
12:00am =Ch 2 Humidity Lo Time --- =Virtual Temp Lo Time
0 =Ch 2 Humidity Average 0.0 =Virtual Temp Average
0.0 =Ch 2 Humidity Rate 0.0 =Virtual Temp Rate
0.0 =Ch 2 Humidity Rate Hi 0.0 =Virtual Temp Rate Hi
--- =Ch 2 Humidity Rate Hi Time --- =Virtual Temp Rate Hi Time
0.0 =Ch 2 Humidity Rate LO 0.0 =Virtual Temp Rate Lo
--- =Ch 2 Humidity Rate Lo Time --- =Virtual Temp Rate Lo Time
0.0 =Ch 3 Temp 8.7 =Vapor Press
0.0 =Ch 3 Temp Hi  0.0 =Vapor Press Hi 
12:00am =Ch 3 Temp Hi Time --- =Vapor Press Hi Time 
0.0 =Ch 3 Temp Lo 0.0 =Vapor Press Lo
12:00am =Ch 3 Temp Lo Time --- =Vapor Press Lo Time
0.0 =Ch 3 Temp Average 0.0 =Vapor Press Average
0.0 =Ch 3 Temp Rate 0.0 =Vapor Press Rate
0.0 =Ch 3 Temp Rate Hi 0.0 =Vapor Press Rate Hi
--- =Ch 3 Temp Rate Hi Time --- =Vapor Press Rate Hi Time
0.0 =Ch 3 Temp Rate Lo 0.0 =Vapor Press Rate Lo
--- =Ch 3 Temp Rate Lo Time --- =Vapor Press Rate Lo Time
 
0.0 =Daily Rain 26833 =Wind Run Year
0.0 =Hourly Rain --- =Heat Stress
0.0 =Yesterday Rain Cool =Comfort Level
0.000 =Rain Rate --- =Forecast
12 =Wind Run Steady =Barom Trend
5.5 =Degrees Heating Steady =Press Trend
0.0 =Degrees Cooling Calm =Beaufort Scale
4 =Moon Phase 31/8/03 =Date
11.0 =Monthly Rain 2:35pm =Time
78.7 =Deg Heating Month 6:18am =Sunrise
33.3 =Deg Cooling Month 8:04pm =Sunset
1918 =Wind Run Month 10:59am =Moonrise
1879.7 =Deg Heating Year 9:36pm =Moonset
86.2 =Deg Cooling Year
 

METAR sites, in this example EGCC for Manchester, replace with the  4-character ICAO location indicator: CLICK HERE for Meteorological Station Information Lookup
 
EGCC =METAR Identifier 6 =Wind Gust
Manchester UK =METAR Site --- =Visibility
31/08/2003 12:20pm =UTC Update 2.5 =Cloud Height
14.0 =Temperature Broken Clouds =Sky
8.0 =Dew Point --- =Weather
67 =% Relative Humidity --- =Rain/hr
1021.0 =Pressure 12.3 =Wind Chill
NW =Wind Direction 15.5 =Heat Index
6 =Wind Speed
 

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                  YEARLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 2003
                                        HEAT  COOL        
     MEAN                               DEG   DEG       WIND SPEED       DOM MEAN  MEAN
MON  TEMP  HIGH   DATE     LOW   DATE   DAYS  DAYS RAIN AVG  HI  DATE    DIR BAROM HUM
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1     5.1  12.0  27/1/03  -4.1   5/1/03  359    0  54.0   9  55  29/1/03 SSW1013.8   78
2     4.8  13.7  27/2/03  -4.0  17/2/03  416    0  41.0   6  44   2/2/03 WNW1018.2   74
3     8.4  19.9  23/3/03   0.4  19/3/03  352    0  37.0   7  51  11/3/03 SSW1021.3   67
4    10.9  29.3  16/4/03   0.3  10/4/03  259    4  64.0   8  46  19/4/03 SSW1016.1   61
5    12.8  29.1  31/5/03   3.4  15/5/03  228    8 124.0   8  69  31/5/03   S1013.1   69
6    17.0  30.9  16/6/03   9.0  29/6/03  104   14  61.0   7  51  19/6/03 SSW1014.1   63
7    18.2  33.7  15/7/03  10.4   7/7/03   84   27  83.0   7  39  10/7/03 WNW1013.5   69
8    18.5  36.0   9/8/03   6.3  30/8/03   79   33  11.0   5  35  21/8/03 WNW1018.8   67
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TOT  12.3  36.0   9/8/03  -4.1   5/1/03 1879   86 475.0   7  69  31/5/03 WNW1016.1   68

HEAT BASE: 20.0
COOL BASE: 20.0


                  MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 8/2003
                                        HEAT  COOL        
     MEAN                               DEG   DEG       WIND SPEED       DOM MEAN  MEAN
DAY  TEMP  HIGH   TIME     LOW   TIME   DAYS  DAYS RAIN AVG  HI  TIME    DIR BAROM HUM
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1    18.4  23.3   5:22pm  15.4  11:56pm    2    0   0.0   6  26  12:00am SSW1014.4   69
2    17.2  22.3   5:41pm  13.1   2:50am    3    0   0.0   4  22   4:41pm SSW1021.1   62
3    18.3  28.3   6:14pm  11.7   4:37am    3    1   0.0   3  18  11:43am SSW1022.6   59
4    22.6  33.1   6:01pm  14.0   6:31am    2    4   0.0   2  18   1:08pm SSW1023.7   57
5    24.5  29.5   6:51pm  19.8   6:26am    0    4   0.0   4  28   3:42pm   E1023.0   51
6    21.8  25.3   1:41pm  18.0  11:51pm    0    2   0.0   5  22   4:00pm WNW1020.7   63
7    19.5  22.8   5:04pm  16.9   5:43am    1    1   0.0   6  20   5:09pm WNW1022.0   82
8    22.2  32.8   6:01pm  16.2   2:56am    1    3   0.0   3  18  11:21am ENE1020.6   72
9    25.5  36.0   6:01pm  17.5   6:00am    0    6   0.0   4  22   3:50pm   S1017.9   61
10   21.2  24.4   3:09pm  18.8  11:51pm    0    1   4.0   4  27   9:00am WNW1017.8   79
11   21.0  27.6   4:12pm  16.6   6:08am    1    2   3.0   4  24  11:09am ENE1020.0   78
12   20.9  25.4   6:09pm  16.8  11:55pm    0    1   0.0   5  20   5:25pm WNW1021.3   72
13   17.6  21.9   6:12pm  14.3   5:24am    3    1   0.0   5  26   3:55pm WNW1021.4   68
14   17.3  25.8   4:42pm  12.1   6:05am    3    1   0.0   6  24   9:18am   N1020.7   60
15   17.2  23.0   3:28pm  12.0   6:19am    3    0   0.0   2  20   1:20pm   N1019.8   62
16   19.1  28.4   4:48pm  12.9   6:00am    2    1   0.0   3  20   5:28pm   S1019.8   56
17   18.6  22.9   4:20pm  13.6   4:27am    2    1   0.0   5  22   2:27pm SSE1015.4   54
18   18.1  21.1   6:44pm  16.2  10:39pm    2    0   1.0   6  26   4:46pm WNW1013.0   71
19   16.6  19.8   5:23pm  14.5   4:42am    3    0   0.0   9  29   5:04pm WNW1019.0   62
20   16.0  19.2   1:58pm  12.4   7:14am    4    0   0.0   4  23   2:41pm WNW1020.3   68
21   17.9  21.1   2:07pm  14.5   4:38am    2    0   0.0   9  35   1:48pm WSW1013.5   67
22   17.7  19.6  12:51pm  16.3   5:40am    2    0   0.0   7  26   1:57am WNW1014.0   83
23   19.0  22.9   6:08pm  16.7  12:24am    1    0   1.0   5  19   4:24pm WNW1020.0   89
24   20.8  27.5   4:53pm  17.0  11:40pm    1    2   0.0   5  24   8:38pm   E1022.8   69
25   17.1  20.0   3:50pm  15.1   6:31am    3    0   0.0   8  24   7:47pm   E1022.4   69
26   16.7  19.6   3:14pm  14.5   4:57am    3    0   0.0   7  25   9:24pm ENE1019.6   71
27   17.0  24.0   6:01pm  13.8   6:50am    3    0   0.0   6  19  12:00am   E1016.3   54
28   13.9  15.4  12:00am  11.6  11:18pm    6    0   1.0   5  19  12:16pm   E1011.0   72
29   13.8  20.4   4:52pm   9.5   6:34am    6    0   1.0   4  28   9:22am  NE1011.1   68
30   12.4  18.7   5:37pm   6.3   6:25am    8    0   0.0   3  24   1:59pm   N1018.2   61
31   10.9  15.2   1:57pm   8.9   2:26am    5    0   0.0   2  15  12:35pm WNW1020.8   81
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TOT  18.5  36.0   9/8/03   6.3  30/8/03   79   35  11.0   5  35  21/8/03 WNW1018.8   67

HEAT BASE: 20.0
COOL BASE: 20.0


Parameter                   Max   Max Time   Max Date        Min   Min Time   Min Date    Average
Wind Direction              356    12:13am     1/1/03          0     2:00am     1/1/03        292
Wind Speed                   69     9:15am    31/5/03          0    12:00am     1/1/03          7
Humidity                     97     1:28pm     1/1/03          1     4:29am     3/2/03         68
Out Temp                   36.0     6:01pm     9/8/03       -4.1     8:24am     5/1/03       12.3
Total Rain                475.0     2:44am    29/8/03        0.0    12:16am     1/1/03      240.8
Out Heat Ix               272.7     6:56pm    20/3/03       -7.3     8:24am    28/2/03       13.9
Dew Point                  56.3     6:56pm    20/3/03       -7.0     9:12pm     9/4/03        6.1
SL Barometer             1041.0    10:49pm    12/3/03      977.0    12:06pm    21/1/03     1016.1

Parameter                   Max   Max Time   Max Date        Min   Min Time   Min Date    Average
Wind Direction              356    11:05am     1/8/03          0     8:29am     1/8/03        292
Wind Speed                   35     1:48pm    21/8/03          0    12:10am     1/8/03          5
Humidity                     97     3:15am    22/8/03         27     4:44pm     4/8/03         67
Out Temp                   36.0     6:01pm     9/8/03        6.3     6:25am    30/8/03       18.5
Total Rain                475.0     2:44am    29/8/03      464.0    12:00am     1/8/03      469.6
Out Heat Ix                36.4     6:03pm     9/8/03        8.7     6:25am    30/8/03       20.1
Dew Point                  19.9    11:45am    11/8/03        2.3     2:47pm    30/8/03       11.8
SL Barometer             1025.0     5:47am     4/8/03     1009.0     1:31am    29/8/03     1018.8

Parameter                   Max   Max Time        Min   Min Time    Average
Wind Direction              356     6:23am          0     4:55am        292
Wind Speed                   15    12:35pm          0    12:00am          1
Humidity                     92     7:59am         56     1:25pm         79
Out Temp                   15.2     1:57pm        8.9     2:26am       11.2
Total Rain                475.0    12:00am      475.0    12:00am      475.0
Out Heat Ix                16.5    10:25am       11.0     2:26am       13.6
Dew Point                  11.6    10:23am        4.8     1:14am        7.6
SL Barometer             1021.0    12:00am     1020.0    12:16am     1020.8
 
 
 
 

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