About This Weather Station
The station is powered by a Davis Instruments Vantage Pro Model: VP2-6163 weather station including Solar and UV sensors The data is collected every 2.3 seconds and the site is updated every 10 seconds. This site and its data is collected using Weather Display Software. The station is comprised of an anemometer at precisely 33 feet above ground, a rain gauge and a thermo-hydro sensor situated in optimal positions for highest accuracy possible. This station is run and operated with private funds.
About the Weathercaster
I graduated in 1987 with a BS in Physical Geography and Computer Science. My focus in Physical Geography was Climatological Science. I'm a member of the AMS, Skywarn and have recently completed my first week long Tornado Chase in the mid west. As far as the global discussions, if that is what you call them, on Global Warming...be warned. The evidence is not all in yet. Empirical data is based on less than 100 years of data and does not take into account geology, geomorphology, sun spots, cloud cover, vulcanism and many other areas of scientific study. The earth has gone through many cooling and warming events and this may or may not be one of those events. Here is something to ponder: If the earth is really experiencing global warming there is absolutely nothing we can do about it! Even if we stopped all fossil fuel use the earth is going to get warmer regardless of any technology to prevent this occurrence. Thoughts? Hmmmmmmmmmm. Beware of big government.
About Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh Township is one of twenty townships within Wake County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, Raleigh Township had a population of 110,664, a 6.5% increase over 1990, and a population density of 6.94 people per acre (1,715/km˛).
Raleigh Township, occupying 1115 acres (64 km˛) in central Wake County, is almost completely occupied by portions of the city of Raleigh, including the city's downtown area. The township is, for the most part, bounded by the I-440 Raleigh Beltline.
Raleigh (pronounced rah-lee) is the capital of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the “City of Oaks” for its many oak trees. It is the second most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte. The estimated population on July 1, 2008 was 380,173. Since 2006, Raleigh's municipal population has surpassed those of Minneapolis, Tampa, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis, and it is the 15th fastest growing city in the United States. Its population has grown by more than 100,000 since 2000, an increase of nearly 40%.
Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill make up the three historically primary cities of the Research Triangle metropolitan region. The regional nickname of "The Triangle" originated after the 1959 creation of the Research Triangle Park, located between the cities of Raleigh and Durham. The Research Triangle region encompasses the U.S. Census Bureau's Combined Statistical Area (CSA) of Raleigh-Durham-Cary in the central Piedmont region of North Carolina. The estimated population of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary CSA was 1,635,974 as of July 1, 2007, with the Raleigh-Cary Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) portion estimated at 1,047,629 residents.
Most of Raleigh is located within Wake County, with a very small portion extending into Durham County. The towns of Cary, Garner, Wake Forest, Apex, Holly Springs, Clayton, Fuquay-Varina, and Knightdale are some of Raleigh's primary nearby suburbs.