Here’s an animated gif with TWN data from the June 8 rainstorm, as measured at the IU South Bend station, showing the preceding darkening as clouds rolled in coupled with decreasing distance to lightning strikes. Once the short-duration rain hit, the temperature dropped rapidly, and then the distance to lightning strikes increased again. The rain… Read more »
Titan Weather Network
The Titan Weather Network (TWN) Overview
Subsequent to installing a Tempest weather station at the IUSB observatory in March of 2022 (LINK to post about the IUSB station), we’ve started a collaboration to build a local network of weather stations — the “Titan Weather Network.” We note that there’s already an impressive network of Tempest stations (LINK to WeatherFlow’s map of… Read more »
The Titan Weather Station @ The IUSB Observatory
After wanting to acquire a departmental weather station for many years, Brian Davis recently mentioned a design sold by Weatherflow that has no moving parts, wirelessly connects to a hub, and is solar powered. This sounds perfect for deployment outside our astronomical observatory, so we purchased one in February and installed it today. Their offering… Read more »