WX – Lighthouse Memories

Weather Observing – a Large Part of the Job

May 8, 2012AES, CG, EC, Equipment, F&O, lighthouse, litehouse, weather, WXAdult Memories, Anti-Automation, Automation, Coast Guard, Communication, Equipment, Fisheries and Oceans, Fishing, Fog, Government, History, Information, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The Job, Radio, Search & Rescue, Ships & Shipping, Shipwrecks, Storms, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

Note:- How to obtain an up-to-date weather report from a BC lighthouse One of the duties on most of the lighthouse stations, and especially on McInnes Island, up to 2003, was the reporting of local weather (weather visible in the immediate area of the station) to Environment Canada (EC) – earlier called the Atmospheric Environment Service […]

Weather Reporting at Boat Bluff c. 2004

April 25, 2012automated, automatic, Boat Bluff, Central Coast, Inside Passage, Internet, lighthouse, litehouse, Mike | Higgins, weather reports, WXAutomation, British Columbia, Coast Guard, Communication, Equipment, Government, Information, Keepers, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The Job, Radio, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

The Lightkeeper – many years ago he had no contact with anyone – now the whole world can communicate with him and through him! Around 2004 the Canadian government decided to limit the weather report information put out by the lighthouse keepers to a very restricted set of criteria. Wind detecting devices (anemometers) were removed, pressure […]

COOLTAP

December 9, 2011COOLTAP, EC, Environment Canada, lighthouse, litehouse, reporting, weather, WXAnti-Automation, Canada, Information, Lighthouses, On The Job, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

Environment Canada (EC) has a cooperative/volunteer climate network weather collection project called COOLTAP.(Cooperative Online Temperature and Precipitation Entry System). It is a web-based Data entry system website where daily weather data is entered and used. All that is required is an internet-connected computer to input the data. NOAA (USA) uses a similar data collection program called […]

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