I’ve updated the installation of my weather station on my house. I picked up a LaCrosse WS-2308 on a “scratch and dent” sale website around the first part of the year. It has the capability of running either wired or wireless between the outdoor sensors and the indoor console. Its a trade-off between convenience and accuracy. Wireless is a lot more convenient but you only get updates from the sensor every 36 seconds to several minutes. Wired is less convenient to install, but you get sensor updates every 8 seconds. The more often the updates, the more accurate the data will be as you will catch more minor changes. This is especially noticeable for wind speed and direction.
When I first installed my equipment, I opted to use wireless mode. That way I could move the sensors around a bit until I found the best location. I also wasn’t sure if I was going to keep the console in the house or place it in the garage along side my server. Since I am happy with the sensor location, and will likely keep the console in the house for the foreseeable future, I went ahead and ran the wire between the sensor and console on Sunday afternoon.
I’ve also been in contact with the author of the WUHU software I use in order to share my updates with Weather Underground (WU). I noticed that any time the software can’t contact WU that my data will have gaps and/or big lines in it. After talking with the author he has given me a test version that will store the update in memory and upload the batch as soon as the connection is restored. That way if a router locks up, a line goes down, or WU has errors, the data will still end up on the site so that people who find it useful will still be able to get to it.