Metservice BloomSky weather camera stations

[David]

Interesting new project from the MetService - http://bloomsky.metservice.com/

[Tornado Tim]

Interesting, looks like they are trying to swap out the "Your Weather" community by making a community of these.

I am not sure if sensors would be that accurate as it doesn't seem to have a FARS and seems enclosed.

[Manukau heads obs]

agree Tim, the temperature is not accurate
I would think they will be more interested in the camera data?
anyway, I signed up
(as I missed out on getting one from the states when the had an field test offer originaly)

[Manukau heads obs]

I got the approval and have purchased one
in fact I actually have added support to the API to my software now anyway

[Tornado Tim]

I got the approval and have purchased one
in fact I actually have added support to the API to my software now anyway

How much did you get it for?

[Manukau heads obs]

2 hundie

[Manukau heads obs]

my Bloomsky turned up today
but I cant connect
the app complains about cant connect via 5G wireless
I disabled 5G (i.e so only 2.5G)
still same error

nice garden ornament I guess

[Manukau heads obs]

scratch that
got it to work

[Manukau heads obs]

my data is online here
https://map.bloomsky.com/loc?lat=-37.128&lng=174.611

if you click on one of the stations
then you can change to C instead of F
but that is lost next time the page is loaded...have the developers not heard of cookies?

currently my bloomsky says its 24C here on my lawn
but its actually only 20C

[Tornado Tim]

currently my bloomsky says its 24C here on my lawn
but its actually only 20C

Now it says 26 when its 19, lol. And Metservice is endorsing this thing.........

They must like it just for the camera not for the Weather Data as that is atrocious! (not that I expected it to be better anyway)

[03Stormchaser]

Hope your relaying this info to Merservice.While I love the idea of the camera the weather station is gimmicky.

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[Manukau heads obs]

yeah, it is just a bit of a toy, when it comes to the temperature reading
the barometer reading is actually only 1hpa out

[Brassnz]

Interesting to hear. I've got mine up now, and the temp/pressure/humidity readings are almost identical with my existing station.

[Manukau heads obs]

I am comparing to temperature reading from in a stevenson screen though

ps, for some reason, I am not able to login to
dashboard.bloomsky.com
just says connecting all the time...

[Manukau heads obs]

are you Laingholm Huia Rd Brassnz ?

[Brassnz]

That's me

[Manukau heads obs]

I have put mine on a small post now
so its a bit higher off the lawn
and more into the breeze
its not reporting as high now

I see there are lots of new stations that have popped up in the auckland area on the back of the campaign by M/S

[03Stormchaser]

I've signed up, but being in christchurch will have to wait

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[Manukau heads obs]

my bloom sky temperature is much more realistic now
just by siting it on a small post, up a bit higher, to catch the breeze better

I see Mt Eden domain one is showing 31c currently