Sandburg Middle School had a weather station for many years. But on
September 24, 2007, a lightning strike made the weather station useless.
It left black marks on the wall of Mr. Reynolds' room 312
It also damaged the projector and video card in the computer.
Mr. Reynolds decided to replace the weather station.
The next problem was to find enough money to buy a new one. Many sources
came to the aid of the science department. Sandburg PTSO, IB and Lauren
Hildebrand, Mr. Henderlite and the Science department all contributed.
Our new weather station is a Davis 6162 Vantage Pro Plus.
It is solar powered during the day and battery powered at night.
It senses temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind speed and direction,
UV light, solar radiation and precipitation. It is wireless so if it is
hit by lightning again, it will not damage anything inside.
The Weather Link software creates a forecast and uploads it to the site.
The template was from Davis. Mr. Reynolds designed the layout. DDTM.
The station sends information to Weather Underground and the main page update every minute.
On December 10th, 2007, Mr. Reynolds and Miss Hearne installed the station.
It was a warm day (20F) and luckilly there was no wind.
A rain guage heater was added to melt the snow so the water will record
on the appropriate day. It is made from a reptile terrarrium heater and
pipe foam insulation. It is on a switch that will turn on at 38F.
It is always fun to go on the roof of Sandburg Middle School.
Sandburg Middle School was closed in June of 2009. Mr. Reynolds, Ms. Hearne and
the weather station will move to Robbinsdale Middle School in the fall of 2009.