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Lat 30° 21' 44"N Lon 81° 33' 32"W
Elevation 42 ft Time Zone Eastern
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arlingtonweather.net : What's New?

DATE	CHANGE
9/4/10	•Replaced temperature/dew point sensor with spare. Dew point readings were a bit too high.
9/1/10	•Installed hail pad.
7/11/10	•Moved rain gauge and temperature sensor to new location 10 ft NW of previous location for better exposure. •Cleaned solar panel on integrated sensor suite (ISS).
6/8/10	•Added frost sensor.
5/29/10	•Added 2GB RAM to main computer via ReadyBoost.
5/27/10	•Started pictures page.
5/1/10	•Converted almanac script to PERL. Almanac now updating daily.
4/10/10	•Improved experimental fog sensor. Appears to be working, just need to relate what reading corresponds to fog.
4/5/10	•Upgraded to WeatherLink version 5.9.2 software.
4/1/10	•Fixed missing data problem with live weather in header.
3/31/10	•Upgraded to VPLive version 1.2.2 (alpha) software and restored WUnderground uploads.
3/30/10	•Upgraded to WeatherLink version 5.9.1 software and VantagePro2 version 1.90 firmware.
3/17/10	•Upgraded NexStorm to version 1.8 (beta) software.
3/16/10	•Improved experimental fog sensor.
3/12/10	•Moved agricultural sensors to new pole. •Added new mount for soil sensors. •Added new 8" soil moisture sensor and replaced 4" soil moisture sensor.
2/22/10	•Moved integrated sensor suite (ISS) roughly 35 feet to the NNE to receive more sunlight for solar panel. Neighbor's tree was blocking sunlight from the south.
1/27/10	•Replaced webcam cable with shielded CAT-6. Appears to have significantly cut down or eliminated USB drop-outs that required resetting USB.
11/28/09	•Updated climate almanac script.
9/18/09	•Finished installation of electric field mill. •Added Field Mill page.
9/7/09	•Added Area Earthquake page.
9/1/09	•Added Mesonet Java page.
8/31/09	•Installed driver for field mill and tested hardware. •Replaced CAT-5E cable on lightning detector with shielded CAT-6. Appears to be a noticeable reduction of electrical interference with no noticeable reduction in lightning strike detection.
8/30/09	•Installed grounding rod for field mill.
8/29/09	•Added What's New page. •Added symbols for external links. •Added local text wrapper.

EXPECTED COMPLETION	PLANNED CHANGE
by early December	•Fix a few problems with Almanac script. •Add severe weather page.
by mid December	•Move solar sensor. •Add automated ticker to front page of website.