This weather collecting form is the heart of the project. Here, weather watcher volunteers will submit raw data: Time, Temperature, Barometric Pressure, and Humidity. This data can be entered manually or via email to the cloud-hosted database. When information is entered via email, it can be updated with winlink digital radio and depends on the two telecommunication networks found in Nova Scotia.
Raw Weather Data
This raw data is downloaded from the Website, or viewers online can see real-time updates of weather present in graphic form to show trends and in raw for to be downloaded and added to their working models.
Weather Map
The weather map uses the Google Map platform, which offers satellite imagery, aerial photographic, street maps, and 360 interactive panoramic views of streets. The Website Stormday uses the MyMap Feature in Google Maps that enables users to create custom maps for sharing. This map takes data points from the collections forum and inputs them into maps that show weather stations collecting and their data points over time.
Educational resources.
Stormday Educational Resources is an area for the website that is passionate about creating and delivering innovative digital tools and quality educational resources to help personalize volumeters interested in learning about being a weather watcher and inspire great opportunities for current weather watchers to share their lessons and experiences. Each lesson placed on this site includes PDF files to download and use or videos of lectures that new weather watches can learn from. This site area will be updated monthly, and new content will be shared freely on the website page.