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0.15" total today w of BWI

Help! Lightning zapped my ~40 year old Heathkit ID-4001 wx station, so I'm looking a replacement. So far, I've found no unit that can substitute for the following ID-4001 features important to me: * red color digits are visible during day, but not too bright for the bedroom at night * digits large enough to be discerned from 10 feet away * wind direction and speed displayed in real time (no latency) The 4001 cost roughly $2500 in today's dollars, so I'd go that far for something with a similarly-functional display. All modern stations I see online have displays too bright for night and/or digits too small to read from a distance. I don't need lots of stats, nor wifi. Indoor/outdoor temp, baro, real-time wind, and clock will suffice. What model might be the closest to what I seek? Alternatively, does anyone repair old Heathkits?

yesterday min 75 max 98 today min 76 max 98

Thanks WVclimo, but I get same expired response at www.weather.gov. I've been using a university site to access LWX AFDs but they don't mirror the forecasts.

is there a site mirror for NWS forecasts? the usual one has been inacessible all month: "forecast.weather.gov uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate has expired."

125/69 in my attic

power already flickering here as first sound of distant thunder arrives

storm severity was a surprise, power out more than 6 hours, measured 0.60"

I'd estimate 1" in past 24 hours W of BWI, my digital gauge was reading too low because it had a tiny leaf interfering with its tipping bucket, interesting that it was still registering a non-zero amount despite the leaf

digital says 0.19" so far for the event W of BWI, which sounds too low compared to my eyeballing rainfall rates, gotta put out an old-school gauge to compare

so far 0.15" for the event W of BWI

nothing here so far, those green areas on radar have been splitting west and east as they head north

If we keep getting these "drought busters" the area is going to become a desert. Instead we need a "build an ark" event in which case we might net half an inch.

another 0.02" today brings May's total to 0.19", more misses than a 24-hour Vegas wedding chapel, radar shows that batch of rain moving east from WV is no match for the local drywall

We've learned what area wide and widespread mean. Added 0.02" overnight for a monthly grand total of 0.17 W of BWI.

still drier W of BWI than Carrie Nation's home town

in case anyone is listening, the security certificate for forecast.weather.gov expired today, which means some folks can't view the site

nary a drop today here W of BWI, still stuck at 0.15" for the month

0.15" total for the month W of BWI, not exactly what I was hoping for

Totally busted the Trace previously recorded for the month thanks to the soaking 0.01" added today west side of BWI.

hanging tough at 0.00T total for the month, it's a capital T so we good

Drywall still intact here after today's T of tstorm sprinks

I'd like some free water for the plants but whoever put up the drywall to our west did a heckuva job.

Interpreting wx radar after color inflation: green = partly cloudy, dark green = cloudy, yellow = virga, orange = sprinkles, red = moderate sprinkles, purple = light rain, blinking dark purple = rain, radar inoperative = rain, sometimes moderate

in weather radar, yellow is the new green