[SGVHAK] What is this?

[James McDuffie]

I was curious too. I looked both at the Weather Underground and NOAA
station locator websites and could not find anything listed at those
cross streets.



[1]http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/about.asp

[2]http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/



Some questions that might lead to more answers:

* Is pole on private or public property?

* Do you see a control box on the ground? I am guessing the control and
communication equipment is mounted above the radiation shield.

* Is there a wire going from the station into the pole?



Maybe its a station for a local school.



On Mon, Mar 25, 2013, at 08:20 AM, Braddock wrote:

Do cities regularly install weather stations?  What for?  And two on
one block?



I'm very curious.



-braddock





On 03/24/2013 03:44 PM, Claude Felizardo wrote:

Yuppers.  Definitely looks like a wind speed sensor, possibly a rain
gauge on top and a ventilated temp and/or humidity sensor.  Surprised
that there isn't a wind direction sensor.



They could be monitoring for other stuff.  Air pollution but then they
usually need easy access to a particulate filter fairly often.





On Mar 24, 2013, at 2:32 PM, James McDuffie <[3]mcduffie at pitfall.org>
wrote:



Looks very much like a weather station.


[4]braddock at braddock.com wrote:

There are two of these things mounted on poles one block apart on
Mission and Fair Oaks in South Pasadena.



What are they? Is the city running some kind of weather station?

References

1. http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/about.asp
2. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/
3. mailto:mcduffie at pitfall.org
4. mailto:braddock at braddock.com
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