ANOTHER ONE!

I couldn't be more excited that CityWeather managed to invest and get a new and improved weather station. We now have a 5 Way Weather Meter (Station) (left picture) from Efston Science in Toronto. We also still have our original weather station, although it does not look like our new one. We currently use both. Both stations are portable, however the new one that we have needs to be screwed in every time, so that one will only be transported when I do my weather data. Keeping in mind, we still thank CityNews.ca for allowing us to receive access to CityNews Eleven Weather Stations. Although, CityWeather's stations are property of CityWeather and are not uploaded through Environment Canada.

I am hoping that we will eventually advance further and get a Professional Wireless Weather Station with PC Hookup. That one sounds neat. It is a station that is connected to sensors and will also allow us to upload data to a PC and track records.

The problem with the weather stations we CURRENTLY have is the fact that it does not contain a barometer. All in all I am glad that we received a better and new station. We will still use both stations. I can't wait to take this out on data.

On Another Note... It was dry in July be even drier in August around the GTA. At Pearson Airport only a scant 19.4 mm of rain fell for the entire month. August is normally the wettest month of the year with rainfall averaging 79.6 mm. July was also drier than normal in Toronto with just 47.4 mm. Looking at our weather station data it continued to be not very crop friendly in Newmarket. Only 4.6 mm of rain hit the gauge there. Here's what we recorded at the other stations:

Mississauga: 13.5 mm

Scarborough: 21.3 mm

Oakville: 41.2 mm

Ajax: 22.6 mm

Thornhill: N/A (rain guage problem)

Vaughn: 24.9 mm

North York: 14.7 mm

Brampton: 4.3 mm

Caledon: 14.5 mm

Readings courtesy of CityNews.ca .

And the next note... as mentioned in my profile, I am also considered a "health specialist". Although this smoothie recipe I am going to give you is courtesy of Jennifer Valentyne. Click here to access her personal smoothie recipe and watch the video -- it sounds delicious.

And the last note... the long weekend. Click here to access CityWeather's Labour Day Long Weekend Forecast Outlook.

I'm off Monday. Enjoy the Labour Day weekend.

Chris - city.weather@yahoo.ca