RE: It's Snowing!!!

["Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stuart Grimshaw <mailto:stuart.grimshaw@xxxxxxx>
scribbled on 22
February 2005 11:39:
> I'm sitting here in the office, watching the snow, looking
> accross the valley I can see the hills got more and more
> covered in snow. The problem is I live up on those hills, and
> I could do with knowing just how deep the snow is.

Alright for some!  The only windows we have are on TFT screens :-/

> I've considered using a webcam, but it's a bit tricky to tell the
> depth of snow.
>
> I don't suppose anyone does this already do they?
>
> Perhaps a moisture sensor would detect the rain/snow in
> conjunction with a temp. sensor outdoors would tell you if it
> actually was snowing or raining, but wouldn't give you any idea of
> depth.
>
> Could you mount a sensor vertically, and as the snow mounted
> up the resistance would drop? How would you avoid detecting a
> drift as a massive amount of snow?
>
> You couldn't use a normal rain guage either, unless you had a
> heater element to melt the snow.

How about a cleear box with a webcam inside and depth markers up the
side?  You'll soon see how deep it is!

Cheers,
Andy
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