I am sitting in the Detroit airport waiting for my flight and it occurred to me that I might be able to complement my weather station with some additional data. What I would do is get the additional data, such as snow accumulations and do a surface extrapolation to find approximately what it should be near me. Then, I could use some laser scanning techniques to extract a free fall snow drift. I would need to shelter the area where I would determine the size from wind (so that it doesn't drift from other places, giving a false reading). By using a laser scanning technique, I could measure the height of the snow pile and thus the amount of snowfall. Before I send the information out in my normal weather stream, I could use the extrapolated point to determine if my findings are within the "ballpark" of a correct amount. This would give me some confidence in my findings. Again, this could be transmitted via a wifi link to my network to be combined with other weather information.
I should think about how I am going to interject the other three sensors with this type of thing.
Maybe I should think about opening up a blog on the Weather Underground to talk about DIY and Hobbyist Built Weather Stations.
This is a blog mostly about techie things, what I am doing to my apartment network on the cheap, IOT, 3D Printing, Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, ESP32, ESP8266, Home Automation, Personal Weather Stations, Things That Go Bump in the Night, and some side issues that need discussing. Remember, sometimes the journey to an end is as much fun as the goal achieved!
