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Forces-of-Nature website is a website aimed at the UK windsurf, kitesurf and surf community. It has a West Wales bias and earlier this year Pixelwave Web Design added a live weather station to the site.

The weather station located just behind the beach at Ynyslas beams live information to a data-logger which is connected to a PC. The PC stores and proceses the data then uploads the information to a website every minute. As part of the continuing development of the Forces-of-Nature website, Pixelwave Web Design have just finished adding a feature that allows members to view historic data from the weather station.

The historic data is presented on a month by month basis, providing a list thats shows the average and extremes for each day, along with a link to the 24 hour graph for that day. e.g.:

Average temperature 2.4 °C
Average humidity 77 %
Average dewpoint -1.3 °C
Average barometer 1007.6 mb
Average windspeed 7.5 kts
Average gustspeed 7.5 kts
Average direction 339 ° (NNW)
Rainfall for month 1.6 mm
Rainfall for year 89.0 mm
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Maximum rain per minute 0.2 mm on day 01 at time 23:56
Maximum temperature 5.3 °C on day 01 at time 15:02
Minimum temperature 0.2 °C on day 01 at time 21:55
Minimum pressure 1003.1 mb on day 01 at time 23:57
Maximum pressure 1010.0 mb on day 00 at time 00:17
Maximum windspeed 22.0 kts from 278° on day 01 at time 23:51
Maximum gust speed 28.0 kts from 277° on day 01 at time 23:49
Maximum humidity 92 % on day 01 at time 22:38
Minimum humidity 58 % on day 01 at time 18:10
Maximum heat index 5.3 °C on day 01 at time 15:02
Rain for the day :1.6 mm

Theres also the averages and extremes for the entire month.

The community at Forces-of-Nature seem to like the new addition to the site.

I’m pleased to announce the release of the Nanteos Woodland Group’s new website.

Designed and produced by Pixelwave Web Design their new website outlines the history of the Woodland Group, showcases some of their products and provides information on some of the Woodland projects they manage.

The website has been built with accessibility, conformity and seach engine optimisation in mind. It is a simple brochure style website without any bells and whistles.

I’ve been setting up several photo gallery websites recently using the excellent opensource software Coppermine. One of the latest websites to get the Pixelwave Design photo gallery treatment is Forces-of-Nature.

Regular readers of this weblog will know that Forces-of-Nature is my own website that provides many features for the UK windsurfing, kitesurfing and surf communities. In addition to the lively forums, personal session logs, weather information, classifieds and other sections it now has a windsurf, kitesurf and surf photo gallery allowing members to upload and share their photos. In addition to galleries dedicated to the various sports that the website caters for there are also albums for seascapes, landscapes and other Forces-of-Nature related topics.

Photo galleries such as these are a great addition to any website, allowing visitor contributions, and fresh content to be added regularly. Search Engine Optimisation of the system is good and the fact that new photos can be added all the time means that visitors are encouraged to revisit your website regularly.

For more information on adding such a feature to your website please contact pixelwave web design