Weather Stations:
Handbook
http://novalynx.com/products/download/nfes-2140.pdf
Siting
http://weather.gladstonefamily.net/CWOP-Siting.pdf
http://www.ambientweather.com/amwemoso.html?page=0
Note that they want the rooftop anemometer 6 ft off the roof.
http://www.ambientweather.com/eaofin.html
http://ambientweather.wikispaces.com/Weather+Station+Mounting+Solutions
https://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/installationguide.asp
https://www.acurite.com/learn/installation/acurite-sensor-siting
http://newa.cornell.edu/index.php?page=placement-guidelines
WiFi weather station using PVC pipe and component sensors.
https://wunderweatherstation.wordpress.com/order/
No moving parts stations and sensors.
http://www.weatherhawk.com/621-series
SBC and Raspberry Pi based weather stations.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Complete-DIY-Raspberry-Pi-Weather-Station-with-Sof/
Security issues with weather stations.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2884252/personal-weather-stations-can-expose-your-wifi-network.html
Local links:
SLV weather links
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/wx/weather.html
Mt Madonna weather station
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KCAMOUNT78
Lompico weather station
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=pws:KCAFELTO15
MesoWest
http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/mesomap.cgi?state=MTR&address=&type=&noho=&rawsflag=290
Santa Cruz Wunderground map
http://wxug.us/1m5g7
Weather forecast for Ben Lomond (with somewhat more realistic rainfall
guesses than the alarmist rubbish I was hearing on the news yesterday).
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-122.11229542846678&lat=37.087638564983706#.V_quGvTi9lQ
Plug in your zip code for other areas.
Watch the storm on satellite and radar:
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=MUX&product=NCR&overlay=11101111&loop=yes
http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/loopsat.php?wfo=mtr&area=west&type=ir&size=4
http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/loopsat.php?wfo=mtr&area=west&type=ir&size=16
Rain gauge at Boulder Creek CalFire station at 236 and Jamison.
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/jspplot/jspPlotServlet.jsp?sensor_no=10151&end=12%2F11%2F2014+17%3A08&geom=huge&interval=14&cookies=cdec01
Be sure to check or change the data at the bottom of page.
To see last years rainfall, set SPAN=365
Other rivers monitored by the state:
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/misc/RealPrecip.html
NOAA 24 hr precipitation map.
http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/precipMaps.php?group=sf&hour=24&synoptic=0
Notice how SLV (Ben Lomond) gets considerably more precipitation than
other areas.
My weather links page which I have NOT updated for several years.
(Someone remind me after the storm.)
San Lorenzo River at Big Trees:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/uv?dd_cd=02&dd_cd=05&format=gif&period=14&site_no=11160500
Santa Cruz County scanners streaming audio feeds:
http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/ctid/226
Santa Cruz County scanner frequencies.
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=226
PG&E power outage map.
http://www.pge.com/myhome/outages/outage/