Trinity Webcam and Weather

You are looking North at Massie Ridge and Fortress mountain out the back window of our cabin at Trinity, WA.

The Davis WeatherStation continues to collect good weather data. (See the frame below with the current weather info, compliments of our friend Kevin.) There is also a text-based daily summary of data every half-hour here and a weekly text-based summary here. Finally, we have a NOAA monthly weather summary here.

Additionally, here is a link to the SNOTEL site relocated to Trinity fall 2010. It provides measurements of the water contained in the snowpack and the current snow depth.

Snow gauge (bottom of picture): The gauge is either one or two sections of white 2" PVC. We add the second section when the snow gets about 8' deep. So the top of gauge is either 10' tall or 20' tall. (Assume 10' unless we note it here.)

The marks on the PVC are 1 foot apart, with double-wide marks at 10' and 5', and a little band at 7.5'. Calculate snow depth by counting down from the top and subtracting from either 10 or 20. Thus if you see 4 of the 1' marks showing, there is 10 - 4, or 6+' of snow on the ground.

Status/News

In early September our Hughes satellite gear, as well as several network components, sustained damage from lightning during a thunderstorm. This effectively dropped Trinity off the Internet. Since this was an 'act of nature,' we were responsible for the gear replacement. So -- "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" -- we decided to try another satellite Internet provider. As of October 9, 2009 we are back on the air using satellite provider WildBlue with the help of Pacific Home Command in Wenatchee. So far everything seems to be working well.

Other items:
-- The old Logitech camera continues to work fine, but its low-quality images are beginning to look very dated. We are investigating a higher quality, higher resolution webcam. (Stay tuned.)
-- Snow should arrive by mid-November. Look for updated markings on the snow gauge -- we are going to try to make it more readble.

(Text updated 2012-Jan-19)