Staz. Meteo Vicovaro-Mandela

The application reports all the meteorological data measured by the instruments of the Vicovaro-Mandela weather station + graphs and reports; There is also a webcam, weather forecasts, a rain radar, and a live map of the Lazio Weather station network.

The reference weather station is a PCE-FWS20 and is located in Mandela - about 3 kilometers from Vicovaro - at 430 meters above sea level, at the headquarters of the Mandela - Cantalupo Civil Protection Volunteers. The installation was made possible thanks to the invaluable contribution of the National Association of Retired Firefighters - Volunteer and Civil Protection - Delegation of Vicovaro. The monitored area - raised above the plain immediately below to the south-west, which is in fact the gateway to the Aniene Valley - presents marked ventilation, especially in the case of currents coming from the south-west or from the north-north-west . In such circumstances, gusts of over 100 km / h can be recorded. Furthermore, with the occurrence of thermal inversion phenomena (clear skies, low relative humidity rates, absence of ventilation and high pressure periods, especially if winter), it is very likely to observe temperature differences between the aforementioned plain - colder during the hours night - and the installation area - which tends to record lower maximums due to the greater and constant ventilation. The installation was completed with the positioning of a Foscam FI9900P webcam, a very versatile, compact, weather-resistant video surveillance camera with very satisfactory visual results. A peculiar feature of this webcam is the ease with which it transmits wirelles, exploiting coverage and range of action of up to about 40 meters. In night mode, the infrared (30 LEDs) are activated and are automatically inserted thanks to a twilight sensor located inside the lens of the webcam itself. The wide angle view (104 °) is also a very important parameter that places the Foscam webcam almost at the top of its category. The Vicovaro webcam sends an image every 3 minutes. Its pointing is in the South-West direction towards the homonymous town.