WEATHER-

CLUB

• -Meteorological data archives

• -Situation of the station

• -Technical data

• -Honors

• -Newspaper article

• -Contact

2003: Jonas was interviewed when the show Nano (shown on channel 3sat) came for a visit. Greetings to the show’s makers in Leipzig! 

2005: Clemens and Nikolai taking a well earned break during the website’s construction.

2005: Anna preparing part of the display in front of the Geography Classroom .

2005: Tobias doing research on the web “Who provides the best weather forecast?”

 31st of May 2006:  we were interviewed by "N-Joy" for the competition "Plietsch" in which we participated and won the second place.
Despite the sympathic diversion in the background Bruno was able to informate "N-Joy"competently.  If you want to know what he told them please click here. INTERVIEW



2006: Once again our Weather-Club was one of the highlights at the schools open day ( in all modesty ).
If you want to know more, then please click on the photo above.

The experts of the weather club taking a short break before getting back to their „hard“ work (click on the photograph to zoom in).

It would have been really great...

The DLR school lab’s tornado course, which was built in cooperation with the weather club, was one of the main attractions at the „Second night of knowledge“

Who we are and what we do:

We gather and process meteorological information.  Every week, approximately 8 to 10 students meet to find out about the weather.

A weather station has been installed on the 
highest point of our school building, the FKG Tower.We receive our data via radio signal, which is then processed and stored on a computer in the school.  Temperature, precipitation, sunshine duration, wind direction and force - among others - are recorded.

             An electronic display has been installed next to the showcase in front of the geography classrooms on the first floor, displaying current meteorological information which has been gathered by the FKG Tower and processed by a computer.  The display was financed by the school's "Förderkreis", a parent initiative to sponsor school activities. The computer, used exclusively by us, was sponsored by the Volksheimstätte Göttingen (Thank you!) The computer runs 24 hours/day processing current meteorological data.

We have also participated in both national and international competitions, for example, "Join Multimedia" (Siemens) , Plietsch (NDR) and "Der goldene Floh."  We have even received prices and awards there.

We are particularly proud of the fact that the television stations 3sat and NDR filmed our work here at FKG, then turned it into a 4-minute and a 6-minute segment, titled "Kachelmanns Erben" and "Göttinger Wetterforscher" on the program "Nano." and "Hello Niedersachsen".

Everyday an average of 80 people visits our page – upward trend.
On the 23.12.2009 we were visited by 342 people who certainly wanted to know whether we would have a white Christmas.
The day with the most visits up to now was the 16.12.2010 as the snow low-pressure area “Petra” passed by. Many students probably hoped that there were no lessons at the FKG because of the weather. Even far from Göttingen our page is selected in the internet: In Novosibirsk  some Russians with german background decided to move to Germany. To find a proper school for their children, they did a research on the internet. Many towns (among them Göttingen) were an option. They decided to go to the FKG in our pretty town because you can also read the website of the weather-club in Russian.

Every time there are exchange students form Perth (Australia) during Christmastime, the number of visitors increases, as the Australian parents want to know whether there is snow and their children can experience the snow for the first time.

Even in  serious matters our page is inquired:Advocates need our page often in lawsuits like traffic accidents where weather is relevant (e.g. very bad rainfall)
because – as they say – our page would be a lot more precises than the one form the DWD (German weather service).

Furthermore our weather data already helped to complete a dissertation of a PhD. student in agricultural science – topic: “The acclimatization of  agriculture”
And we were asked whether a photo which we put online could be used for a  thesis in Austria.

Since May 2011 we have a cooperation with a french weather club. The students of the "cité scolaire" in Béziers also conduct research about tornadoes. We regularly exchange ideas and mutally translate our articles that often published on our websites. Take a look!

In spring 2013 we got the unique opportunity to replace our rather frail station with a brand-new Davis weather station! Placing it on the rooftop was fairly easy, but installing the new software sometimes brought us to the brink of despair. But eventually, il worked!

We also cooperate with the School_Lab (DLR) where we help with the development of some models dealing with tornadoes.

We have already been part of the "Night of Science" twice (in 2013 and 2015)!

We are especially happy about all the informations and photographs provided since 2015 by Mr. Hartmann, former FKG teacher, who informs and shows us magnificient pictures of seasonal and regional plants.

 

yours sincerely

• Musical sky

• -Spring feelings

• -Strange curves

• -Grey times

• -White Christmas

• Beginning fog (fast motion)

• Dissolving fog (fast motion)

• Incipient rain precipitation (fast motion)

• Sunset (fast motion)

• Wintry sky (fast motion)

• Beginning snowfall (fast motion)

• Follwing the secret 

• Following the secret (clip)

• Commotion about a dream (clip)

• Who was that?

• -The way the weather gets to be on TV

• -Physicists of all countries .....

• -The whole truth

• -Comparison of two stations 2005 

• -Best weather forecast for Göttingen 

• What do these hurricans have to do with us?

• Göttingen, the Siberia of  North Germany

• Damage by Kyrill at the FKG

• The manifestation of Kyrill

• Thunderstorm centers in the region of Goettingen

• Five poeples from Göttingen successful

• Are there more lightnings  with acid clouds?

•  Ten years - weather club

2002: At the “Golden Flea” competition in Hildesheim, where we won an award! From left to right: (Front row: Konrad, Renate, Anna, Hendrik
Back row: Jonas, Matthias, Fabian, Mr. Langkeit) .

2003: At the club BBQ (from left to right) Lennart (a big hello to Lübeck), Stefan, Clemens, Nils, Lenaic (..and one to Hungary), Jonas, Christian and Alex.

2003: Preparing ourselves for the Siemens Join Multimedia competition.

2004: Another BBQ: Steffi, Lenaic,  Michael, 
Antje , Anja, Lucas, Julian, Rebecca , Alex, Nils.

2010: The weather study group members having a constructive break during the 10^th anniversary of the school_lab of the DLR. We showed interested guests models of fire tornadoes and fog vortex  (see article on „Tornado in a casserole“)(from above to below and left to right: Lisa, Julia W., Julia H., Meentje, Leonie and Torge)

In a great heat we helped to install the new weather station on top of the music tower at a hight of 25 meters - it was a lot of fun!

Over a period of many months we made a film with the telling title „Much commotion about a dream“. What could it be about? The title already tells a lot..