Von Fourche wrote:
Hello all! First post here.

Ok, last year my family got one of my brothers a La Crosse weather
station for around $80.00 He really enjoys it. This year we got another of
my brothers the same weather station.

Well, while picking up the weather station for my brother this year I
bought myself a ten dollar La Crosse weather gauge that has a sensor that
goes outside and tells you inside and outside temperature. I love this
little cheap thing.

So now, some time in the spring I want to get a more expensive weather
station for myself. Price from $150 to $300 to possibly $500

I want something that shows inside and outside temperature, wind speed
and direction, rain gauge, humidity, and everything else that is or is not
important. I've seen some on the La Crosse website from around $150 to
$350. Are these any good or junk? What are the good weather stations?

I live in the mid-west, so the outside equipment will have to be able to
take all types of weather - freezing cold, hot and humid, rain, icy weather,
snow, etc...

Also, I want to be able to do download the data to a computer.

Thanks!



I'm interested also. Can anyone provide any guidance on how high an
anemometer needs to be above the local obstructions in order to get a
valid wind speed reading. The ones at the forest fire stations I served
in in my youth were quite high to get them above the local trees. I can
put up a radio tower if it's needed but if I can just strap a mast to my
chimney that would be nice. I would guess that it is based on the
distance to the taller object and since my neighborhood has mature trees
of nearly eighty feet in height.

I'm going to put up an antenna for my weather radio and it will probably
be a directional model to try to improve the signal to noise ratio. I'm
also studying for my technician class amateur radio license now that I
don't have to get my telegraphy back up to five words per minute in
order to examine. I bring that up in relation to the Skywarn network.
Do any of you know what the standards are for weather equipment for
Skywarn observers.
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Tom Horne

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