On Dec 29, 5:21*pm, Tom McDonald wrote:
(Kelly) wrote:
On Dec 29, 11:23 am, Tom McDonald wrote:
On Dec 29, 10:54 am, crunch wrote:

On Dec 29, 10:38 am, Tom McDonald wrote:
crunch wrote:
On Dec 28, 8:49 pm, "(Kelly)" wrote:
On Dec 28, 4:13 pm, crunch wrote:
So, as a professional meteorologist
With my wireless weather station and accompanying software to download
the info on my computer, I'm more of a "professional meteorologist"
than you are or ever have been.
What an outpouring of bunk here from Kelly!
This is a good opportunity to ask you what your meteorology setup
is. What do you use to study and predict your local weather?
--
Tom "Go Pack" McDonald
Why do you ask? *I did not know you were green.
I ask because I am curious. I am interested in what tools you use to
study and predict the weather.

As a kid, I looked at the weather gear (hygrometers, wind speed and
direction indicators, barometers, etc.) with longing, but couldn't
afford any of it. Now I might be able to scrape up a bit of cash for
some weather stuff; but I would like some idea of what folks are using
these days.

I'll answer (because Soggy refuses to).

I have an Oregon Scientific WMA-968 wireless solar powered weather
station. *

Do you mean OS WMR-968? That's what I think you have. Here is a
link to that version:

http://www.ambientweather.com/wmorscwiprwe.html





The setup includes a rain gauge, outdoor thermometer, indoor
thermometer, outdoor barometer, outdoor humidity gauge, indoor
humidity gauge, anemometer (wind gauge) and the main touchscreen
monitor that can be hooked up to your computer and whatever weather
monitoring software you purchase to go along with with. *Everything
that's outside is connected to a solar powered transmitter (with a
battery backup inside the unit). *The rain gauge has to be level when
you set it up (of course); it has a leaf guard and an automatic water
dumping unit inside the unit. *The anemometer is tricky to set up -
has to be calibrated and placed in an area where there are no
obstructions and high enough to get accurate readings. *The extending
arm of the anemometer has to be pointed due south. *I mounted the
anemometer on top of a 7 ft. tall corner fence post and then onto a 3
foot galvanized 1" pipe (with a cap on it) that screws into a round
floor footing mount. *I secured the floor mount onto the top of the
post with a 6"x6" piece of pine on top of that. *The solar-powered
transmitter is also mounted on the galvanized pipe. *There are U-bolts
included for all of the solar-powered transmitters and the anemometer
- because I wanted to make certain there would be no risk of the U-
bolts coming loose and the units sliding down the pole, I slid used 1"
pieces of 1/2 inch rubber fuel line onto each U-bolt and it acts as a
nice cushion and "stop" for the metal against metal.

Wow. That sounds like fun!

Now...as far as how well the whole things works...I'm very happy with
it. *It's been up for less than a week, but so far, it seems to be
very accurate. *I will have to see how the whole thing does in extreme
weather (wind, rain, etc.) to give it a complete thumbs-up. *But so
far so good.

The software I purchased is not what I would call the best,

Is it one flavor of Virtual Weather Station? (See the link above
for the VWS versions available for the WMR 968.

but I plan
to upgrade to something better at a later time. *

Any idea what that might be?

For just starting
out, however, it is adequate. *Right now I'm working on getting my
weather info online (accuweather, Weather Underground, something like
that) - if you're interested, I'll give you the link when it's up and
running.

That would be interesting. I'm not deeply into weather, but this
is fun.

It's a new hobby I think I'm going to enjoy. *We get some pretty nasty
winds up here in the winter-time (whether the the stuff coming down
the Fraser Gap from British Columbia, the stuff from the Pacific
coast, or a local phenomenon known as "Chinook" winds), so I'm
interested in what will come up as far as wind speed recorded on this
unit. *And, of course, this is the Pacific Northwest, so there is a
ton of rain to record.

If you have any questions about the above, let me know.

See above. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, that's the system (the "R" in the WMA was a typo on my part ;-).
I got it for $169 at the Oregon Scientific Store - the software was
$50 more. And I had to purchase a serial/USB adapter to hook it up to
my laptop because (as I'm sure you're aware) newer laptops don't have
serial ports anymore.