I think the best bet would be to go to http://www.weathermatrix.net/forums/
and look at all of the spearate forums devoted to the various makes of
station. It is a USA based site so good advice should be available given
that the station is to be installed in Florida.

The Davis equipment is very good but the Vantage Pro is too expensive and I
don't have any experience of any other models. If lightning is a concern
then a wireless model is probably a good idea as there are no cables running
from the station to the console.

Alan