What weather station to buy?
 

Hello,

I'd like to purchase a personal weather station. I've looked at Oregon
Scientific, Peet Bros., LaCrosse, Davis Eqpt, and WeatherHawk.

What I'm looking for is a station that at least measures: wind speed and
direction, temperature, barometric pressure, and has a rain gauge. The
price range is around $200-$300.

I live in Florida where static electricity and lightning are big issues.
Does the equipment survive well if there is lightning in the vicinity, even
if it is not a direct strike? (I know direct strikes will pretty much kill
everything.)

The sort of issues that matter to me are these: will the weather station
give reasonably good data? can it be hooked to my PC to provide weather
information over the internet? Can I expect the station to last 5 years?
(I would take it down during hurricanes.)

May I ask any of you for a recommendation?

Thank you very much for your time.

Steven Schwartz

What weather station to buy?
 

It is a shame this polite request has remained ignored and unanswered by the
"experts" in this group.
Sorry I can't be of any help, Steven. Perhaps a reply may still be
forthcoming.

Fred ( the Original one)
"Earthlink" wrote in message
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Hello,

I'd like to purchase a personal weather station. I've looked at Oregon
Scientific, Peet Bros., LaCrosse, Davis Eqpt, and WeatherHawk.

What I'm looking for is a station that at least measures: wind speed and
direction, temperature, barometric pressure, and has a rain gauge. The
price range is around $200-$300.

I live in Florida where static electricity and lightning are big issues.
Does the equipment survive well if there is lightning in the vicinity,
even
if it is not a direct strike? (I know direct strikes will pretty much
kill
everything.)

The sort of issues that matter to me are these: will the weather station
give reasonably good data? can it be hooked to my PC to provide weather
information over the internet? Can I expect the station to last 5 years?
(I would take it down during hurricanes.)

May I ask any of you for a recommendation?

Thank you very much for your time.

Steven Schwartz

What weather station to buy?
 

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 16:42:06 -0000, "fred" wrote:



Fred ( the Original one)
"Earthlink" wrote in message
.net...
Hello,

I'd like to purchase a personal weather station. I've looked at Oregon
Scientific, Peet Bros., LaCrosse, Davis Eqpt, and WeatherHawk.

What I'm looking for is a station that at least measures: wind speed and
direction, temperature, barometric pressure, and has a rain gauge. The
price range is around $200-$300.

I live in Florida where static electricity and lightning are big issues.
Does the equipment survive well if there is lightning in the vicinity,
even
if it is not a direct strike? (I know direct strikes will pretty much
kill
everything.)

The sort of issues that matter to me are these: will the weather station
give reasonably good data? can it be hooked to my PC to provide weather
information over the internet? Can I expect the station to last 5 years?
(I would take it down during hurricanes.)

May I ask any of you for a recommendation?

Thank you very much for your time.

Steven Schwartz


It is a shame this polite request has remained ignored and unanswered by the
"experts" in this group.
Sorry I can't be of any help, Steven. Perhaps a reply may still be
forthcoming.


The problem is that the poster is in the US, and it is difficult to reply
authoritatively.

I can only suggest he posts his request to a US weather newsgroup.

As regards his query about lightning, I can only say as a former meteorologist,
meteorological instrument technician and electronics engineer that any good
electronics designer making equipment for outside use would ensure judicious use
of spark-gaps to earth(ground), and VDRs (voltage dependent resistors) in the
appropriate parts of the circuit, along with good screening and bonding.

JPG

What weather station to buy?
 

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

What weather station to buy?
 

Hi

I have a La Crosse WS2300, it measures rain, wind speed & direction,
temperature, Pressure (absolute and Relative), it has simple storm warning
system, dewpoint, wind-chill, indoor temperature & humidity, outdoor
huimdity. The Station cost around £150 which at the current conversion rate
is $282.65. The system has worked well and i have found it to be quite
accurate. We've had a few thunderstorms while its been up, and the station
has been ok throughout. The station can be connected to the computer and
with the heavyweather publisher software, you can display the conditions on
the internet. If you have any questions please feel free to email me at
dudleyweather AT gmail Dot Com (replace the words with the appropriate
signs). My website is www.dudleyweather.angelcities.com, and there are some
examples of the data collected shown there, as well as the conditions that
the heavyweather publisher software produces.

Mike


"Alan Gardiner" wrote in message
...
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

What weather station to buy?
 

The Davis equipment is very good but the Vantage Pro is too expensive
Snip

Have you seen the price of Davis equipment in the US?
I suggest you have a look at e-bay, plenty on offer and plenty of web site
links.
The competitiveness of prices in the US makes Davis look exteremely
attractive and maybe there are Vantage Pro bargains to be had now the new
model is about.
--
David Mitchell.
70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.

What weather station to buy?
 

well done lads !
Now, what about my inventum raingauge without the instructions, can any one
help ?

What weather station to buy?
 

I also have the LaCrosse WS2300. While it certainly represents excellent
value for the money I would warn any potential purchasers that the wind
measurements are extremely poor - wind direction is only accurate to 28.5
degrees, wind speed is hopeless due to a fundamental flaw in the design
(uses propeller instead of more traditional cups). If wind measurement is
important I would not recommend this weatherstation (but otherwise it is
a fairly accurate, robust and good value weather station - especially for
Linux users like myself who can take advantage of the open source open2300
software)

Bob


On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 17:43:03 +0000, Michael
Di Bernardo wrote:

Hi

I have a La Crosse WS2300, it measures rain, wind speed & direction,
temperature, Pressure (absolute and Relative), it has simple storm warning
system, dewpoint, wind-chill, indoor temperature & humidity, outdoor
huimdity. The Station cost around £150 which at the current conversion rate
is $282.65. The system has worked well and i have found it to be quite
accurate. We've had a few thunderstorms while its been up, and the station
has been ok throughout. The station can be connected to the computer and
with the heavyweather publisher software, you can display the conditions on
the internet. If you have any questions please feel free to email me at
dudleyweather AT gmail Dot Com (replace the words with the appropriate
signs). My website is www.dudleyweather.angelcities.com, and there are some
examples of the data collected shown there, as well as the conditions that
the heavyweather publisher software produces.

Mike