Mine is also showing rain. I understand there is a weak front due to be
moving down from the North, though I wouldn't expect anything more than some
cloud.

Shaun Pudwell.


"Paul Jenner" wrote in message
...
Yup. My Oregon Scientific WM918 also shows rain. I also have a couple of
other units which indicate the same. Pressure has fallen a bit throughout
today - I shouldn't worry! Apparently the Davis Vantage Pro has a similar
feature but uses temp, hum etc to predict the weather as well.

Paul


"Joe Hunt" wrote in message
...

"Informer" wrote in message
...
I have bought a Oregon Scientific model BAA898HG for £68 It shows
indoor/outdoor temperature, indoor/outdoor humidity, air pressure and
a
weather forecast window with symbols. I live less than a mile from
Luton
Airport and comparing the airports weather it is not too bad.
Oregon is showing the outside temperature as 20.5C, air pressure of
1024
humidity 54% while the airport is reporting 21C, 1025, humidity 56%.
Since
I got up this morning the Oregon is showing pressure dropping and a
prediction of rain. Is this just a toy and I am expecting too much or
is
it
just having a bad day?


Mine says rain too, although it bases this purely on pressure, which has
dropped over the last 24hrs very slowly. A look out of the window should
tell you that rain isn't exactly on its way !

Joe

Mine is a BAA968HG. It is often quite accurate with regards to rain but
less so when we have Anticyclonic gloom from the East. It usually has the
full sun symbol in those situations, quite depressing!.

Shaun Pudwell.


"Paul Evans" uknorthernerSPAMMEANDDIEYOULOWLIFESCUM2000@hotmai l.com wrote
in message ...
Shaun Pudwell wrote:
Mine is also showing rain. I understand there is a weak front due to
be moving down from the North, though I wouldn't expect anything more
than some cloud.

Shaun Pudwell.

Mine's showing rain too, and it has done for the last 24 hours. Although
it's a
low end model(BA-212), I trust it's predictions more than the TV forecasts
(though obviously the current forecast for rain is because of the slight
pressure drop) !

Paul.

I have bought a Oregon Scientific model BAA898HG for £68 It shows
indoor/outdoor temperature, indoor/outdoor humidity, air pressure and a
weather forecast window with symbols. I live less than a mile from Luton
Airport and comparing the airports weather it is not too bad.
Oregon is showing the outside temperature as 20.5C, air pressure of 1024
humidity 54% while the airport is reporting 21C, 1025, humidity 56%. Since
I got up this morning the Oregon is showing pressure dropping and a
prediction of rain. Is this just a toy and I am expecting too much or is it
just having a bad day?

"Informer" wrote in message
...
I have bought a Oregon Scientific model BAA898HG for £68 It shows
indoor/outdoor temperature, indoor/outdoor humidity, air pressure and a
weather forecast window with symbols. I live less than a mile from Luton
Airport and comparing the airports weather it is not too bad.
Oregon is showing the outside temperature as 20.5C, air pressure of 1024
humidity 54% while the airport is reporting 21C, 1025, humidity 56%.
Since
I got up this morning the Oregon is showing pressure dropping and a
prediction of rain. Is this just a toy and I am expecting too much or is
it
just having a bad day?


Mine says rain too, although it bases this purely on pressure, which has
dropped over the last 24hrs very slowly. A look out of the window should
tell you that rain isn't exactly on its way !

Joe

Yup. My Oregon Scientific WM918 also shows rain. I also have a couple of
other units which indicate the same. Pressure has fallen a bit throughout
today - I shouldn't worry! Apparently the Davis Vantage Pro has a similar
feature but uses temp, hum etc to predict the weather as well.

Paul


"Joe Hunt" wrote in message
...

"Informer" wrote in message
...
I have bought a Oregon Scientific model BAA898HG for £68 It shows
indoor/outdoor temperature, indoor/outdoor humidity, air pressure and a
weather forecast window with symbols. I live less than a mile from
Luton
Airport and comparing the airports weather it is not too bad.
Oregon is showing the outside temperature as 20.5C, air pressure of 1024
humidity 54% while the airport is reporting 21C, 1025, humidity 56%.
Since
I got up this morning the Oregon is showing pressure dropping and a
prediction of rain. Is this just a toy and I am expecting too much or is
it
just having a bad day?


Mine says rain too, although it bases this purely on pressure, which has
dropped over the last 24hrs very slowly. A look out of the window should
tell you that rain isn't exactly on its way !

Joe

Shaun Pudwell wrote:
Mine is also showing rain. I understand there is a weak front due to
be moving down from the North, though I wouldn't expect anything more
than some cloud.

Shaun Pudwell.

Mine's showing rain too, and it has done for the last 24 hours. Although it's a
low end model(BA-212), I trust it's predictions more than the TV forecasts
(though obviously the current forecast for rain is because of the slight
pressure drop) !

Paul.

Shaun Pudwell wrote:
Mine is a BAA968HG. It is often quite accurate with regards to rain
but less so when we have Anticyclonic gloom from the East. It
usually has the full sun symbol in those situations, quite
depressing!.

Shaun Pudwell.

It could be Oregon Scientific's way of trying to cheer it's customers up on
gloomy days...!

Paul.

Mines been doing the same thing. I've also got a watch that shows pressure
and that's been going up and down in the last few days too.
I just had a look at the XCWeather site and there does appear to be a few
kinks in the isobars, sufficient maybe for the varying pressure readings.

Shaun Pudwell.


"Howard Neil" wrote in message
...
Adrian D. Shaw wrote:
Funny - I was thinking of posting a similar message.
Mine's a BAA928U. Pressure now reading 1023 (sea level adjusted). Last
time
it was higher than this (according to the history) was 24 hours ago
(1024).
There were readings of 1022 during the last 24 hours also, so really
it's
showing a very slight rise. Yet it indicates rain.

It's been doing this for the last few days, despite near steady
pressure.
I can't figure out what algorithm it's using, but it seems flawed to me.

I enter my data into Weather Recorder LE (which, unfortunately, no
longer seems to be available). This program's forecast is consistently
more accurate than my Oregon WMR112.

Apparently, Weather Recorder LE's forecast section is based on a
Zambretti Weather Forecaster provided by Temeraire of Brixham, Devon.
http://www.temeraire.co.uk/


--
Howard Neil
(western end of the Brecon Beacons National Park, at 235 metres asl)

Funny - I was thinking of posting a similar message.
Mine's a BAA928U. Pressure now reading 1023 (sea level adjusted). Last time
it was higher than this (according to the history) was 24 hours ago (1024).
There were readings of 1022 during the last 24 hours also, so really it's
showing a very slight rise. Yet it indicates rain.

It's been doing this for the last few days, despite near steady pressure.
I can't figure out what algorithm it's using, but it seems flawed to me.

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 860ft/260m asl)

--
Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

Adrian D. Shaw wrote:
Funny - I was thinking of posting a similar message.
Mine's a BAA928U. Pressure now reading 1023 (sea level adjusted). Last time
it was higher than this (according to the history) was 24 hours ago (1024).
There were readings of 1022 during the last 24 hours also, so really it's
showing a very slight rise. Yet it indicates rain.

It's been doing this for the last few days, despite near steady pressure.
I can't figure out what algorithm it's using, but it seems flawed to me.

I enter my data into Weather Recorder LE (which, unfortunately, no
longer seems to be available). This program's forecast is consistently
more accurate than my Oregon WMR112.

Apparently, Weather Recorder LE's forecast section is based on a
Zambretti Weather Forecaster provided by Temeraire of Brixham, Devon.
http://www.temeraire.co.uk/


--
Howard Neil
(western end of the Brecon Beacons National Park, at 235 metres asl)