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Hello and Good Morning form a frosty East Brighton.
Iv always hada keen interest in the weather and this newsgroup, but now Iv
time on my hands i want too get more involved, so for starters, can any one
suggest a good easy to use weather station mpref. one with extra sensors,
I know there are lots too choose from , hence my question ,Many TIA, best
wishes for 2008, Ant

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On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 07:12:32 -0000, "ant"
wrote:

Hello and Good Morning form a frosty East Brighton.
Iv always hada keen interest in the weather and this newsgroup, but now Iv
time on my hands i want too get more involved, so for starters, can any one
suggest a good easy to use weather station mpref. one with extra sensors,
I know there are lots too choose from , hence my question ,Many TIA, best
wishes for 2008, Ant


In addition to my Vantage Pro I found LIDL did a super little ASCOT
weather station for £17.99! I gave two of my three kids one each for
Christmas I was so impressed.
Outside sensor does temp max and min and current plus Hygro
Inside: pressure plus bar graph showing tendency for the last 1
hr,2,6,12hrs; Inside temp max and min plus hygro; useful sunrise and
sunset; moon rise and set plus picture of its current phase; time and
date ( picked up from Rugby I think); alarm (2) for the clock. The
sensor has a good range which means I can take the station wherever on
the three storeys here.
It seems reasonably accurate ( the barometer was set a month ago and
is still what Yeovilton/Boscombe Down say it should be)and the key
thing is that it is quite fun. The instructions were amazingly
fullsome and properly written
Hope that helps.
Robin

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In uk.sci.weather on Sun, 6 Jan 2008, ant
wrote :
Hello and Good Morning form a frosty East Brighton.
Iv always hada keen interest in the weather and this newsgroup, but now Iv
time on my hands i want too get more involved, so for starters, can any one
suggest a good easy to use weather station mpref. one with extra sensors,
I know there are lots too choose from , hence my question ,Many TIA, best
wishes for 2008, Ant

It depends on your budget, and the parameters you want to record.

You can get data-loggers for under £50, but they generally only record
temperature & humidity. You'd need to over £100 to record a decent range
of parameters, like wind, rain, pressure, etc.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

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ant wrote:

Hello and Good Morning form a frosty East Brighton.
Iv always hada keen interest in the weather and this newsgroup, but now Iv
time on my hands i want too get more involved, so for starters, can any one
suggest a good easy to use weather station mpref. one with extra sensors,
I know there are lots too choose from , hence my question ,Many TIA, best
wishes for 2008, Ant

I use an Oregon WMR-928 and have found it very reliable and pretty good
value too.
You can see the output here.
http://www.mexoffice.com

--
Am I the only Gareth Slee?
http://garethslee.blogspot.com/

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Ok cool, thx for teh info, think i know what i want .