Weather Station

Mike Harding · Guru

Weather Station

Teo · Senior Member

Perhaps you should organise a. Ban the B.O.M. protest march!

Possum3 · Guru

I have found that the anemometer on most weather stations to be made of plastic and they are prone to inaccuracies and damage.

I have an aneroid barometer/hygrometer/thermometer - drives the child bride crazy as every time I pass it by I give it a little tap-tap to adjust needle. We use BOM and Sailflow apps to predict wind changes and force, mainly to determine safety to awning. Of course being a bushy I have rain gauges in the house-yard.

My folly is time, I have an atomic clock, mounted directly opposite my seat in caravan - It also advises day/date/week/month, time with alarm and temperature.

Bobdown · Guru

We brought the Holman weather station from Bunnings for $99, mainly because the BOM site is in Albany..........45k away, and can be a difference in the weather there and at home.

Basic model, but does a good job, especially daily rain, rainfall to date, pressure, and inside and outside temps to name a few.

Cheers Bob

peatop · Senior Member

MetEye is graphical display, that's quite good for forecasting coming rain, wind, waves and swell although you don't get a lot of waves or swell in da bush, however check it out you may find it helpful wink when I live on my farm we were surrounded by tall stringybarks and during high wind time we would always get a call from the local FRS letting us know about the possibility of damaging winds, ofc we would thank them and go about our business as this never affected us at ground level but if we were out on the cleared land then things got hairy, once we had a tornado go through the area but no warning, mind you the FRS officer that usually reported wind events was at the same meeting I was at

I have found if you in the bush surrounded by trees (not scrub) then wind usually has no bearing on your situation with the exception of very wet ground so the trees fall over or drop limbs, oh and never camp under a redgum they seem to drop limbs (big) on hot still days/nights wink

My weather station. If my shirt is off, it's hot. If my shirt is on, could be hot and sunny. If I have a jumper on, it's cold. if I have a jumper on and I'm shaking, it's bloody cold. If I'm white, it's snowing, if I'm grey and white, I'm dead.