Sensor-free Weather Stations

Today a full home weather station can be enjoyed minus weather instruments

. A PC or digital station can be set up to receive ongoing local weather conditions from a service provider, who maintains instruments in the area.

There is a pride of ownership and independence in maintaining your own weather sensors. Likewise, there is a risk of losing your readings in the middle of a storm due to a malfunction or interference from the natural world. Working through the set up of a home weather station can be just the beginning, followed by maintenance, calibration, and tinkering.

Online weather services such as WeatherBug and Weather Underground have developed a wide network of weather stations. Advances in the Internet allow for real time reporting from the stations, to the point that the wind direction dial appears to move like a wind vane. Access to hour by hour historical data makes weather patterns easily identifiable.

Weather Direct is one service that provides weather readings to a standalone station. Information includes wind, rain, temperature, humidity, chance of precipitation, and NWS warning information. Weather data is updated every two minutes.

The location of sensors plays a key role in choosing a home weather station. A weather service may have a station right in your neighborhood, which would make the virtual readings almost indistinguishable from those on your own instruments. On the other had, if a service has weather instruments that are 50 miles from your location, the result may be a very different picture of current conditions. Usually it is possible to find the location of available stations for a weather service.

For some a combination of a virtual solution with a home instrument may provide the most satisfaction. The most immediate weather needs can be provided by an instrument that includes both barometer and temperature readings. More detailed readings and historical data are then found via a virtual solution. This approach still involves minimal set up time. Before purchasing an instrument, it is recommended to visit a website that ranks products to find the best product in a given category.

The extreme opposite of a virtual station is hosting a public weather station. This approach may involve some expense as a station must be purchased and certain services require specific stations and instruments. Weather readings will be broadcast over the Internet and picked up by a local audience seeking current information. Individuals who live in faraway locations may also consult the public station for travel or relocation.

A sensor-free home weather station can provide the enjoyment of tracking weather conditions without the hassle of setting up and maintaining weather instruments. While not for everyone, it has become a rewarding option for those with a love of weather.

by: Bill Stewart.

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