Weather Station

[BJS]

Have purchesed a Weather Station but am a bit dubious about its accuracy/ We live in the South coast of Hampshire and according to the handbook the signal comes from the Anthorn transmitter in Cumbria. I presume my remote staion has a means of measuring our immediate temperature but who's weather prediction is it, our local area or Cumbria's. Any thoughts will be appreciated.

[Buenchico]

To the best of my knowledge (which seems to be backed up by Wikipedia) the Anthorn transmitter does not send any meteorological data. It simply provides atomic clock time signals:
http://en.wikipedia.o..._transmitting_station

Chris

[BJS]

Thanks for the reply, you have cleared that point for me, I have clearly missread the handbook.

The next question is - How do these home weather stations work and how accurate are they.

[sherrardk]

Don't know about the accuracy but I am hooked now that we have one - ours has a picture of a 'weather girl' and she has more clothes on when it is cold, a brolly when it is raining, etc. Don't know how little she wears when the weather is hot though.

[BJS]

I might be a wrinklie but what's the make and model just think, a weather station to brighten up my life

[bathtub]

The prediction will be based on your local area, because the weather station itself computes this from the readings it takes. Is it an indoor station? If it is, it can only go on atmospheric pressure and whether it's going up or down, in which case it's as reliable as an old-fashioned barometer.

If it has outdoor sensors for temperature and humidity, it can use those readings too, and therefore becomes a bit more reliable.

It really depends on what it can do and how much you paid. Indoor stations costing less than fifty quid are really novelty items, but the barometer will be quite accurate and will give you a reasonable guess at the forecast.

Outdoor stations sold by the likes of Maplin for £40 to £100 are a lot of fun and reasonably reliable. The cheapest semi-professional set-up is something like the Davis Vantage Vue for about £500, and a Met Office standard weather station with instruments and screen costs from about £1000 upwards.

[BJS]

The station is a Oregon and has a outside remote sensor and cost just over £50.