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Weather Station
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.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.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:
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Chris
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.
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.