Hi, I live out in the wilds of Ningbo, China. The weather forecast info here is generally poor or inaccurate. I run the local English website and monthly magazine (
www.NingboGuide.com) and I had the bright idea of buying a weather station and connecting it to my web page, thus providing accurate, up-to-date weather info for our small community of Americans here. While home for Christmas, I saw my Dad's little weather station. It was an LCD unit with wireless sensor, and it displayed temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure both indoors and outdoors. It even had a silly character on the display, who would put on a coat when the temperature dropped or pull out an umbrella if it looked like rain (if the pressure was falling, etc.) I thought it was a hoot, and thought to buy one to bring back to China. Unfortunately, it didn't support data transfer. My brother bought me a unit that supported data transfer (included a 9-pin serial cable...no USB) but it required you to manually download the data - a showstopper for my web page.
I've been looking around at weather stations that support the internet, and BOY!
$$$! Five hundred bucks and up! Even if I wanted to spend that much, I don't have anywhere to mount the sophisticated weather box (space is limited in China, too many dang people). My Dad's station had a simple remote sensor that I could easily mount outside my office window. Are there any budget, lightweight units out there that I can use for my web page? Dad's station was about twenty bucks, and did a great job. I'm not looking to run a science station, highly accurate instruments are not necessary.
