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« on: August 30, 2007, 06:09:55 PM »
Is there an ad-on for weather stations that can detect sky conditions automatically, like the official ones used at airports, air-force bases, etc.?
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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2007, 06:18:24 PM »
G2003:

If you mean cloud cover and such, it's called a ceilometer ... awfully expensive. How much $$$ do you have? Drool

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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2007, 06:23:14 PM »
Hmm..something right now tells me i can't afford it. Very Happy Maybe if i win the lottery :
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« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2007, 06:26:57 PM »
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Hmm..something right now tells me i can't afford it. Very Happy Maybe if i win the lottery :

He he! Pray
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« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2007, 09:45:48 PM »
I keep looking at the Boltwood Cloud Sensor II. It's made for amateur astronomy, but has a lot of appealing features.

http://www.cyanogen.com/products/cloud_main.htm

BTW, the model with the shortest cable is $1200.
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« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2007, 10:03:40 PM »
There are couple of threads about this on the Weather Display forum.

http://www.weather-watch.com/smf/index.php/topic,12846.0.html
http://www.weather-watch.com/smf/index.php/topic,21093.0.html
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