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Offline DoctorZ

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My New Weather Station: A Video Review & Comparison....
« on: August 17, 2019, 04:11:48 AM »
After 24 years my old Texas Weather Instruments crapped out.  Here is a video review of my NEW weather station:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-V7EWKre6A&t=190s[/youtube]

I  hope you find it informative....

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Re: My New Weather Station: A Video Review & Comparison....
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2019, 06:04:42 AM »
awesome video particularly like the clean user interface used for displaying data ...thank you for taking the time and sharing ..

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Re: My New Weather Station: A Video Review & Comparison....
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2019, 07:48:11 PM »
The Columbia is a very nice weather station, I had looked at that system when I was looking at what to get.
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Re: My New Weather Station: A Video Review & Comparison....
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2019, 08:20:41 PM »
Here is a video review of my NEW weather station:
Please take this in a constructive way, but the sitting of your radiation shield and rain bucket are anything but optimal. The radiation shield is not only snugged up against the house, but also the bricked chimney does nothing but help the sun's insolation radiate heat straight back into the shield, and this will last well after the sun has set. Your rain bucket is also more likely to have a wind effect on the roof, let alone keeping it clean. Perhaps these links can help should you choose to follow them.

https://www.weather.gov/media/epz/mesonet/CWOP-Siting.pdf

https://weather.gladstonefamily.net/CWOP_Guide.pdf

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Re: My New Weather Station: A Video Review & Comparison....
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2019, 08:48:15 PM »
Here is a video review of my NEW weather station:
Please take this in a constructive way, but the sitting of your radiation shield and rain bucket are anything but optimal. The radiation shield is not only snugged up against the house, but also the bricked chimney does nothing but help the sun's insolation radiate heat straight back into the shield, and this will last well after the sun has set. Your rain bucket is also more likely to have a wind effect on the roof, let alone keeping it clean. Perhaps these links can help should you choose to follow them.

https://www.weather.gov/media/epz/mesonet/CWOP-Siting.pdf

https://weather.gladstonefamily.net/CWOP_Guide.pdf


I have not looked at your links, but the rain bucket and humidity/temp sensor are in the same locations as they were with the old weather station.  If you watched my video to the end, you will note that I am also a CoCoRaHz Observer.  Every day I report my readings to NWS.  With the exception of torrential rains, my official CoCoRaHz gauge is only 0.01 or 0.02" off (more) than my electronic gauge.  I'd say that's pretty accurate.

As for the humidity/temp sensor.  It is located on the North side of my house which is located literally in the forest.  My main concern was more about radiation coming off the roof of my kid's playhouse than the chimney or side of the house.  Because of that I have compared my temp readings with the other weather stations in my area.  I am usually within a degree.  I do tend to run one or two degrees warmer at the peak heating of the day than others in my area, but I really have no other location to put the sensor in.

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Re: My New Weather Station: A Video Review & Comparison....
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2019, 08:48:55 PM »
The Columbia is a very nice weather station, I had looked at that system when I was looking at what to get.

So what did you end up finally getting?

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