Well, I wasn't getting many hits with my Lacrosse Technology question, and there seemed to be a number of WIFI issues reported in the reviews. So, I'm looking at Acurite. I can't help but feel that if I get interested in doing more, I'll want something more like a Davis station.
But, I found that Acurite has a fairly simple weather station 00634. The base is LCD and doesn't require power. This makes the unit portable which is desirable for me. When I searched this site I didn't get any hits for this weather station. Presumably that's because either (a) the station doesn't give the type of data most want here or (b) the unit is just a cheap disposable piece of junk that Acurite produces to compete in the market. Hopefully the answer is not (b)!