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Default It's actually snowing here today...

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On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:49:40 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

Here's a screen snap from my new weather station taken a few minutes
ago. Maybe that will help to melt your snow. :-)

It was up around 80 early in the afternoon.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...erstation.jpg/

What kind of weather station and software do you have? I'm looking to
replace mine with something better.


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It's called an Airmar PB150 and it comes with software called
Weathercaster. It is marketed by Furuno and designed for boats but
would make a fine home unit except that it lacks a rain gauge. One
of the unique things about the Airmar sensor is that it has no moving
parts - it reads wind speed and direction using ultrasonic doppler
sensors.

The sensor unit is a bit pricey but it also contains a GPS unit and
electronic compass which allows it to compute true wind speed and true
wind direction on a moving boat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YTVx...eature=related

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|344|944284|1160116&id=1105541


Thanks! I'd like to have a rain gauge, though. I'm looking for a
hardware/software setup. What I have now is decent, but it doesn't
couple with my computer, it's stand alone.