I treated myself (and my son) to an early christmas present - a weather station
Ebay $188.
As I spend most of my life in the bush the weather is a constant area of interest to me. I've had a couple of weather stations previously but they have both lacked in some areas so we'll see how this one goes - I'll do a proper review in a couple of months.
One interesting thing which has already become apparent is layers of wind: the BOM predicted winds gusting up to 90kph for my area today and certainly the tree tops are swaying wildly and the noise of the wind in them is clear but at ground level the wind is light with the weather station (at about 2m height) recording a maximum gust of 15kph.
Like women... the weather is a strange and fickle mistress :)
Teo said
05:26 PM Nov 18, 2021
Perhaps you should organise a. Ban the B.O.M. protest march!
Possum3 said
06:00 PM Nov 18, 2021
I have found that the anemometer on most weather stations to be made of plastic and they are prone to inaccuracies and damage.
I have an aneroid barometer/hygrometer/thermometer - drives the child bride crazy as every time I pass it by I give it a little tap-tap to adjust needle. We use BOM and Sailflow apps to predict wind changes and force, mainly to determine safety to awning. Of course being a bushy I have rain gauges in the house-yard.
My folly is time, I have an atomic clock, mounted directly opposite my seat in caravan - It also advises day/date/week/month, time with alarm and temperature.
Bobdown said
06:26 PM Nov 18, 2021
We brought the Holman weather station from Bunnings for $99, mainly because the BOM site is in Albany..........45k away, and can be a difference in the weather there and at home.
Basic model, but does a good job, especially daily rain, rainfall to date, pressure, and inside and outside temps to name a few.
MetEye is graphical display, that's quite good for forecasting coming rain, wind, waves and swell although you don't get a lot of waves or swell in da bush, however check it out you may find it helpful when I live on my farm we were surrounded by tall stringybarks and during high wind time we would always get a call from the local FRS letting us know about the possibility of damaging winds, ofc we would thank them and go about our business as this never affected us at ground level but if we were out on the cleared land then things got hairy, once we had a tornado go through the area but no warning, mind you the FRS officer that usually reported wind events was at the same meeting I was at
I have found if you in the bush surrounded by trees (not scrub) then wind usually has no bearing on your situation with the exception of very wet ground so the trees fall over or drop limbs, oh and never camp under a redgum they seem to drop limbs (big) on hot still days/nights
My weather station. If my shirt is off, it's hot. If my shirt is on, could be hot and sunny. If I have a jumper on, it's cold. if I have a jumper on and I'm shaking, it's bloody cold. If I'm white, it's snowing, if I'm grey and white, I'm dead.
I treated myself (and my son) to an early christmas present - a weather station
Ebay $188.
As I spend most of my life in the bush the weather is a constant area of interest to me. I've had a couple of weather stations previously but they have both lacked in some areas so we'll see how this one goes - I'll do a proper review in a couple of months.
One interesting thing which has already become apparent is layers of wind: the BOM predicted winds gusting up to 90kph for my area today and certainly the tree tops are swaying wildly and the noise of the wind in them is clear but at ground level the wind is light with the weather station (at about 2m height) recording a maximum gust of 15kph.
Like women... the weather is a strange and fickle mistress :)
I have an aneroid barometer/hygrometer/thermometer - drives the child bride crazy as every time I pass it by I give it a little tap-tap to adjust needle. We use BOM and Sailflow apps to predict wind changes and force, mainly to determine safety to awning. Of course being a bushy I have rain gauges in the house-yard.
My folly is time, I have an atomic clock, mounted directly opposite my seat in caravan - It also advises day/date/week/month, time with alarm and temperature.
We brought the Holman weather station from Bunnings for $99, mainly because the BOM site is in Albany..........45k away, and can be a difference in the weather there and at home.
Basic model, but does a good job, especially daily rain, rainfall to date, pressure, and inside and outside temps to name a few.
Cheers Bob
MetEye is graphical display, that's quite good for forecasting coming rain, wind, waves and swell although you don't get a lot of waves or swell in da bush, however check it out you may find it helpful
when I live on my farm we were surrounded by tall stringybarks and during high wind time we would always get a call from the local FRS letting us know about the possibility of damaging winds, ofc we would thank them and go about our business as this never affected us at ground level but if we were out on the cleared land then things got hairy, once we had a tornado go through the area but no warning, mind you the FRS officer that usually reported wind events was at the same meeting I was at 
I have found if you in the bush surrounded by trees (not scrub) then wind usually has no bearing on your situation with the exception of very wet ground so the trees fall over or drop limbs, oh and never camp under a redgum they seem to drop limbs (big) on hot still days/nights
My weather station. If my shirt is off, it's hot. If my shirt is on, could be hot and sunny. If I have a jumper on, it's cold. if I have a jumper on and I'm shaking, it's bloody cold. If I'm white, it's snowing, if I'm grey and white, I'm dead.