At 15:31 -0600 16/07/2001, Jim Elwell wrote:
>Can anyone tell me a good source for some modestly-good weather
>instruments with electronic outputs?
>
>I'm looking for: anemometer, barometer, wind direction,
>temperature, and humidity. Maybe rainfall if it is affordable.

Try Oregon Scientific at http://www.oregonscientificstore.com/
They offer a full weather station with remote sensors and digital
readings for $500. I have a much more modest device from Oregon
Scientific (indoor/outdoor thermometer) and find it very reliable.

>Also, in metric countries, what units of measure are typically
>used for:
>wind speed

officially m/s. In colloquial language (such as weather forecast), km/h

>wind direction

traditional haedings (e.g. North/north-west). Never heard about
directions in angular degrees (may be in professional or aviation
reports or forecasts ?)

>barometric pressure

hPa

>temperature

�C (BTW, Bill, your both "�C" came out correctly on my Mac ?)

>humidity

%, sometimes "% RH" (% relative humidity)

>rainfall

mm ; cm (or m !) for snow

Louis

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