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
