I’ve got a sort of terrible weather station at home. Not much more than a pair of temperature sensors and humidity and barometric pressure sensors.

It’s much better than nothing, but sometimes I wish I really had the whole kit –n- kaboodle.

Behold the Davis Wireless Vantage Vue weather station…

Very cool, and you can see one at North Pacific Marketing (C2113, upstairs). Or check out the website at vantagevue.com.

 
My friend Dan Richman has an excellent review of the Weems & Plath 4002 electronic barometer over at Three Sheets Northwest. Here’s an excerpt:

Watching the change in barometric pressure is a time-honored way to predict the weather.

Yet barometers don’t make that easy to do. Barographs, which chart those changes, are obviously far more useful. But traditionally they have been large, delicate mechanical devices unsuitable for anything except ships.

The Weems & Plath Electronic Barometer 4002 is a digital barometer with an LCD current-pressure display and a separate LCD barograph display. Retailing for $170 to $205, it’s an excellent weather instrument, ideal for home use and for consultation before a day sail. Yet it has numerous design shortcomings, and I’m not sure it’s weatherproof enough to be used on board. I do not recommend it as a timepiece, moon phase indicator, yacht-race timer or anything else it purports to be.

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