On Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 8:32:46 PM UTC-7, Xant wrote: > > 2) WeatherFlow > For price x performance, I'm sided to WeatherFlow, which not just ping at > 2.5secs timeframe, but also has NO moving parts, ambient light, UV index, > solar radiation. Sonic anemometer! > > The previous model (which I have) has 2 sensor units. Which it's good, as > you can place the 2nd unit in shade for better temp measurement. > On Amazon, for $299.95 (which is 5cents under budget!) :P > > They are not sold new any more by the manufacturer so I would 'not' suggest buying a new unit from Amazon. That said, given the new Tempest is out, you could probably pick up a lightly used Sky+Air+Hub for much less than $300, perhaps not even $150 if you ask on the WeatherFlow forums and find somebody looking to unload their old unit.
(sigh - I gifted mine to a family member just a week ago or I'd have sold the original poster mine for a song :-) To note, there is a newer model - Tempest $329. - not in Amazon yet and > back-ordered, but directly from WeatherFlow website: > https://shop.weatherflow.com/collections/frontpage/products/tempest > > I don't know the comparison about the 2 in detail, but the new unit is > "all-in-one", while the older model it's split in two. > > Re-read the web page. It's a next-generation unit based on the things the manufacturer learned since the SmartWeather station kickstart in mid-2018. (disclaimer - I'm a beta tester of the Tempest). Biggest change is they are positioning the Tempest and mobile app into weather prediction very heavily, which might make things like DarkSky integration unnecessary. Also has IFTT integrations etc. so the original poster could trigger closing the awning off of that, or even do a node-red thing if you run weewx and hook in some event-driven mechanism like MQTT or whatever. That said, you can 'not' run a WeatherFlow station off the grid. It has to be able to connect to WF's servers to get+keep the sensors tuned. If you can live within those constraints, the WF gear (old or new variants) would be a good choice. The ultrasonic wind sensor is very fast. If you have it in rapid_wind mode it reports wind every 3 seconds. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/45b5eda2-ea1d-41dc-ba9d-14753ac2f293o%40googlegroups.com.
