[olug] Weather stations for Techies

[Jon Larsen]

Jeff -

I am using an Ambient Weather WS-1090 (as listed in the G+ post).  I paid
about $100 for it a few years ago.

I'm using pywws to upload the data to Openweathermap and Weather
Underground, not paying either service.  I messed with Openweathermap for
some time, but finally got an account on Weather Underground.  A much more
pleasant experience.  pywws will allow you to configure several services to
upload at the same time.

Here is a link to the WU feed:
http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KNEOMAHA145

Since we moved a couple times in 2014/2015, the weather station wasn't
permanently mounted until July of this year.

Here is a pic of the station mounted.  It's not a close-up, but you get the
idea.
https://goo.gl/photos/MXLpGuPVJD4Y2oki7

If I was to get a newer weather station, I'd get one of the solar
powered/ip based units from Ambient.  The Ws-1090 is good as a inexpensive
weather station, maybe use it for a few years to get used to it, then
upgrade.  We did have hail take out the wind speed gauge, but I was able to
order a replacement from Ambient.  I use Lithium AA batteries, and they
last for some time, maybe 1.5 years.

Next item on the wish list is to add a weather web cam.



Jon L.

On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 10:42 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <jeffh at dundeemt.com>
wrote:

> If I recall, John Larsen had posted about a weather station.
> https://plus.google.com/+JonLarsen/posts/PDjV3uNmHid
> Haven't seen any further posts from him on it.  John?
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Ben Watson <bwatson1979 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If I recall correctly, the real geeks at Air Force Weather used these at
> > home: http://www.davisnet.com/weather/index.asp
> >
> > Probably more than you're looking to spend, but you could save money if
> > you're handy mechanically as far add mounting goes.
> >
> > It all boils down to what you want to measure (i.e. how many and what
> type
> > of sensors ), how long you want to archive/analyze data, and how "easy"
> you
> > want it to be to install and operate.
> >
> > You could probably do something real fun and cheap with an rPi or
> something
> > similar at the cost of your time.
> > On Sep 7, 2015 9:12 PM, "Obi-Wan" <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
> >
> > > +1 on this question.  I'd like to get something, also.  Although, my
> net
> > > connection and/or power dies whenever the weather gets interesting, so
> it
> > > may be a bit of a let down.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth, www.Jedi.com
> > > Sent from my Ting Samsung Galaxy Note® II
> > >
> > > <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Jeff Hinrichs -
> > > DM&T <jeffh at dundeemt.com> </div><div>Date:2015/09/07  8:42 PM
> > > (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>,
> Omaha
> > > Python Users Group <omaha at python.org> </div><div>Subject: [olug]
> Weather
> > > stations for Techies </div><div>
> > > </div>Ok, I'm looking to replace my indoor/outdoor temperature gauge
> and
> > > was
> > > thinking getting something a bit more advanced.  Who here is a weather
> > > geek, what do you have, how do you like it?   Anyone on the lists
> > uploading
> > > to Weather Underground?  Cost?  Hoping to find something in the $100
> > range.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Jeff Hinrichs
> > > 402.218.1473
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> Jeff Hinrichs
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