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A Great Family Project: Home Weather Stations - By: Kelly Gillis, Posted on: 2007-08-03

Did you like science class when you were a kid? I did -- I LOVED it! Every and any class -- and all my class projects. It has left me with a lasting love of the subject -- especially the subject of Meteorology, the science of weather patterns and forecasting.

So I am so pleased when I turn the pages of my science and hobbyist catalogs and see the fine equipment that is being made today - it incorporates technology way beyond anything I could have imagined as a boy! I decided to sit down and write this article to help you understand what you might need if you too wanted to set up a home weather station.

Fix this firmly in mind: you have 2 choices. You can either go outside to take your weather equipment readings, or you can stay inside and get your readings off of an instrument panel. Those are your options. Stay inside or go outdoors.

If you want to go outside to take your readings (the old-fashioned method), then you will need to make sure that your instruments can be completely stored outdoors (not all models can). You will also need to locate your equipment in some sort of a shelter - typically made of wood or metal, with louvered vents. And of course, you will be forced to go outside - even when it's cold and rainy - to take each day's reading.

If you decide that braving the elements on a below-freezing day is not your cup of tea, you can purchase weather equipment that comes in two parts. One part stays outside, the other part will give you the instrument reading, and this part stays indoors. Both are connected to the other via a cable (or wirelessly if you wish).

If you are a home weather station newbie, you should begin your forecasting journey by investing in basic equipment: rainfall indicator, barometric pressure gauge, wind direction and speed indicator, and humidity gauge. Some of these are sold as an integrated weather workstation unit, with an indoor 'dashboard' that will give you your equipment readouts. The equipment does all the work, you stay indoors nice and toasty. Nice!

If you get ambitious (and as your skill and knowledge grows), you can invest in such things as a thermo-hygrometer (it measures humidity and temperature, giving you a 'heat index'), or a baro-hygrometer (which measures humidity and barometric pressure). In general, the wireless home weather stations are easier to get up and running, but they can cost considerably more than their wired counterparts. Some home weather-persons believe that the hard-wired equipment gives better readings than the wireless type, but you will have to judge that for yourself.

Make sure that you understand this: most of this stuff is not cheap to buy, so if you are thinking of buying it for the kids at home, you better make sure that they REALLY are interested, or else you may have a weather station worth hundreds of dollars just sitting idle on your back porch. But many families find that a home weather station is a great all-family activity, especially in homes with older teenagers, or perhaps just parents who, like me, never grow tired of discovering something new about this great planet we all live on. Happy forecasting!

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About the author: Kelly Gillis has timesaving tips to help you enjoy your backyard. To learn about backyard landscaping and gardening and home weather stations visit her site.
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