Latest Weather station Stories
Part 2 of redOrbit’s exclusive 6-part series Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In the first installment of this series, we explored how the Maryland-based company Earth Networks positioned itself as the world leader in ground-based weather sensor data collection through the mass deployment of their weather station sensor network. Typically, private sector weather companies like The Weather Channel or Accuweather rely on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Facebook, the world’s largest social network, is moving one step closer to total Internet domination with the announcement they will be adding weather forecasts to events and public place pages. According to PCMag’s Stephanie Mlot, the new feature comes courtesy of the folks at Weather Underground and will allow users to include general weather information to events that have a designated location and occur within 10 days from...
RainWise manufactures exclusive weather station used by SORAPRO, provider of solar monitoring equipment and software BAR HARBOR, Maine, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For almost four decades RainWise has been a forerunner in premier meteorological technological development. "We are excited to have an industry leader like RainWise join our team. Their instrumentation and expertise add valuable assets to our extensive line of energy monitoring equipment," said Matthew Alestra, Vice...
BAR HARBOR, Maine, Sept.12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RainWise Inc, a leader in the manufacture of precision weather instruments, is pleased to announce the release of a new personal weather station technology that will make it easier than ever for weather enthusiasts to report live weather data back to Weather Underground's wunderground.com, the world's first weather web site. Launched today by RainWise, this new weather station package is an out-of-the-box solution for people wanting...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Humans are fascinated with the weather. It gives us something to talk about when there’s not much to say and it gives us something to collectively despise when it begins to act up. We even act strangely in times of bad weather, exhibiting behavior such as standing on the back porch staring into the clouds during a tornado watch or instinctively rushing to the grocery store whenever rain approaches. While many have no problem...
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Meteo-Logic [http://meteo-logic.com ], an innovative provider of custom-made accurate weather forecasting, launched today a new service [http://meteo-logic.com/services/wind-farms ] specifically designed to provide the wind farm energy industry with highly accurate localized weather forecasts. Meteo-Logic offers detailed weather parameters and tools required for making weather-sensitive decisions for specific locations at...
Joshua Kelly for Redorbit.com Red Orbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly examines what makes up a weather station and how each instrument works. Here is a list of what type of equipment associated with a weather station. 1. Barometer: The barometer’s purpose is to measure outside air pressure. Air pressure can be recorded in MB or INS of mercury. Here is an example of each. -- 1013MB or 29.92INS these are referred to as standard pressure of the atmosphere, when the numbers are lower...
A national volunteer project, 4 years in the making, and now published as a peer reviewed scientific study, has discovered that the majority of the US climate monitoring network does not meet technical requirements for long term climate monitoring. Only 1 in 10 NOAA stations were found to meet siting criteria to be free of urbanization encroachment. The study raises questions about the accuracy and certainty of the climate record. Boulder, CO (PRWEB) May 11, 2011 The discovery that poor...
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oregon Scientific, a leading designer and worldwide marketer of personal electronics, today announced the launch of the Weather Station Lab, an interactive online tool that offers a simple, cost-effective and customizable way for consumers to keep a constant finger on the pulse of upcoming weather changes. From measuring rainfall for gardeners and wind speed and direction for golfers to optimizing home energy efficiency for saving money, the Weather...
A rare 114-year record, kept by generations, logs changing climateEvery day since Jan. 1, 1896, an observer has hiked to a spot at The Mohonk Preserve, a resort and nature area some 90 miles north of New York City, to record daily temperature and other conditions there. It is the rarest of the rare: a weather station that has never missed a day of temperature recording; never been moved; never seen its surroundings change; and never been tended by anyone but a short, continuous line of family...
