Weather Stations

[Oaktree]

So? Wish I could share her experience. Mine was otherwise. And the manual that came with mine contradicts itself in at least one place and has rather obvious gaps where something was deleted without explanation. Obviously "your results may vary".

So whose experience "counts", yours or mine? It's like the shipping rant thread...some seem to get consistently bad experiences with (insert carrier here) where others get good service.

 

[Popgadget]

Thanks for the replies, I learned enough about the Tempest to pull the trigger and order one. It will be here Monday, I plan to put it up on the same pole as the Davis and let them run concurrently to compare.

 

[B7510HSD]

Thanks for the replies, I learned enough about the Tempest to pull the trigger and order one. It will be here Monday, I plan to put it up on the same pole as the Davis and let them run concurrently to compare.

Interested in the results as I too have a Davis that is getting old.

 

[txdon]

The Tempest will fit right on top of a 1" poll. If your Davis is mounted on top also you may need to make a U.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Thanks for everyone who recommended the Tempest. I just ordered one.

I feel lucky today, because I've been having a gift card for over a year and my plan has always been to use the card for a weather station. When I grabbed the card to pay for the Tempest, I realized that it expires TODAY!

 

[sodamo]

Thanks for the replies, I learned enough about the Tempest to pull the trigger and order one. It will be here Monday, I plan to put it up on the same pole as the Davis and let them run concurrently to compare.

Paul, would you post a pic of that arrangement?

Thinking I might as well. Wonder if any way to get ytd info like rainfall imported. Would be nice if able to get that historic info into Tempest from the VP2.

 

[Popgadget]

I will post a picture of what I come up with for a mount, as well as links to the data pages for both stations.

The Davis is an a stainless 1-1/2” pipe, I’m thinking about using 1” PVC and fittings, perhaps making saddles out of PVC tee fittings and hose clamping them to the Davis pipe to get above the Davis.

Here’s a link to the Davis current data-

Current Weather Conditions at Paul's House

And Davis Historical data-

Weather History for Paul's House

 

[sodamo]

I think my Davis pipe is 1 1/2 or less. Didn’t go out in rain to look.
I did email Tempest support and asked about importing VP2 historical date for ytd. Will post response.

Any discount codes available on Tempest?

 

[Popgadget]

Any discount codes available on Tempest?

Yes. I saw a 10% coupon after I ordered mine from Amazon. ;(

 

[Popgadget]

Put the tempest up, and it’s online now.
Seemed to correlate to the Davis pretty well. I used 1” PVC to make the stand off mount because that’s what I had. Seems like it will be OK.

The tees that were sliced in half are secured to the existing pole with 4 hose clamps. The pole is about 200 feet from the house where the hub is. It seems to communicate just fine. Here’s a link to its data-

Tempest

Tempest Weather System

tempestwx.com