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mswlogo
03-26-2021, 11:34 AM
I love this new weather station. One of the reasons I bought it was it would report lighting hits. I think it's a combination of crowd sourced data from other weather stations and it's own measurements.

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rsmlp
03-26-2021, 11:52 AM
I have the same one. Attached it to the post on my dock. The winds are not recording accurately though. Otherwise, fun to watch from down in FL.
bobkatfly
03-26-2021, 01:52 PM
On a related topic. Power is out in parts of Wolfeboro and Tuftonboro. Lightning strike on main St. Expected to be 1.5 - 2 hrs.
bobkatfly
03-26-2021, 02:03 PM
Back on. That was quick.
JEEPONLY
03-26-2021, 03:31 PM
Great thunderstorm happening right now in Meredith!
Pretty heavy rain, too!
C-Bass
03-26-2021, 03:47 PM
I have the same weather station its great. Weather came in fast, the clouds were rotating coming over Moultonborough between red hill and Ossipee range. Wouldn't be shocked if it spun up a quick tornado over the lake.
mas1992bc
03-26-2021, 03:54 PM
Moved into Moultonborough FAST. Sun, fog, clouds, storms - a bit of everything.
JEEPONLY
03-26-2021, 04:38 PM
Great pics!
mswlogo
03-26-2021, 04:44 PM
I have the same one. Attached it to the post on my dock. The winds are not recording accurately though. Otherwise, fun to watch from down in FL.

Wind accuracy seems fairly good. It dances a bit more than a real weather vein but the average (over even a few minutes) is good.
I spent a fair amount effort on location and height.
Close to shore, 8ft high (still way under recommended) and not much near it.
We’ll see how well it does when the leaves come in.
Closest thing is a hardwood tree and it might impact the rain accuracy.

Rain is off, but seems consistently proportional.
It may Calibrate itself over time.
jeffk
03-27-2021, 03:41 AM
Ummm? WHICH weather station did you get? It may be obvious to those who own one already but to those of us that don't ????????
webmaster
03-27-2021, 06:01 AM
Ummm? WHICH weather station did you get? It may be obvious to those who own one already but to those of us that don't ????????https://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26580
BillJohn
03-28-2021, 03:20 PM
How many feet away can the unit be from a wireless router or extender?
mswlogo
03-28-2021, 03:31 PM
How many feet away can the unit be from a wireless router or extender?

Keep in mind the weather stations uses it's own proprietary wireless communication and you use standard WIFI to it's hub (which needs 120V power). So if you can put the hub further out (but in range of WIFI) you can essentially use the hub as an extender.

The range from the Hub to the Weather Station is 1000 FT clear line of sight. The range from the Hub to your Wifi router is standard WIFI limits that you are probably familiar with at your sight.

See details here.

https://help.weatherflow.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052101413-General-Tempest-FAQs