Monitoring Remote Weather Conditions

Mark A. BarrettDavis Instrumentsmarkb@davisnet.com

Davis Instruments, Inc.

• Founded in 1963• Products manufactured in Hayward, CA

– Weather– Automotive– Marine

• Leader in weather station manufacturing• Cutting-edge product development

All equipment calibrated in house

Conditions Reported• Barometric pressure• Temperature • Humidity• Heat index• Dew point• Moon phase• Forecast• Conditional Alarms

• Rainfall and rain rate• Wind direction• Wind speed• Wind chill• Time and date• Time of sunrise and

sunset

Mobile Apps and Maps

WeatherWord – Radio integration

Figure 1. W-608RI System Overview

Vantage ProDisplay RX/TX

System(can be as

minimal as an HT)

W-608RIWeather

WordPower to all.

Note that the Vantage Proshould be run on an external

source of power.

DB9 Serial connection

RJ-11 telephone jackto RX/TX audio

RJ-45 Temp/Hum jackto TX PTT control

Weather Word is integrated with the Davis Instruments Weather Link enabling spoken reports of measurements such as wind speed/direction, precipitation, and temperature/humidity measurements, barometric pressure and dew point.

What Customers say…• “We chose a Davis weather station because not only was the price great,

but the accuracy was unbeaten by any of the other major competitors.”• John Van Pelt, Storm Chaser

• “We bought a Davis weather station to inform us of 30 mph wind bursts, so now we have an alarm that tells us when wind speeds get up to that point.”

• Walter Dunckle, Paramount’s Great America

• “We originally purchased the Davis weather station for real-time weather on hazardous materials calls, but then we found we could also use it on wild land fires throughout the season. If we know the wind speed, we can better predict what fires will do.”

• Mark Mehring, City of Tracy Fire Departmentc

UPS – Frost & Inversion

Nik Wallenda – Tight Rope

Giveaways

Windscribe Turbometer

Davis Instruments, Inc.

• Founded in 1963• Products manufactured in Hayward, CA– Weather– Automotive– Marine

• Leader in weather station manufacturing• Cutting-edge product development