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Home Weather Stations That Talk to Macs
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Madison, WI
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Anyone have one?
I know you can get a lot of different weather monitoring stations where the instruments talk to a base station but I would like something that could talk directly to my Mac via WiFi. Thanks!
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One should never stop striving for clarity of thought and precision of expression.
I would prefer my humanity sullied with the tarnish of science rather than the gloss of religion.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: San Diego
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What price range are you looking at?
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Dec 1999
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Is there a distributed weather monitoring mesh? I always thought it'd be cool if everyone in a neighborhood got a weather instrument with GPS, then all the data was automatically uploaded to a central server. From there you'd get super duper accurate weather readings for your area (or any area participating in a weather mesh).
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Wasilla, Alaska
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Weather Underground let's you sign up to broadcast your weather globally. Lots of links to hardware/software there.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Berkshire, UK
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I'm always tempted by expensive and complex home weather stations, but I'm never sure why. I don't think the info I could get is as accurate or complete as what I get off my iPhone for free and no hassle, but it still really intrigues me. Someday when I have more money than I ought to I'll pick something up.
Let us know how your search goes and how your experience is.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Dec 1999
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Originally Posted by Paco500 
I'm always tempted by expensive and complex home weather stations, but I'm never sure why.
Since when does "awesome" need an excuse? 
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Originally Posted by AKcrab
Weather Underground let's you sign up to broadcast your weather globally. Lots of links to hardware/software there.
Weatherbug has an option too. Cheapest is almost three bones though.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Madison, WI
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This program from the Weather Underground site looks promising ( WeatherSnoop). But the hardware costs were much more than I expected. I need to look into this more to decide a) how much data-gathering capabilities I want and b) how much money this is worth to me. I will keep you all up-to-date as my plans move forward.
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One should never stop striving for clarity of thought and precision of expression.
I would prefer my humanity sullied with the tarnish of science rather than the gloss of religion.
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