OYBBK and fellow weather geeks: equipment recommendations

[SeaShellsOnTheSeaShore]

We have an old barometer in the hallway, but woukd like to monitor wind speed, direction etc.

Can you recommend anything?

Many thanks :)

Have a wee weather station that does pressure and temp. For wind direction I look at the clouds/listen to the various whistling noises from my windows/walk the dogs/see which way planes are landing.
For wind speed I look up the Latest observations from my nearest Met Office weather station site ( 88mph today ).

You see I do that too regarding wind direction (if it hits the flat at 45* it's a south westerly etc) but I quite fancy some spinny things in the garden (anemometer) that can measure gusts and a weather vane that isn't wrought iron and ££££ fancy (though that is a dream too). There seem to be a mind boggling range on amazon, all digital and fancy that can hook up to your pc/mac, but they seemed very advanced!

Today's weather got dh and I talking about being able to monitor more, as we could watch the barometer drop and it was pretty cool :)

Lablover is very sensible re wind speeds. (blimey lablover, must have been a bit rough!!!)

For monitoring wind speeds you need to get the anemometer above roof level (and if you are a bungalow amongst higher houses then you need to get above their roofs! you can lose a huge amount of wind speed by not having it sited properly which is very disappointing when there's a big storm.

So, first of all - what kind of budget are you thinking of (can range from £50- £1000) and do you want an anemometer and is it important to you if it can download data to your pc?

x-post!!
can you mount an anemometer high enough do you reckon?

am going to be logging off, so assuming you want a bit of a fun instrument rather than serious measurement then

with an anemometer and pc connectivity:maplins one seems to do ok for the price but I dont know about reliability

no pc but an anemometer oregon scientific I've had one of theirs without an anemometer and it was very reliable.

You can get that oregon from here too

Hello! Sorry to have missed you :) under £100 was our budget, and more fun than anything else as it was to get the dc interested. We are very exposed (up on a ridge) so I was hoping I could have one visible from the kitchen window.

The two you have linked to look great-the Maplin one is out of stock at the moment unfortunately, but I'll keep and eye on it :)

Thank you!

OYBBK getting a bit blase about tiles coming off my roof ( another indicator of it being a bit windy ) slept through the worst.
I've a feeling that today, an anemometer would have either blown away or malfunctioned. Apparently the wind recorders on the Forth Road Bridge went off the scale, then stopped due to a power failure

we guessed 8-9 on the Beaufort scale given that the trees were nearly horizontal at one point! I hope things have settled for you now Lab :)

Am glad they look good :) Good use of the beaufort scale there seashells!

Tis one thing that worries me about my anemometer - is it blowing away! (another is pesky pigeons trying to roost on it) (oh and one real consideration is it is a bit vulnerable to lightning strikes so I have the weather station connected wirelessly to the house)

in the mean time I did find kids activities that your children might enjoy.

that is a fantastic website!

bit of a hidden gem!