Gizmodo: weather station

Oregon Scientific's Solar Weather Station Is The Second Greenest Way To Check The Forecast

Sean Fallon — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:40:00 EDT

As far as weather stations go, the +ECO Clima Control weather station is pretty enough to put out in the open—and its wealth of features are completely powered by the sun.

•Built-in solar panel converts sunlight energy into electrical energy for the 600mAH rechargeable battery
•Future weather forecast with graphical icons: Sunny, Partly Cloudy, Cloudy, Rainy and Snowy
•Displays temperature and humidity for up to three different remote locations
•Radio-controlled clock and calendar
•LED backlight and mold alert alarm

The problem is I find weather forecasts to be largely unreliable. All I need is a little observation and the unparalleled scientific accuracy of my trick knee. [Oregon Scientific via Gearlog]

Barigo Clock Weather Station Shows Data with Mysterious Disks

Charlie White — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:22:41 EDT

The Barigo Clock Weather Station is a battery-powered device with mysterious, seemingly floating disks that show you the time, temperature and humidity. Encased in clear plastic, the 4-inch clock is available with either brass or nickeled brass dials and base, or you can choose a wooden base. Either way, its unusual analog cylinder form factor might be a fitting contrast to all that other digital paraphernalia you have lying around.

Made in Germany, this thermo-clock probably gives you Celsius readings for the temp, but for us backward Yanks still using the Fahrenheit scale, that might be worth getting used to because this is one clever gadget that would certainly raise an eyebrow or two. Even though it's not using antigravity technology or anything like that, all this techno-goodness doesn't come cheap—it'll cost you $106.

Stylish Baringo Clock Weather Station [TFTS, via Funshop]

Oregon Scientific's Crystal Weather Station Gives You 3D Forecasts

Louis Ramirez — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:28:54 EDT

The guys at Oregon Scientific are known for their funky clocks, and now they're kicking things up a notch with their new Crystal Weather Station, the first clock that can display the forecast in 3D.

Sitting on top of the panther-black clock is a crystal block with three laser-engraved icons—the sun, clouds and rain. Depending on the day's weather, one of them will be illuminated. Chances are you don't need to know the weather in 3D, but if you're looking for an attention grabber, this unit will do. No word on pricing yet. – Louis Ramirez

Product Page [via Gadget Lab]

Oregon Scientific WMS802 WeatherNow II: Improved Weather Station

Charlie White — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:45:56 EST

Want to know the weather forecast right now? Oregon Scientific's WMS802 WeatherNow II uses free data broadcast from MSN Direct to show you the temperature, wind speed, the high and low for the day and a three-day forecast. The WeatherNow version II improves on the design of its predecessor, which had a scrolling text field across the top that we found in our extensive testing to be of limited usefulness.

However, the new version loses the two cool blue neon lights of the first version. Still, this one's more functional and easier to read, giving you a new "feels like" temperature. It's $129.99. $70 cheaper than the still-available WeatherNow I. – Charlie White

Product Page [Oregon Scientific]

WeatherHawk 500 Solid-State Weather Station

Charlie White — Wed, 17 May 2006 08:54:52 EDT

You might have seen a weather station with its spinning anemometer (wind gauge), up on a stand with solar panels and a water collection device. Lots of people in hoity-toity neighborhoods find that to be an eyesore, so WeatherHawk comes to the rescue with the wireless, solar powered WeatherHawk 500, a solid state weather data collection device that has no moving parts.

The device collects all the same info as any other weather stations do, such as air temperature, wind speed and direction, relative humidity, barometric pressure, rainfall and solar radiation, but does all this just quietly sitting on top of a pole instead of requiring all that distracting paraphernalia. Only problem is, the thing costs $4500, over 20 times more than the lowest-end weather station that communicates wirelessly. Anyway, the WeatherHawk 500 lets you be the weather geek of the neighborhood without pissing everybody off, sending all your information to a website and communicating with all the other stuff in your smart home. They'll thank you for it, someday.

Product Page [via CE Pro] Thanks, Julie!

Oregon Scientific Weather Station - There Is No Climate Change

johnb — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:56:10 EDT

Although you can count on the news to sound the alarm anytime there's the slightest hint of a hurricane for the next-well, forever, Oregon Scientific's fancy pants Weather Station may assuage free-floating weather anxiety. Or just fuel it.

It taps into a Cable Free Weather Station, displaying a lovely weather map on a 3.8" color LCD display so you can get a really good look at that monster system bearing down on you after the power goes out and the water's rising around your neck. Internal features include Barometric Pressure measurement, Max/Min temperature and humidity memories (read: It was hot and wet) and a Temperature and Humidity trend indicator (read: it's going to get hotter and wetter, or: you're screwed.)

Weather Station [Funky Gadgets]