WeatherFlow Tempest Weather Station Unboxing, Installation, and Review - Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- This video series is about my experience with the WeatherFlow Tempest Weather Station. We installed it just before one of California's infamous "Atmospheric River" storms.
I've always wanted a weather station and when I heard about the WeatherFlow Tempest with no moving parts, I decided to finally get one.
Part 1 covers unboxing and a discussion about how I'm going to mount the station using 1" PVC pipe
Part 2 covers the first part of the installation and setup of the App on my phone
Part 3 covers exploring the App and the rest of the installation
Part 4 covers checking the accuracy of the rain gauge and setting up a dedicated device to always show the weather on the App on our kitchen table
Link to WeatherFlow Tempest Weather Station:
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Link to 1" PVC Rod End Holder I used to attach the PVC pipe to the eave of our roof on Amazon:
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Link to my Etsy Store:
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End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
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Been looking into getting a weather station.
I like the WeatherFlow Tempest except for the rain gauge accuracy.
It's usually about 50% off (too low).
But it does send me an alert when it starts raining (which it detects very accurately) which is helpful.
I'm still using my standard tube rain gauge (see it in this video series) to measure rainfall. That's easy to use and sufficient to satisfy my curiosity about how much rain we got from the last storm.
@@BetaCygniBlog that’s disappointing. For the price it should be more accurate.
@@eltoronegro I agree, they claim that it will get more accurate over time using "machine learning", which I assume means that they compare what their units are measuring vs. the official measured rainfall for my area and make adjustments. The rains have basically ended until the fall/winter where I live. I'll post another update after the next big storm to compare what my standard rain gauge says vs. the Tempest.
@@BetaCygniBlog thanks
You need at least one more attachment point for the vertical pole, The pole will be unstable and susceptible to movement in the wind with only one.
I agree it would be more stable with 2 points of contact, but on my eave, there wasn't a good option for that.
I ended up making the pole shorter (5 feet instead of 10 feet which is closer to the recommended height above a roof) and it's a lot more stable.
It has survived a number of storm and wind events since then without an issue.