Belfort Instrument, Weather Station Buying Tips

Author: Shoaib J.
A rain gauge is a very simple yet useful weather instrument. A conventional rain gauge essentially consists of three parts: a thin, long, cylindrical tube, an outer container that houses that tube, and a funnel set atop that cylinder and container housing.

When it rains, it pours — into the rain gauge that is.

When rain falls, it goes through the funnel that is on top. The rain water collects into the inner cylindrical tube we just talked about. That tube is marked with lines providing measurements in millimeters.

Let’s say the rain gauge we are using collects 25 millimeters of rain water. When and if that cylinder overflows, it will overflow into the outer container we just talked about above. After a set period of time — let’s call it 24 hours for this example, the final measurement will be taken.

When the final rainfall measurement is taken, the cylinder will tell you how much rainfall we just had, due to the millimeter markings on it. Now, we will take another empty cylinder, and pour the water from the outer container into that cylinder.

Next, we will add the measurements from both cylinders, and that is how we get our final rainfall number. If there was a lot of rain, the millimeters may be converted to inches or centimeters — depending on which part of the globe you live in.

That is how your basic rain gauge works. There are other types of rain gauges out there, such as wireless rain gauges, that may employ methods that are a bit more high-tech in nature. The methods may be a bit different from each other — but they all accomplish the same goal in the end.

God bless the genius who invented the rain gauge — since it gives us such useful information that we would otherwise be deprived of.

Author: Steve Valentino
A wireless weather station is a standalone system that keeps a track of the indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity, wind direction and velocity, solar intensity and rainfall. It gives you the ease to keep a track of the outside weather, without the need of remaining glued to your TV sets or radio to know about the weather forecast. A wireless weather system saves you from the hassles of connecting and managing wires while using the instrument.

Before deciding on and taking a decision to buy a wireless weather station, it is always beneficial to do a thorough review of the product. A thorough review ensures that you get the right quality product at the reasonable price.

A review for a wireless weather station might include, review about the quality of the product by consumers who have already purchased and are using this product. Consumers who are actually using the product can rate it best for its quality, durability and effectiveness.

Besides the consumers, the product catalog that describes the features of the product should be thoroughly gone through. The catalog contains all the details about the features of the product, its installation process as well its cost.

Apart from seeking reference from consumers and the product catalog, you can always go through some articles written about the product in general magazines and newspapers, which can give you an honest opinion about the quality and usefulness of the weather station. The guide rating on the various consumer web sites and magazines gives you an insight on the pros, cons, advantages and disadvantages of the wireless weather station. Going through the reviews thoroughly can help you make the right decision while buying a wireless weather station.