I use this onboard. No relative wind direction which suits me fine since I have a windsock on the bow for that info. The small footprint anemometer fits well on my radar mast.
https://www.amazon.com/AcuRite-Wire...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=WBJ7RCC6WRC4FK9TG4Q4
I use this onboard. No relative wind direction which suits me fine since I have a windsock on the bow for that info. The small footprint anemometer fits well on my radar mast.
https://www.amazon.com/AcuRite-Wire...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=WBJ7RCC6WRC4FK9TG4Q4
This is on my winter upgrade list. I've done my share of research on this and am going with the Airmar W-220WX-RH. I particularly like the passive design with no moving parts to fail. This has the Relative Humidity sensor as well. You can easily get it without the RH sensor if that's not important to you.
https://www.imarineusa.com/AirmarWS-220WX-RH.aspx
I have a few different things on board including a Davis Vantage Pro2, Tempest, Airmar WX-series, and a few N2K devices similar to Airmar but in separate parts/pieces including humidity, temp, wind direction, etc. I'm a bit of a weather nerd with 6 other ground stations at various places using all sorts of high end stuff.
For the boat, off the shelf stuff that is relatively inexpensive as well as the more expensive Tempest and Davis stuff will work, but the wind direction and such will always be messed up because the boat moves. If you're just looking for general conditions, and don't care the direction, then these systems are very easy to setup, as others have mentioned, and can publish their data to a website or app to let you see what is going on remotely.
If you want to go one step further, you can look at the article I wrote about making a full boat weather station at https://seabits.com/real-time-weather-from-the-boat/
The advantage for me is that I am on board almost continuously, and want accurate dashboards of the weather real-time, especially while at anchor in bad weather. Using an N2K instrument allows me to do that with SignalK and the Grafana graphs you see above, as well as drive alerts and other things off of it. The downside is that you need this info on a bus of some sort, like N2K, or somehow fed into SignalK.
You can also become a Windy mobile station using this method so you can check on things remotely, and also help contribute to local weather - mine is here: https://www.windy.com/station/pws-f0717799
Lots of options for weather aboard - simple with an off the shelf solution, or even just buying the cheaper N2K instruments from Yacht Devices, or going full crazy like me with multiple stations and on board servers
I have a few different things on board including a Davis Vantage Pro2, Tempest, Airmar WX-series, and a few N2K devices similar to Airmar but in separate parts/pieces including humidity, temp, wind direction, etc. I'm a bit of a weather nerd with 6 other ground stations at various places using all sorts of high end stuff.
For the boat, off the shelf stuff that is relatively inexpensive as well as the more expensive Tempest and Davis stuff will work, but the wind direction and such will always be messed up because the boat moves. If you're just looking for general conditions, and don't care the direction, then these systems are very easy to setup, as others have mentioned, and can publish their data to a website or app to let you see what is going on remotely.
If you want to go one step further, you can look at the article I wrote about making a full boat weather station at https://seabits.com/real-time-weather-from-the-boat/
The advantage for me is that I am on board almost continuously, and want accurate dashboards of the weather real-time, especially while at anchor in bad weather. Using an N2K instrument allows me to do that with SignalK and the Grafana graphs you see above, as well as drive alerts and other things off of it. The downside is that you need this info on a bus of some sort, like N2K, or somehow fed into SignalK.
You can also become a Windy mobile station using this method so you can check on things remotely, and also help contribute to local weather - mine is here: https://www.windy.com/station/pws-f0717799
Lots of options for weather aboard - simple with an off the shelf solution, or even just buying the cheaper N2K instruments from Yacht Devices, or going full crazy like me with multiple stations and on board servers
We have had this model for 5 years. The app let's you access it. It will send you alerts on parameters. We added a water sensor and put it in the bildge.
https://www.amazon.com/Crosse-Techn...t=&hvlocphy=9006478&hvtargid=pla-801972410335
It does graphs. Attached is a 65 mph squall that went through Longboat Key a few days ago.View attachment 111916
Steve-
I "thought" I was a weather geek until I saw your setup and read you article.
That's an AWESOME system. From reading the article. it wasn't specific as to what data you were gathering from which onboard device.
Can I get similar data with just the Airmar WS-220WX-RH?
Your system is definitely "state-of-the-art". Can you estimate the time to setup, etc?
What sensors are you using for indoor temp and humidity and how do you get that data on the network?
I will be aboard almost continuously myself the next couple years and want access to accurate real time weather as well as trending.
All the above may be too much for this thread. Don't want to hijack the OP's thread.
Thanks!
We have a tempest weather station on our Lindell. Works well, ours is the original indigogo model. They are on their second generation now
https://weatherflow.com/tempest-weather-system/
Then I decided to take off my engineering hat and just buy something that works already. Less than $500 and I have everything up and running. No wires to pull, no nothing. It just works. It even has a solar panel to extend battery life.
Easy Peasy. I like easy. and the older I get the more I like it.
[emoji106][emoji106] I am with you Scott. Having real-time temp, wind, humidity etc. doesn't change anything or help make decisions. It's just a toy. I do love my toys though. Like my Victron BVM that Bluetooth to my phone. The one usable feature of our weather station is the water sensor that will tell me my boat is sinking when I am away from the boat.[emoji33]I love a good weather station...but in reality the old expression " it is what it is" kinda took over my cruising decisions.
Not like I am gonna change the weather, not like a boat weather station gives you enough to predict the weather, and the weather is usually completely different along my trip than what I currently see at dock/ anchor.
The internet tells me whats gonna happen much better than what I can guess from the barometer.
So I keep putting off buying a really cool weather station because my brain wins over my heart on this one.
Between flying and professional mariner jobs, yes I depended on weather for 40 years... but I see it as a cool toy, not what I "need".
We have a tempest weather station on our Lindell. Works well, ours is the original indigogo model. They are on their second generation now
https://weatherflow.com/tempest-weather-system/
I love a good weather station...but in reality the old expression " it is what it is" kinda took over my cruising decisions.
Not like I am gonna change the weather, not like a boat weather station gives you enough to predict the weather, and the weather is usually completely different along my trip than what I currently see at dock/ anchor.
The internet tells me whats gonna happen much better than what I can guess from the barometer.
So I keep putting off buying a really cool weather station because my brain wins over my heart on this one.
Between flying and professional mariner jobs, yes I depended on weather for 40 years... but I see it as a cool toy, not what I "need".
I am with you Scott. Having real-time temp, wind, humidity etc. doesn't change anything or help make decisions. It's just a toy. I do love my toys though.