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YHGfL weather stations

Using YHGfL funded weather station you can view real-time data and forecasts from around our region. Some are fitted with webcams to enable you to view real-time pictures of the weather station’s location.

The Weather station is based around a Vantage Pro2 Plus integrated sensor suite, produced by Davis Instruments.

A weather station

This unit monitors a multitude of weather variables. 

anemometer vane – wind direction

wind cups - wind speed

rain collector - rainfall

UV and solar sensors – radiation of wavelengths

290-390nm and 300-1100nm

barometric pressure

temperature

humidity

A solar powered Sensor Interface Module transmits sensor readings to a base station

Choose a link from the right to view one of our weather station.