The Vantage Pro system gives weather hounds everything they need to know.

The Vantage Pro system gives weather hounds everything they need to know.



Looking to beat news station weather readings and forecasts? The portable Vantage Pro weather station system from Davis Instruments provides readings of barometric pressure, inside and outside temperature and humidity, heat index, dew point, wind direction and speed, wind chill. It even gives even moon phase and times for sunrise and sunset.

Using a forecasting algorithm, the console features a host of quick-view icons on a large 3-1/20-inch x 6-inch LCD display and shows the forecast at a glance. A "ticker tape" display at the bottom of the screen offers expanded forecast details with more than 40 different messages, such as "increasing clouds and cooler with precipitation in four to six hours." Users can view more than 80 graphs of temperature analysis, rain rate, wind and barometric pressure for the last 24 hours, days or months. Plus, the Vantage Pro updates information every 2.5 seconds.

The weather station includes a console with AC power adapter, integrated sensor suite, 40 feet of anemometer cable and mounting hardware. The sensor suite provides the outdoor readings. It combines a tipping bucket rain collector, temperature and humidity sensors and an anemometer in one package.

The system comes in two versions. The cabled model includes 100 feet of cable that connects the sensor suite to the console. The wireless system, with a range up to 800 feet, includes a console/receiver, sensor suite with transmitter and a solar power panel. Up to eight of the wireless units can report to a single console at one time.

Davis offers an optional tripod with adjustable legs for roofs or uneven terrain. Buyers can also add extra sensors, including the cabled or wireless Vantage Pro Plus radiation and UV sensor and the Fan-Aspirated Radiation Shield, which helps reduce the effects of radiation.

Suggested retail price for the Vantage Pro cabled model is $495. The wireless
model retails for $595.

For more information:

Davis Instruments

3465 Diablo Ave.

Hayward, CA 94545

E-mail: [email protected].