Columbia Weather Systems

We don't normally encourage “home users", but this guy is a serious weather buff and willing to spend the big bucks to invest in a professional weather station! A lifelong passion to experience, enjoy and measure the weather Michael Koenig began building his own weather instruments in early grade school. Growing up in a family of farmers in the Midwest, where being keen on weather was critical to their livelihood, Michael says that his interest in weather was “already in (his) DNA!” Michael went on to work at several TV stations as a broadcast engineer, eventually becoming an electronics technician for 41 years. “I hung out a lot around the weather radar and weather station equipment,” he says. Recently retiring to southwest Florida, a region known for it's stormy weather, Michael reached out to CWS to acquire a high-performance station, eventually selecting an Orion Weather Station. Easy Installation The organized packaging, labeled components, and convenie...

We are happy to welcome two of our summer interns. Bethany Villero just graduated from George Fox University with a degree in Business Management. She will be assisting in our marketing department. Besides a “fascination for storms and cloud formations,” Bethany has run her own portrait photography business for six years. Software intern, Alex Pulido, is working on our proprietary Cloud Server and other monitoring products. This internship will complete Alex’s Web Development degree from Portland Community College. Another marketing intern will be joining us in June from Portland State University. Welcome aboard!