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Pegasus FLX Portable Weather Station Environmental engineering company Conestoga-Rovers & Associates chose a Pegasus FLX Portable Weather Station from Columbia Weather when looking for a professional-grade, easily deployable weather station. “The system has performed flawlessly,” a CRA representative said. “It’s easy to set up, easy to use, and easy to get data from. I’m very pleased.” Features include: Popular mechanical high resolution wind direction and speed sensors with 160 mph range  Sealed battery system with charger and spare battery for continuous monitoring Rugged transportation case for instruments Tripod with transportation bag Automatic interface with Cameo/Aloha Software for plume modeling The Pegasus FLX offers a flexible, modular weather monitoring solution for portable operations such as environmental research. Standard sensors include temperature, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure and humidity. Optional solar radiation, rai...

Today is World Meteorological Day! This year’s theme, “Climate and Water” focuses on the importance of water resource management and conservation. According to the World Met Day website, “There is an urgent need to improve forecasting, monitoring and management of water supplies and to tackle the problem of too much, too little or too polluted water.” For educational, weather-related activities you can enjoy with your kids at home,  click here . 

Happy  # FirstDayofSpring  from Columbia Weather!  🌷 “Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.” –Lewis Grizzard Photo Credit: CWS President Nader Khoury

Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue  brought their HazMat vehicle by our facility last week for maintenance on their Orion™ Vehicle Mount Weather Station purchased in 2006. Their system utilizes the collapsible roof mount mast for the sensors and a Weather Display Console inside the vehicle for instantaneous, on-site weather monitoring. Columbia Weather is proud to provide weather monitoring equipment to emergency response services locally and across the country. Thanks to these first responders for helping keep our community safe! Julius and Jeff test equipment on the truck. Vincent and Nader take a look at the Weather Display Console inside the HazMat vehicle.

In this 4-minute video, Columbia Weather Systems technical support guru Vincent explains the process of installing an Orion weather station all-in-one sensor module with ultrasonic wind speed and direction, impact rain sensor, temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure. Video includes description of the sensor, alignment of wind direction, connection of lightning arrestor, Interface Module and connections to various weather monitoring options. At Columbia Weather Systems, our job is to make weather monitoring easy so you can do your job better! Click here for more information on Orion Weather Stations . (If video does not appear, click here .)