Columbia Weather Systems

This Veterans Day, Columbia Weather Systems gratefully thanks the brave men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces, and the families who have supported them.  We appreciate your courage, dedication, and the sacrifices you have made in service for our country.  Happy Veterans Day!

Our technical support specialist, Vincent, recently visited Holy Cross Catholic School in Portland to commission their new Orion™ Weather Station. He connected the Weather MicroServer to the school’s network, set up a cloud weather server account, and confirmed the data was coming in, all in under an hour.  Holy Cross has hosted a CWS weather station since 1999. Phil Volker, long-time Portland area broadcast meteorologist and founder of Extended Range Weather Forecasting Company, noticed a gap of met data in North Portland’s St. Johns area, so he worked with Holy Cross to put a station there. The school has used the weather station for educational purposes and for parents to be informed of conditions at the school.  Phil’s work with CWS goes back to 1978, when he helped the Hinds family develop the Capricorn system. Through ERF, Phil and CWS president Nader Khoury helped deploy nearly 150 stations around the West, many in places with no weather information available. Personall...