Columbia Weather Systems

Last week Vincent and Nader had an unusual opportunity to participate in the commissioning of a new Orion Weather Station for the Ground Run-up Enclosure (GRE) at the Portland International Airport. The GRE purpose is to reduce environmental noise during aircraft engine testing. Operation is impacted by weather parameters -- primarily wind and temperature. The Port of Portland operates the facility and chose an Orion™ Weather Station with Weather MicroServer to replace their old system. Vincent and Nader inspected the installation and verified the data stream. In addition to everything working smoothly as expected, a highlight of the excursion was observing a couple of military planes taking off close by. FULL STORY HERE

Great changes are coming to the Orion – our most popular weather station model . One of the best features has always been the all-in-one sensor head design, however with the limitation of the standard sensors – whether you needed a particular parameter or not, you got them all. Now you can pick and choose just the parameters you need and still have the convenience of the all-in-one sensor configuration. Our new line of Orion weather stations includes the following sensor options: • Orion 531 with impact rain gauge only • Orion 532 (aka Orion LT) with ultrasonic wind direction and speed only • Orion 533 with rainfall, wind direction and speed • Orion 534 with pressure, temperature, humidity • Orion 535 with pressure, temperature, humidity, rainfall • Orion complete with pressure, temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind direction and speed The new family of Orion sensor options