Columbia Weather Systems

The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption was felt across the globe in the form of a shockwave with a pressure rise as the shockwave moved in and a drop as the wave passed. Such pressure change detections were reported from weather stations all around the world. Here’s how it looked in Hillsboro, Oregon, from our Orion™ Weather Station. #HungaTonga #Volcano #Weather

Cleanspark, a microgrid company with controls for distributed energy resource management systems, uses a Solar 2 Weather Station from Columbia Weather Systems to give context to their performance metrics. They use weather-corrected solar generation data, based on measured irradiance from the weather station, versus modeled irradiance when calculating actual performance versus modeled for contractual obligations. Additionally, weather data “will be the basis of certain alarm conditions as well as reporting,” according to Bryan Huber, chief operations officer. “Weather information is highly useful for load and production forecasting.” Based on the CWS’s flagship Capricorn model, the Solar 2 Weather Station includes barometric pressure, mechanical wind speed and direction sensors, and temperature and humidity sensors housed in a radiation shield, in addition to panel temperature and solar radiation sensors. Individual sensors allow for optimal sensor placement. A custom sensor c...

CWS has integrated a dual barometric pressure sensor option for the Weather MicroServer . Developed in collaboration with one of our international representatives for a small airport application, this installation will be a Capricorn FLX Weather Station. The Weather MicroServer can be used with any of our weather station models . (While CWS weather stations are not FAA certified, they are used by many small airports in the US and around the world that are not subject to FAA certification.) Dual barometer measurements are used to report the two (redundant) pressure readings, the difference between them, and calculated QNH and QFE based on average value of the two sensors. The dual barometer sensor unit includes a weather shield outdoor installation kit. Depending on accuracy requirements, Class A or Class B barometers can be specified. Weather MicroServer Realtime Display monitoring screen. Inset: Dual barometric pressure sensor option installed with weather shield.