Columbia Weather Systems

Network security has become increasingly critical for some companies and organizations. Security breaches at private, public, and military organizations have been in the news prompting efforts to secure networks. Some organizations may be reluctant or unable to add our Weather MicroServer to their networks. As one example, we recently received this query from a customer performing due diligence: I am doing some research for CIPv5 on the Orion LX Weather Station (with Weather MicroServer). Are there any ‘system hardening’ techniques that the device has that would prevent any malicious code from being loaded into these systems? Just to clarify we are looking at the CIP standards: CIP007-5 3.1 Deploy method(s) to deter, detect, or prevent malicious code & 3.2 Mitigate the threat of detected malicious code. A new FAQ page offers answers and solutions including a new document outlining network security with the Weather MicroServer as well as suggestions for keeping the weather stati...

In 1988 a fatal multi-car accident was caused when smoke from field burning obstructed visibility on Interstate 5 in Oregon's Willamette Valley. The Oregon Department of Agriculture implemented an extensive weather monitoring network to help regulate field burning. They chose Capricorn 2000EX Weather Stations to supplement the already existing AWOS stations at local airports (which were few and far between). Most recently, Columbia Weather Systems has been working with ODA meteorologist Pete Parsons to update their weather network in conjunction with their new computer systems. Read more about the ODA Weather Network