[pct-l] RE: Recommend Weather Instrument?

[jeffmoorehead1 at cox.net (Jeff Moorehead)]

John,
 I like the Kestrel series in weather gauges. The top-of-the-line (Kestrel 
4000) measures everything relevant to short term weather prediction: 
barometric pressure, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, etc. and 
then calculates other relevant parameters such as dew point. What I like 
about it is it automatically turns on every 2 hours and samples all these 
parameters and then turns off. Then it has a nice graphical display of 
trends. Of course, I am a weather nerd, so I had to get that one (I think it 
is a bit more than 200 dollars, though). You might want to check out the 
other models at:

www.kestrel-instruments.com/

I love keeping track of altitiude/time data or baro/time as well as 
temperature drops or inversions. It does an excellent job of that. Battery: 
2 AAA and low drain rate..



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Coyle" <jcoyle@sanjuan.edu>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 2:27 PM
Subject: [pct-l] RE: Recommend Weather Instrument?


>
> Can anyone recommend a weather instrument under $200 that has temperature,
> wind speed, and altitude that is suitable for lightweight backpacking?
> Those are my top three priorities in decending order, but I wouldn't mind 
> a
> few other functions if they happen to be there. I favor the pocket type as
> opposed to the type you wear on your wrist.  I've been foolin' around with
> those small, cheap, pull tab type bulb thermometers for too long.  If I'm
> lucky, my  non-hiking wife will get me one for Christmas, although I'll 
> have
> to convince her of the need of such a thing in a stealthy manner.  She 
> does
> check the weather channel frequently, so it may not be such a hard sell.
>
> John Coyle
> Sacramento(Still haven't seen Arnold)
>
>
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