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Weather forecast 2.0 - networked and up to the minute? There are two possible solutions: Firstly, weather apps for Windows PCs and smartphones. And secondly, a wireless weather station. The In any case, the Tagesschau weather is not enough to be well prepared. to start the barbecue and gardening season. What are the advantages of using a Windows PC or the TFA Dostmann 35.5015.IT Eos Max wireless weather station if you want to keep an eye on whether the sun is shining outside and for how long? A short test.
TFA Dostmann 35.5015.IT Wireless weather station for the home - without powering up a device
Is it worth buying a weather station like the TFA Dostmann 35.5015.IT? It depends. You should be wary of overly cheap wireless weather stations - they usually display little more than the outside temperature. Any internet-enabled computer can do that too. Forecast stations such as the TFA 35.5015.IT Eos Max radio weather station, on the other hand, cost 80 euros and upwards. In return, they can do a lot - much more than some weather apps.
The TFA Dostmann weather station has sensors that measure the temperature, air pressure and humidity in the immediate vicinity. It also receives weather information via satellite, radio or the Internet. Its forecasts for the next few days apply specifically to the selected region. Or for your own garden, the weather in the immediate vicinity.
The TFA Dostmann 35.5015.IT Eos Max we use gets its data from Wetteronline.de, displays the expected maximum and minimum values for the next five days as well as the probability of rain for each day. and it receives the current temperature via transmitters that are placed in the garden or outside the house.
Weather stations are available from around 10 euros (for an overview, see www.wetterstation.net).
Internet weather on PC, smartphone and tablet
In the age of the Internet, weather stations like the TFA Dostmann 35.5015.IT are actually an anachronism: weather forecasts accurate to the zip code are available on countless websites, even free of charge.
Wetteronline.de, which supplies many weather stations with data, also publishes most of its data on the web. This includes the practical rain radar, which provides pretty good information on whether it will rain in the next few hours.
Last but not least, many weather station owners make the data they collect available to everyone on the web, for example at http://www.wedaal.de. In short: If you don't always need to know what the weather is and will be like at a glance, you can get by just fine with the web weather services, even if you have to boot up your PC or pull out your smartphone first.
Weather stations provide detailed information - they display readings from online weather services, but also for the immediate vicinity. They are suitable for stationary installation at home and predict the weather without the need to use a computer every time.
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