Storm Clouds

Excited to report the first true “rain event” today since installing my Tempest and Tropo rain gauge! .91 in the Tropo and the haptic rain gauge of the Tempest recorded .87! Pretty darn close to each other!

I bought myself an official Tropo CoCoRaHSC rain gauge (updated version of the Stratus) and mounted it on my deck. It is now neighbors with my new Tempest (up and running for 2 weeks now). I am excited to pay more attention to weather and precipitation tracking now! Also, the Tropo will allow me to keep the haptic rain gauge of the Tempest in check. Let’s go! Now let’s just hope it rains again lol…

Tempest recorded .06 of rain and an 18 mph gust of wind today. What a fail…enhanced risk and everything lol.

There is a line coming across Lake Erie now…WAY far away but there is a chance…

Fail so far in the rain department. Light returns overhead but barely any drops to show for it. Not even heavy enough for my Tempest to alert me it’s raining.

Hmmmm yours does seem high then, but it could have just poured more immediately at your house haha.

I’ve had mine for over a week now and really enjoying it! It was a breeze to set up and the app is great where it uploads its data to! Tempest costumer service has been great so far too. Everything seems pretty accurate when comparing it to nearby stations. Not sure about the wind readings though, but honestly I don’t live in a good place to get unobstructed and accurate wind readings (it’s mounted off my deck about 13 ft above the ground…other houses and trees still block wind flow). I highly recommend! The lightning detector on it is a super cool feature that you would have to pay for an add on device with other stations. Amazon right now has the Tempest on sale for like 25% off. You can buy for like $265 instead of normal price of $349.

Any other personal weather stations nearby to you that you can check their rainfall total compared to yours? I use Weather Underground’s: https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap?lat=39.998000000000786&lon=-76.73099999999852&zoom=13&tl.play=0&tl.spd=2&groupSevere=1&groupHurricane=1&groupFire=1&groupCamsPhotos=1&groupRealEstate=1&eyedropper=0&extremes=0&fault=0&favs=0&femaflood=0&fire=0&firewfas=0&fissures=0&fronts=0&hurrevac=0&hur=0&labels=0&lightning=0&livesurge=0&mm=0&ndfd=0&rad=1&rad.num=1&rad.spd=25&rad.opa=81&rad.type=00Q&rad.type2=&rad.smo=1&rad.noc=1&rad.stm=0&dir=1&dir.mode=driving&sst=0&sat=0&seismicrisk=0&svr=0&ski=0&snowfall=0&stateLines=0&stormreports=0&tor=0&tfk=0&tsunami=0&riv=0&wxsn=0&cams=0&pix=0 and Tempist’s: https://tempestwx.com/map/39.9853/-76.6956/11 My tempest weather station is reporting .25 yesterday and stations around it are ranging from .18-.23, so I’d say that’s pretty darn close.

Putting my new Tempest on a good practice run so far today…it has recorded lightning 375 times, but only .01 of rain. Most of the significant rain went well north and slammed Harrisburg area it looks like. I was on the very edge down here. We’ll see what happens later.

Sorry about your bad experience! Mine was put to the test yesterday with that batch of storms that moved through. Even though I wasn’t home, I was getting plenty of lightning alerts and rain start notification. I have the Nearcast rain feature turned off to make sure I get the raw rainfall amount recorded for my backyard. It recorded .11 which correlates well with two other nearby stations…one recorded .12 and the other .15. So far so good!

Yes, I love it! Great viewpoint of lightning from any storms that go to the south of me!

My Tempest Weather Station is up and running! So far, so good! Now it’s time to head to Hilton Head SC for vacation haha. Got it mounted and set up right before I left to have data to track when I’m gone!

My Tempest Weather Station is up and running! So far, so good! Now it’s time to head to Hilton Head SC for vacation haha. Got it mounted and set up right before I left to have data to track when I’m gone!

Yeah…on my VP2 after like 10 years, the battery wouldn’t hold a charge and my station was in direct sunlight almost all day. Davis sent me a replacement capacitor to install. 6 months later, same issue. They told me most likely the solar panels were going bad and needed replaced, which would have been expensive. Also, the funnel rain gauge would clog all the time and I would miss rainfall because of it. It was a huge pain in the butt to get my data uploading to Weather Underground. I was never a fan of Weather Link. I decided on the Tempest! Should be a breath of fresh air having a compact little station with little to no maintenance. The Tempest App seems tons better and more interactive than Weather Link and I’ll be able to get notifications. The lightning detector on the Tempest is also a huge plus!

Looks like everything is starting to weaken now which is good but damage has already been done…

The radar is actually now showing everything just merging together into a giant blob of heavy rain over the Lower Susquehanna Valley lol

Looks like they are slowing down too…not good!

That second line out by Ship is strengthening…

Crazy…I can’t even remember the last time we had severe weather back to back days AND two severe lines go through on the same day! We are always one line and done.

Thanks! I’m not concerned with recording snowfall…measuring snowfall using a ruler or yardstick, yes haha. My old Davis couldn’t record snowfall either. I would forget to empty the gauge and on a warm day it would start recording rain from the snowmelt!

Sorry to derail the excessive heat conversation haha, but I could use some help… I had a Davis Vantage Pro 2 for 12 years until it crapped out unfortunately. I really enjoyed it, but it was a pain to clean and maintain because of how big and different size parts were on it. I don’t need anything that size again. I was looking into weather stations and I especially like how sleek and simple the Tempest weather station (new 2026) model is. The lightning detector is also very attractive and would be cool to have. It’s on sale right now too for $60 off. Anyone have this model? Is it worth it? https://shop.tempest.earth/products/tempest?currency=USD&country=US&variant=50448868638996&stkn=9ccf78003e23&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping-B2C-LowROAS-US&hsa_acc=8776118551&hsa_cam=21297992765&hsa_grp=197465983899&hsa_ad=812073822909&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=pla-2439630180389&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21297992765&gbraid=0AAAAADhFFvG_EJNyfP3g0dzsNAuUW8POS&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImJiypZy0lQMVlHBHAR3mZS9LEAQYASABEgLqafD_BwE

I had a Davis Vantage Pro 2 for 12 years until it crapped out unfortunately. I really enjoyed it, but it was a pain to clean and maintain because of how big and different size parts were on it. I don’t need anything that size again. I was looking into weather stations and I especially like how sleek and simple the Tempest weather station (new 2026) model is. The lightning detector is also very attractive and would be cool to have. It’s on sale right now too for $60 off. Anyone have this model? Is it worth it? https://shop.tempest.earth/products/tempest?currency=USD&country=US&variant=50448868638996&stkn=9ccf78003e23&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping-B2C-LowROAS-US&hsa_acc=8776118551&hsa_cam=21297992765&hsa_grp=197465983899&hsa_ad=812073822909&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=pla-2439630180389&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21297992765&gbraid=0AAAAADhFFvG_EJNyfP3g0dzsNAuUW8POS&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImJiypZy0lQMVlHBHAR3mZS9LEAQYASABEgLqafD_BwE

Man what the heck…the mountains ate that line!

That line looks like it means business. This also is much ahead of schedule. I thought this was going to be a sunset event or later for lower Susquehanna Valley?

This weather is absolute perfection and all but the lack of thunderstorms this season so far makes things kind of boring. Any good storm chances on the horizon? I don’t need severe but some epic lightning and thunder boomers would be nice!