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WEATHER FORECASTING ICONS
Weather icons can be displayed in any of the following combinations:
For every sudden or significant change in the atmospheric pressure, the weather icons will update
accordingly to represent the change in weather. If the icons do not change, then it means either the
atmospheric pressure has not changed or the change has been too slow for the weather station to register.
However, if the icon displayed is a sun or raining cloud, there will be no change of icon if the weather gets
any better (with sunny icon) or worse (with rainy icon) since the icons are already at their extremes.
The icons displayed forecasts the weather in terms of getting better or worse and not necessarily sunny or
rainy as each icon indicates. For example, if the current weather is cloudy and the rainy icon is displayed, it
does not mean that the product is faulty because it is not raining. It simply means that the atmospheric
pressure has dropped and the weather is expected to get worse but not necessarily rainy.
Note:
After setting up the weather station the readings for weather forecasts should be disregarded for the next
12-24 hours. This will allow sufficient time for the weather station to collect atmospheric pressure data at a
constant altitude and therefore result in a more accurate forecast.
Common to weather forecasting, absolute accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The weather forecasting feature
is estimated to have an accuracy level of about 75% due to the varying areas the weather station has been
designed for use. In areas that experience sudden changes in weather (for example from sunny to rain), the
weather station will be more accurate compared to use in areas where the weather is stagnant most of the
time (for example mostly sunny).
If the weather station is moved to another location significantly higher or lower than its initial standing point
(for example from the ground floor to the upper floors of a house), discard the weather forecast for the next
12-24 hours. By doing this, the weather station will not mistake the new location as being a possible change
in atmospheric pressure when really it is due to the slight change of altitude.
WEATHER TENDENCY INDICATOR
Working together with the weather icons is the weather tendency indicator (located on the left of the weather
icons). When the arrow points upwards, it means that the air pressure is increasing and the weather is
expected to improve, but when arrow points downwards, the air pressure is dropping and the weather is
expected to become worse.
Taking this into account, one can see how the weather has changed and is expected to change. For
example, if the indicator is pointing downwards together with cloud and sun icons, then the last noticeable
change in the weather was when it was sunny (the sun icon only). Therefore, the next change in the weather
will be cloud with rain icons since the indicator is pointing downwards.
Note:
Once the weather tendency indicator has registered a change in air pressure, it will remain permanently
visualized on the LCD.
Sun
Sun with cloud
Cloud with rain
