Columbia Weather Systems

The CWS Weather Monitor App is compatible with all CWS weather stations that include the Weather MicroServer.

This app makes it easier to quickly check current conditions from a hand-held mobile device for decision-making in the field. Data is formatted to be easily read in industrial or chaotic environments such as incident response, even on a small phone screen.

CWS Weather Monitor App includes real-time monitoring screens which display standard meteorological parameters (depending on sensors available).

Features:
* Display real-time weather data from one or multiple weather stations associated with the account
* Easy-to-read design
* Detailed NWS forecast for zip code or current location
* Historical data and graphs for Today and Yesterday
* Alarm notifications customizable in the Cloud Weather Server

Main Screen includes a wind dial with wind speed/direction, a representation of the 30-second wind direction standard deviation, and vector mean. Also displayed are temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, and rain accumulation for the day.

Aux Screen displays dew point, wet bulb temperature, heat index, wind chill, rain accumulation for week/month/year, rain rate, and solar radiation.

Wind Screen displays wind averages of 3 seconds, 2 minutes, and 10 minutes; wind gusts of 10 minutes and 1 hour; 30-second vector mean wind speed and direction; and wind direction standard deviation.

Trend Screen displays the following graphs
* Temperature graph shows air temperature and wet bulb temperature. Below the graph, min, max, and avg data for the two parameters along with dew point.
* Wind Rose displays detailed wind speed and direction data. Select to view wind speed trend graph or wind direction graph instead. Below the graph, max and avg data are displayed.
* Barometric Pressure graph displays the trend for the day with min, max, and avg. information below.
* Rainfall graph displays rain accumulation and rain rate (intensity) with the total rain for the day and max rain rate reading below.

Forecast Screen provides a detailed National Weather Service forecast for any U.S. ZIP code. Users can compare current weather station data with the forecast to improve operational decisions.

Overview allows users to view data from active weather stations on one screen for convenient monitoring.

Additionally, the Units Screen provides options for various units of measure including metric.

Access to a Cloud Weather Server account is required, which is free to any customer with a Weather MicroServer purchased after 9/9/2015. (For MicroServers purchased prior to that, contact CWS for upgrade information.)