- 4-day weather forecaster for top 100 metro areas with indoor temps, atomic clock
- Nothing to set up and no PC required; plugs in to any outlet and starts automatically
- Displays iconic weather forecasts, expected temps and percentage chance of precipitation
- MSN Direct Weather Service provides warnings, watches and advisories
- Displays Heat and UV indices; clock sets automatically when plugged in and for DST
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Get real-time, 4-day weather forecasts to help you dress for the weather, plan for trips and outings and more with this weather forecaster and storm-warning unit from Oregon Scientific. Just plug the weather station into any electrical outlet within specified MSN Direct Service coverage areas to get regional wind, rain, temperature, humidity, chance of precipitation and even national storm and hazard warnings. Check to see if you're in the MSN Direct coverage area with this link: http://direct.msn.com/about/coverage.aspx?ShowDeviceTypes=true&partner=directband','winZip','scrollbars=yes,resizable=no,width=620,height=460
With no sensors to install and no programming to do, the unit offers weather information updated every two minutes. The unit also displays the day’s expected high and low temperatures and chance of precipitation with 3-day weather forecasts with temperatures and weather icons showing whether it’ll be rainy, sunny, snow. Weather warnings, watches and advisories keep you safe. The unit also displays indoor temperature and features an atomic clock that updates itself automatically for precision time and for changes from and to Daylight Savings Time where applicable.
More great features include sunrise and sunset times and Heat Index data, great for avoiding heat stroke and for timing that day in the yard. A UV index helps you avoid sunburn. And, rain level data with 24-hour history makes lets you know if the garden needs watering. The unit also displays moon phases, and humidity, temperature displays include trend indicator arrows that show you whether the levels are climbing or dropping. Along with all this, the unit offers a calendar, time zone settings, dual 2-minute daily alarm with user selectable crescendo beeping or polyphonic melody formats, and an 8-minute snooze to ease you into the day.
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Plug it in, and you''re done! No sensors, no set up, no hassles. This weather console uses the MSN Direct service to receive regional weather information without the use of any outdoor sensors, and updates its content every two minutes. Note: please refer to the coverage locator (below) to ensure signal reception. For the first time, get real-time, 4-day weather forecast information to plan your day and week ahead. By just plugging in the weather station within specified MSN Direct coverage areas, you can receive regional wind, rain, temperature, humidity, chance of precipitation and even NWS warning information. Know before you go!
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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of Beeps,
By subardude (Buffalo, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a great weather station to determine if you will leave the windows open at night or use the AC. I check it before bed and I know what I am going to wear in the morning. I would buy it again.
Things I like: -Timex indiglo style backlighting. Much easier to read than those without it. -Nice design. It sits out on my night stand and I didn't want anything too industrial looking. -Fairly accurate weather predictions in my area. -No problems receiving the MSN signals. -LED changes color and blinks when a storm advisory is in effect. This is more handy than I expected it would be. -Easy to setup. -Well built. Things I don't like: -No way to silence the beeping when pressing buttons. -Very loud alarm. At the quitest setting, it is much too loud to be used as an alarm clock. -Has some bells and whistles that are more for show than usefulness. -Fairly large unit. It's almost as wide as my laptop. -Have to toggle between indoor and outdoor temp settings. They are not both on the screen at once. -Too many weather forecast icons. -User interface could be better, but it is not too bad. -Weather report scroll bar runs too slow horizontally and is difficult to read. I also have the weather channel model #WS-9043TWC made by lacrosse. I prefer the Oregon because of the forecasting feature. Of course, you can get the same info from online or tv as well.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Was great for a year, then just stopped working,
By One day it had a message that it had lost the signal from MSN. I tried moving the unit closer to the window, I tried bringing up to the highest point in the house, and it still didn't work. I thought maybe my area had been dropped from the MSN service, so I called Oregon Scientific. They assured me that my area was still covered, and recommended unplugging the unit for 24 hours. I tried this and the problem still existed. So, I brought the unit to my work in New York City where coverage is very strong - and it still didn't work. So I took it apart to see if the antenna was loose - but it wasn't. So basically something is wrong, the unit cannot pick up the signal anymore, but there is no obvious reason why. Oregon Scientific customer service was not able to help me further as the warrantee is only for one year, and by the time I had gone through all my trouble-shooting steps it was over a year. So, I am left with a $120 paperweight. My story may be unusual, there may be units that have been operating for years without issue, but I am definitely disappointed and will think very carefully before purchasing another OS product (at least one with the MSN service).
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Like having your own personal weather channel,
By Gaz Rendar (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oregon Scientific WMS801 Weather-Now Radio Weather Forecaster with MSN Direct Service and Atomic Clock (Kitchen)
HARDWARE
The WMS801 is a one-piece unit that comes with a FM antenna and AC power supply. There are no sensors to place outside of your home to measure temperature, humidity, rainfall, etc. However, since there are no sensors, the unit downloads all of this information from digital FM broadcasts via the MSN Direct network. These digital broadcasts are hidden among radio channels and provide all the local weather info your WMS801 needs, and it updates several times an hour. The information comes from the same MSN weather service that you can access on the web. But in order to get this FM information, you need to first goto the MSN direct webpage and see if there actually is an FM signal in your neighborhood. Most decent sized cities have it (it works in Chicago and Madison, WI). The service is free with the purchase of this unit, but if you are not within the FM range of MSN Direct, then DO NOT purchase this unit. The unit also comes with a built-in sensor to measure your indoor temperature and humidity, and comes with a clock that sets itself automatically. All of the buttons on the edges of the device are easy to hit and make sense. You access the different features of the WMS801 much like it was a watch. Hit the "mode" button to access the different categories and then hit the "select" button to cycle through the items within that category. Relatively simple. SCREEN The screen is a standard LED type with a nice indigo blue background light you can turn on in the dark. It's highly visible and the font sizes are large enough that you can see it from a reasonable distance (about 0-9 feet). The one downside is that you cannot display both the indoor and outdoor temperatures at the same time. It only takes one button press, but still, it would have been nice to see both temps simultaneously. WEATHER INFO The WMS801 has everything you need about the outdoor weather: temperature, barometric pressure, rainfall, UV index, humidity, wind speed and direction, wind chill or heat index and chance of rain. Also, it gives you a three day forecast for the next 3 days with the hi and low temps plus the chance of precipitation. Some MSN Direct locations may not offer all of that info, but I can only say that I receive all those data in Chicago and Madison. Finally, the weather station has a scrolling ticker at the top that tells you the visibility, air quality, and warnings. For example, if there is a tornado warning, the bottom of the unit has a light that flashes red while the ticker at the top will say "Tornado Warning in X,Y, and Z counties until 9:55pm." PROBLEMS Hardly any to speak of. I do wish it displayed the indoor and outdoor temps simultaneously, but it changes from inside to outside with one button press, so it's not that big of a deal. The only other downside is that there are 2 blue LED lights on the edges of the screen that are always on. I have the unit in my bedroom, and when I goto sleep, the room is dark and those two lights seem incredibly bright. My solution to this dilemma was to place two thin strips of black electrical tape over the lights to block them out. Problem solved. Overall, as long as you are within a MSN Direct FM broadcast area you can't beat this unit. It's like having the Weather Channel always on in your room. You can wake up, see the forecast for the day and the next three days and plan accordingly...all without turning on your computer or TV. It's highly convienent and I highly recommend it.
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