MeteoHelix, the basis for the fastest growing private WMO conforming meteorological networks

Not long ago, IoT stood for quantity and not quality. The MeteoHelix® IoT Pro micro-weather stations are here to change that. Taking advantage of the low-power wireless IoT innovations in combination with top-notch professional measurement technology, a unique micro-weather station that complies with the highest WMO and NWS measurement standards was forged.

This unique technological combination in the MeteoHelix has become the building block technology enabling climatological networks to meet strict WMO measurement standards affordably. An unexpected side benefit of this adoption has been the staggering growth rates of these networks, some of which are more than doubling in size each year. One of the fastest-growing networks is located in Belgium, which has recently become the country with the most densely populated WMO-compliant weather stations per square kilometer.

The year 2022 brings improvements to the MeteoHelix IoT Pro based on input from researchers in Antarctica and the Death Valley and feedback from many other climates. This guarantees pure measurement accuracy and data quality not based on data corrections and black-box artificial intelligence algorithms to compensate for low-quality meteorological measurements. The MeteoHelix IoT Pro provides uniform data quality in all climates ranging from the snow-covered planes of Antarctica to the rain forests of Indonesia and the sun-soaked deserts of the Death Valley.

This month in Chicago, BARANI DESIGN Technologies will be exhibiting and looking for B2B partnerships for the USA, Canada, and Mexico markets at the Meteorological Technology World Expo North America. This B2B expo will be at the Stephens Convention Center in Chicago on August 31 and September 1, 2022.

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How tough is the toughest weather station?

When avalanche rescue needs reliable data, only one weather station can send it from under the snow pack with a 12+ km (7.5+ miles) wireless range.

Extreme weather requires tough hardware

In meteorology, the real difference between professional and commercial hardware is not only in measurement accuracy, long-term measurement stability and precision, but also in toughness, robustness and survivability. The fine line between extreme weather and a weather disaster is the damage caused and loss of life. Timely and accurate decisions require accurate and reliable data in the most extreme weather situations. This is what sets apart professional meteorological equipment from the rest and enables the prevention of disasters and loss of life. MeteoHelix IoT Pro weather stations donated to the Slovak Avalanche Service are proving their worth against all existing weather station hardware.

Buried alive under the snow

Buried under wind blown snow pack for over two months at 1727 meters (5669 feet) above sea level, the MeteoHelix kept tirelessly measuring and sending wireless data every 10 minutes to Sigfox gateways installed by SimpleCell and located 12.5 km, 16.5 km, 20 km, and 32,5 km away. The 3+ meter high snow pack here was unexpected in this warmest winter on record.

Over the two months, tons of wind blown snow consolidated and with a crushing force devastated other meteorological equipment. Under this force, the stainless steel mounting bracket holding the MeteoHelix was bent over like a sheet of paper as shown in the accompanying photo. The MeteoHelix survived without damage. After being dug out and over the next two days as temperatures rose above freezing, the snow packed around its sensors from the burial thawed. The MeteoHelix IoT Pro returned to measuring atmospheric temperatures (instead of snow pack temperature) for which it was designed and which it preforms better and more accurately than any other professional meteorological weather station due to its special patented helical solar radiation shield design.

While buried under snow, the MeteoHelix weather station measured snowpack temperature. Around March 13, 2020 (6 days before being dug out) the snowpack temperature became a steady 0°C as the snow started its spring time melt.

As soon as the MeteoHelix was dug out, it began measuring solar irradiation and soon after the snow Fell away from its sensors, it began reading the correct air temperatures.

A personal weather station that just belongs in nature

Some things just belong in nature. Weather stations need to operate in the open outdoors to measure accurate data. Yet visually, there is nothing remotely natural about their appearance.

One company that aims to change that is BARANI DESIGN Technologies. Their innovative MeteoHelix® design seems to break the mold of current weather station design.

MeteoHelix personal weather station in early winter rime frost

MeteoHelix personal weather station in early winter rime frosted trees

MeteoHelix personal weather station in late autumn frost