Weather Stations for Industry

Most industries have increasing regulatory requirements and heightened public pressure to monitor their sites for airborne and ground-based pollutants.

As a result, weather stations are a common sight at many industrial & construction sites.

Our Industrial Weather Stations are designed and manufactured in Australia to suit harsh climates and the technical and environmental requirements of the Industrial sector. Because of the diverse requirements of industry, there is no one weather station setup that will meet every need. Consequently, Environdata can advise you on a solution tailored to fit your requirements including the best ways to connect you to your weather station data.

Many of our customers find that while the original need for the onsite weather station was to comply with an Environmental license, they soon realise, once they have the weather data available, they can use the data to manage their site more effectively.

• This can be on a day-to-day basis for:
  • Monitoring for Heat Stress amongst employees and contractors
  • Forecasting work zones based on rainfall
  • Adjusting work processes based on ambient conditions, such as wind speed and temperature
• Or over a longer term basis for:
  • Analysing rain delays each month: Did the rainfall total occur during working hours or did an overnight downpour simply make access and working conditions unsuitable?
  • Planning the development of new plant based on prevailing wind conditions: Where will any dust from the new mill drift?

Many industries today face continued pressure to become more efficient, both financially and environmentally, this requires process optimisation. An on-site weather station can assist in this process.

• Weather data can be connected directly into a SCADA or process control system that allows the control system to automatically make decisions that provide efficiencies across many different areas of the business.

Environdata typically provides a complete system including sensors, weather recorder, cables, masts and mounting equipment. We also offer installation and training and can help identify the best site.

• Our weather stations have proven to be accurate, reliable, and rugged systems with an operational lifespan in excess of 10 years and are a genuine asset to industrial clients all over Australia.

Environdata Weather Stations is a long standing panel member on the NSW RMS R272 Weather Station Panel.

• Only members of this panel are authorised to supply, install, service, operate, maintain and decommission the Weather Stations required on many road construction projects throughout New South Wales.
  • Environdata, as at January 2021, has supplied 65 sites throughout NSW to the R272 Specification, with ongoing contracts for maintenance still covering 41 of those sites.
• We have the experience and capability to meet your tight timeframes, provide excellent backup, with the best support available in the industry.
• We are the only manufacturer on the R272 Panel and as such, we can provide a cost-effective solution that minimises your headache, and will stand behind the weather station for the life of the project!

Environdata’s WeatherMation LIVE Service or WeatherMation Self Hosted software provides you with a simple and powerful reporting tool to greatly increase the efficiency of your reporting process.

• With easily customised and saved reports, you can quickly run reports such as:
  • A wind Rose for the last month, or from the 1st January to the 30th of June
  • The rainfall summary on an hourly basis for the last 7 days
  • The thermal work limit 10 minute summary, for the last 12 hours
  • Total accumulated rain for the last 12 hours for each of my 18 rain gauge sites

Since the reports are easy to create and customise, you can have reports for any specific or general requirements.

Once you have run the report, you can easily export the graph or data table into your own application, such as Word or Excel.

Environdata's weather stations are flexible and easy to connect to.

• You can interface to the weather station directly using a serial cable or via a MODBUS connection.
• If choosing to interface directly to our weather station data logger, we will happily provide you with our protocol. Our commands and stored data are transmitted in a readable text format. We gladly provide free technical support to help achieve your interface.
• If you choose to use MODBUS, you can use either MODBUS RS232/RS485 (serial), or MODBUS TCP (Ethernet), to provide you a simple industry standard communication connection.

Some customers choose to add weather sensors directly to their PLC or RTU without using our data logger, so we have designed solutions to meet this demand.

• Our weather sensors are robust, reliable and designed to work in harsh environments, including substations, chemical processing plants and refineries.
• Our sensors use pulse signal technology to enable long cable runs with no interference, even in electrically noisy environments. This simplifies placement and installation.
• We typically supply a complete solution including weatherproof connectors, sensor extension cables, mounting masts and sensor shelters, so that you receive a complete and robust solution for your site.
• Where our sensors do not match your PLC/RTU inputs, we can supply industry standard 4-20mA converters and rain gauge pulse converters
• We can also duplicate the sensor signal to drive multiple alerts, or LED display, depending on your weather monitoring needs.