Acu-rite Atlas for storm chasing.

[Matt Mcgee]

I'm new to this forum but not new to storm chasing although I haven't been chasing as long as many of the seasoned chasers here have.

Anyways, we've been busy over the past few months upgrading our team. We have a new chase vehicle (Jeep Wrangler), and are slowly getting everything setup for chase season 2019.

Several weeks ago I purchased an Acu-rite Atlas weather station for our chase vehicle and took advantage of the severe weather last week to test everything out. Although it's a new product, I'm impressed with the Acu-rite Atlas. The station held up against us doing 70 mph against 20 mph winds. The station did record a top speed of 95 mph which wasn't storm related.

In the past we've always had an anemometer to keep an eye on the wind while on a severe or tornado warned storm. The Atlas being a full weather station also records the wind and monitors the dew point and air pressure among other things. Eventually I plan to add lightning detection to this as well.

We are using a Kargo Master roof rack kit to mount the weather station and eventually the cameras and ham radio antennas. So far so good!

Skywarn magnets, lights, and custom decals coming soon!

 

[Steve LaBelle]

Nice set up. I'm about to bump my old Acu-rite over to my vehicle and add the Atlas to the home setup. I've been reading that the lightning detection is buggy and overly detects due to interference from within. Also, the signal strength distance is a bit of a problem. Much less than the previous PWS. Have you encountered any problems at all? I love the features on paper but I'm hesitant to pull the trigger at this price range if it's got some sorting out to do still.

 

[Jerry Prsha]

Nice to see another Wrangler chaser!