Nerdiness Quotient: 5/10 Navigating the open seas demands an acute awareness of the ever-changing weather conditions. Among the arsenal of tools used by sailors and meteorologists alike, marine barometers stand out as indispensable instruments for forecasting weather patterns at sea. A barometer is important for weather prediction as they show how the atmosphere is changing. A drop in pressure often signals a storm, while a rise may signal fair weather. The Steamrock SB-42 digital barometer detects and records changes in atmospheric pressure. It displays current atmospheric pressure, a graph showing changes in that pressure over 84 hours, and a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) symbol depicting changes over three hours. Beneath that symbol is a numeric value representing net value changes over the three hours.

Nerdiness Quotient: 5/10 When the season started, it turned out that the wind instrument didnt show wind speed or direction. Read about it here...