Patent ID: 7358859

Claim:
A weather station apparatus for measuring and indicating weather information, comprising a base station and a remote indicator wherein, the base station includes: a housing, a microprocessor control unit in the housing for operation and control, including evaluating weather information having a value relating to an atmospheric parameter selected from the group consisting of humidity, weather forecast, and UV index, at least one sensor associated with the microprocessor control unit for sensing the atmospheric parameter for subsequent processing by the microprocessor control unit, and a transmitter in the housing for transmitting a wireless signal representing the weather information evaluated by the microprocessor control unit, and the remote indicator includes: a casing, a receiver in the casing for receiving the wireless signal from the transmitter, a control circuit in the casing for processing the wireless signal, and a color-changing light source in the casing and controlled by the control unit for illumination to indicate the weather information represented by the wireless signal in a color scheme embedded in the microprocessor control unit and including a plurality of predetermined colors for indicating the weather information according to a series of predetermined ranges of the value of the weather information, each color indicating a corresponding range of value of the weather information, wherein the color scheme follows generally that of a rainbow, with the colors changing towards warmer colors in one direction of change in the value of the weather information and towards cooler colors in the opposite direction of change.