Weather tracked

23 March 2001

Weather tracked

POWYS-BASED Skye Instru-ments has developed three devices which are designed to monitor and record crop-growing conditions.

The HeliosMini comprises a four-channel data logger with sensors for monitoring relative humidity and air temperature, while the HeliosMeteo is designed for monitoring weather conditions using wind, solar and radiation sensors.

This latter system can also be used with software for irrigation scheduling and yield/disease prediction.

Completing the range is the HeliosMeteo GSM which has been developed to work with mobile phones to enable growers to download weather information. The Helios range is priced from £500. (01597-824811)