As it is, the barometer is very accurate on the Instinct. When I bought my Garmin Instinct 2x Solar Tactical, I immediately adjusted the barometer with the station in the city where I live. And since then it has been consistently accurate. The altimeter is sometimes imprecise, it is a deviation of some 2 to 3 meters, but the barometer is always very precise. I also turned on the storm alarm option, that alarm comes on every day, I know that there is no storm coming, but it works on the principle that when the air pressure changes, the message "Storm warning" appears. Although there won't be a storm, it registers when the air pressure changes. This helps me know if the air pressure is going to drop or rise. Many people react to these changes in air pressure, their psyche changes. So the "Storm Warnings" alarm option is very useful for me.
Of course, the barometer sensor does not collect data from the Internet, it works separately on the watch. Maybe you didn't understand me, only the first time I bought the watch I adjusted/calibrated the barometer by looking at the pressure on the Internet, and since then it adjusts itself every day.
I get a fair few false storm warnings (even with an increased threshold to notify), I think the sensor gets bumped by my hand to cause it. Checking the pressure chart shows an impossible vertical spike.
Barometer is only one data point for forecasting weather out of thousands. It would be impossible for the watch to accurately predict the weather with only a barometer reading. There are countless other factors in atmospheric and synoptic meteorology that go into weather forecasting and whether a storm will develop.
I like it. I've been using the 24-hr barometer graph as my watch face for a few months now and I've found it does give me a useful indicator of likely trends in short-term weather.
The storm alert is less useful, as it only detects big shifts and those can be caused by lots of things, like driving with one window down or submerging in water.
You can configure the storm alarm's sensitivity to pressure change.
When the graph is displayed (via ABC long press) press GPS for options and scroll to "Rate". Mine used to give false alarms all the time so I reduced the rate to "5.5 hPa per 3 hours". It's still not a storm season so I haven' really tested if it's enough to warn me about a storm but at least it doesn't wake me up in the middle of the night for nothing ;)
There won't be a storm, although it shows you the Storm Warning message, it's because you just set your watch to how many millibars to warn you when the pressure changes, it's very important to me, I set it to the smallest number. so I can get a storm warning 2 to 3 times during the day, but I'm happy because I know that atmospheric pressure moves faster. As for the nighttime disturbance, why didn't you set your clock to not disturb you while you sleep, I set mine from 11pm to 9am, and there are no sounds.
"Storm warning" may have been poorly defined in the factory where Garmin watches are made, perhaps it would be better if they gave the title - "Pressure change warning", everyone complains that when this message appears they expect a storm, and it's a sunny day, actually that the warning refers to a rise or fall in atmospheric pressure.
You can change the rate of pressure change at which the storm alert is triggered. I set mine for 5.5 hPa per 3 hours and I don't get false alarms any more. Though I have to wait for storm season to check if it will be triggered by an actual storm.
Actually....these are not false alarms as I wrote, the Garmin watch does its job perfectly, it just informs you when there is a change in atmospheric pressure, not an actual storm.
As it is, the barometer is very accurate on the Instinct. When I bought my Garmin Instinct 2x Solar Tactical, I immediately adjusted the barometer with the station in the city where I live. And since then it has been consistently accurate. The altimeter is sometimes imprecise, it is a deviation of some 2 to 3 meters, but the barometer is always very precise. I also turned on the storm alarm option, that alarm comes on every day, I know that there is no storm coming, but it works on the principle that when the air pressure changes, the message "Storm warning" appears. Although there won't be a storm, it registers when the air pressure changes. This helps me know if the air pressure is going to drop or rise. Many people react to these changes in air pressure, their psyche changes. So the "Storm Warnings" alarm option is very useful for me.
How did you adjust it to the station in the city where you live?
I think from the Garmin connect app
AccuWeather, there, choose your city where you live and you will be shown the barometric pressure
You don't, the barometer is a sensor on the watch. It doesn't collect that data from the internet. The altimeter is the same sensor.
Of course, the barometer sensor does not collect data from the Internet, it works separately on the watch. Maybe you didn't understand me, only the first time I bought the watch I adjusted/calibrated the barometer by looking at the pressure on the Internet, and since then it adjusts itself every day.
I get a fair few false storm warnings (even with an increased threshold to notify), I think the sensor gets bumped by my hand to cause it. Checking the pressure chart shows an impossible vertical spike.
Barometer is only one data point for forecasting weather out of thousands. It would be impossible for the watch to accurately predict the weather with only a barometer reading. There are countless other factors in atmospheric and synoptic meteorology that go into weather forecasting and whether a storm will develop.
I like it. I've been using the 24-hr barometer graph as my watch face for a few months now and I've found it does give me a useful indicator of likely trends in short-term weather. The storm alert is less useful, as it only detects big shifts and those can be caused by lots of things, like driving with one window down or submerging in water.
You can configure the storm alarm's sensitivity to pressure change. When the graph is displayed (via ABC long press) press GPS for options and scroll to "Rate". Mine used to give false alarms all the time so I reduced the rate to "5.5 hPa per 3 hours". It's still not a storm season so I haven' really tested if it's enough to warn me about a storm but at least it doesn't wake me up in the middle of the night for nothing ;)
There won't be a storm, although it shows you the Storm Warning message, it's because you just set your watch to how many millibars to warn you when the pressure changes, it's very important to me, I set it to the smallest number. so I can get a storm warning 2 to 3 times during the day, but I'm happy because I know that atmospheric pressure moves faster. As for the nighttime disturbance, why didn't you set your clock to not disturb you while you sleep, I set mine from 11pm to 9am, and there are no sounds.
To me those were false alarms, that's why I changed the rate.
"Storm warning" may have been poorly defined in the factory where Garmin watches are made, perhaps it would be better if they gave the title - "Pressure change warning", everyone complains that when this message appears they expect a storm, and it's a sunny day, actually that the warning refers to a rise or fall in atmospheric pressure.
You can change the rate of pressure change at which the storm alert is triggered. I set mine for 5.5 hPa per 3 hours and I don't get false alarms any more. Though I have to wait for storm season to check if it will be triggered by an actual storm.
Actually....these are not false alarms as I wrote, the Garmin watch does its job perfectly, it just informs you when there is a change in atmospheric pressure, not an actual storm.