2500 Pocket Weather Meter ® with Backlight Thank you for purchasing the Kestrel 2500 Pocket Weather Meter.
Kestrel® 2500 Pocket Weather® Meter 3 OPERATION 1. Slide off cover. 2. Turn on. Press the center button ( ) to turn on the unit. 3. Select operating mode. Press the right arrow ( ) to scroll through the measurements listed below. Press the left arrow ( ) to scroll through the measurements in reverse AVG MAX order. The instantaneous measurements will be displayed. (See Understanding the AVG MAX Measurements section for more information.) AVG MAX 4. Select the unit of measure.
Kestrel® 2500 Pocket Weather® Meter 5 are pressed while the backlight is illuminated, the backlight will remain illuminated for another 10 seconds. Press while the backlight is illuminated to manually turn off the backlight. Wind Chill - combination of wind speed and temperature, as defined by the US National Weather Service. Wind chill is the effective temperature on a human or animal at low temperatures due to wind speed.
Kestrel® 2500 Pocket Weather® Meter 7 You can obtain your current barometric pressure by checking an internet weather site for a nearby location, or contacting a local airport. Set this value as your reference pressure on the ALTITUDE screen to determine your correct altitude: simultaneously press and buttons to adjust the reference pressure. Press or to adjust the reference pressure, or hold or to adjust the value quickly.
Kestrel® 2500 Pocket Weather® Meter 9 Also, the above discussion applies to ALL pressure altimeters, including one you may have in a watch or other device, but not to GPS altimeters, which use satellite triangulation to determine altitude. Note that with present GPS technology, pressure altimeters remain more accurate for measuring altitude change. This is why airplanes still rely on pressure altimeters, not GPS.
Kestrel® 2500 Pocket Weather® Meter About the Backlight The Kestrel 2500 NV has a night-vision preserving backlight which helps users to sustain natural night vision. The NV’s backlight incorporates an optical filter to reduce overall brightness and minimize blue and green spectrum light to preserve night vision. Additionally, the backlight is much dimmer than a standard backlight, making it more difficult to detect with the naked eye in night operations.
Kestrel® 2500 Pocket Weather® Meter and will return the product via domestic ground shipping or NK’s choice of method of international shipping at no charge.
Kestrel® 2500 Pocket Weather® Meter CALIBRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND SERVICE Every NK product is tested and calibrated before it leaves our factory. We guarantee that it will perform within specifications when you receive it. Each Kestrel comes with a Certificate of Conformity, with the stated specifications for that product on the back. If you feel an NK product is not meeting specs when you receive it, call us and we’ll make sure you are operating it correctly.
Kestrel® 2500 Pocket Weather® Meter Register your Kestrel® Pocket Weather® Meter online at www.kestrelweather.com. NIELSEN-KELLERMAN 21 Creek Circle, Boothwyn, PA 19061 Phone: (610) 447-1555 Fax: (610) 447-1577 Web: www.kestrelweather.com Email: kestrel@nkhome.
