I use Tempest weather stations already, I was trying to see if anyone had anything else without mentioning Tempest so not to steer the suggestions. What I found out is that Tempest has programming set on the back end where if rain is not forcasted, the rain sensor turns off. Also if its a light rain, it will wait 3 minutes before setting a notification. I needed the Tempest to work as just a rain sensor primarily, and other variables secondary. I called them and what they did was get rid of the programming they had on their back end. The good thing is that, any rain is immediately triggered by the sensor allowing me to close windows. The bad thing is that a strong wind will pick up as rain as its a haptic rain sensor. I thought it was collecting rain and somehow figuring out how much rain was collected. But for me strong wind doesn't matter, the windows still need to close. Either way, call the Tempest support, not Blackwire and give them your station ID, and they will make the changes.