Doesn’t look much like a state-of-the-art weather station, does it?






More like the messy bedroom of a typical 14-year old boy. Actually, it’s both.

Believe it or not, beneath the dust and debris, the scattered Arctic Monkeys CDs and empty cans of Red Bull (Freddie’s main source of sustenance) there lurks a hurricane tracker’s wet dream …

This is where Freddie spends endless hours keeping a (tired, red, bloodshot) eye on the weather and, more particularly, the weird hurricane that he’s been tracking for the past few days, which is heading towards the Florida coast – you know, the one which seems to keep staring back at him with its big, black Evil Eye … freaky-deeky!

Ignore the two-inch thick highly toxic nuclear grime-layer. Not a lot of cleaning gets done in this crib. Both Freddie and his Mum would rather get inside a cage with a tarantula than tangle with a duster and mop.

If you want to build your own weather station in your bedroom (an ideal location since you’re only a few feet away from the comfort of your pit when you need a break) you might be interested in the gear Freddie uses:

Let’s break it down –

1x HP Compaq D530.

1x Dell GX270

1x Apple G3 iBook laptop

1x ancient barometer (also known as a barograph) with brass parts and solid mahogany case. A barograph is used to make a continuous recording of atmospheric pressure. 


Freddie's antique barograph


1x ambient electronic weather station (located on the roof) streams weather data – temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure – in real time.


Ancillary Support Items

1x iPod nano - 4GB - 1000 songs!

One complete set of everything the Arctic Monkeys have ever done, on CD, vinyl, mp3 and 10”.

One Arctic Monkeys ‘lion’ tee purchased at the Alexandra Palace gig on 8/12/07 – it's under the bed somewhere, probably.