Contact: Monica Devlin
Phone: 610-447-1555×306
E-mail: mdevlin@nkhome.com

Wireless technology makes hand-held weather meters an indispensable and completely portable tool with instant environmental data transfer capabilities.

BOOTHWYN, PA… Kestrel Pocket Weather Meters will debut the all new Kestrel Meters with Bluetooth®

line at the 2010 SHOT show. Kestrel Pocket Weather Meters are trusted worldwide by military professionals, the US Long Range Rifle Team and the US Biathlon Team to make every shot count. The SHOT show, the leading showcase of firearms, hunting and outdoor products, runs January 19-22 and will be held at Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV.

In many current applications, the key environmental measurements from a Kestrel instrument are input into other systems – ballistics calculators, fire behavior models, hazmat plume predictors, heat stress models, weather reports, research data sets and more.  Now, both real-time and logged data can be transferred wirelessly and automatically to a laptop or PDA, making a Bluetooth® Kestrel 4000 series weather meter the perfect tool for virtually any job that requires quick and truly accurate environmental data. “Being certain of the environment is as important to a sniper as is the weapon and ammunition. Having the ability to immediately transfer this critical information to a PDA is huge,” says Sal Palma, writer for sniperworx.com. Visit the Kestrel Pocket Weather Meters booth at the SHOT show for more information located at booth number 2144.

Bluetooth® models will be available in every Kestrel 4000 and 4500 series. This includes an NV line relied on by the military and special ops teams. Kestrel NV models are military spec OD and feature a tactical red backlight designed specifically for use in low-light scenarios. A complete hand-held weather station, the Kestrel 4500 NV measures every major environmental condition: barometric pressure, altitude, density altitude, temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind chill, dewpoint, wet bulb temperature, heat stress and offers crosswind calculation feature. This pocket-sized unit is more than just a weather meter for checking the current conditions; the Kestrel 4500 NV is a tracking device that allows users to log the environmental data for entire expeditions or flights.

Every Kestrel Pocket Weather Meter is backed by a five year warranty and is designed, developed, built, tested and supported here in the USA. Nielsen-Kellerman’s Kestrel Weather division has been researching, developing and manufacturing technically advanced portable weather instruments for more than twelve years and owns multiple patents on their unique features. Kestrel Pocket Weather Meters are employed by thousands of users in hundreds of different activities around the world.

-Know Your Conditions-

For more information, contact Monica Devlin at 610.447.1555 x306, mdevlin@nkhome.com or visit www.kestrelweather.com.