Figured I would post some pictures of my weather station(s) here!
A blurb about my setup(s)...
Well to start, I'm a college student renting a house in Huntsville, AL (attending UAH [University of Alabama in Huntsville] studying meteorology). This is why the station isn't permanently mounted to the house, fence, etc. I went with a tripod setup for easy portability when I move in a few years. It's a Davis Vantage Pro2 6153 Wireless with 24-hour FARS; I got it as a Christmas gift from my parents. It is on the north side of the house. The ISS is about 6 feet AGL (the radiation shield is about 5.5 feet AGL) and the anemometer is about 12.5 feet AGL. It's about 10 feet off the house, 11 feet off the fence behind it, and 24 feet off the blue garage. I chose the best spot for measuring rain given the surrounding trees. The house, as you may be able to tell, is shaped like a big "L". So I suppose wind turbulence and/or eddies may affect the wind speed and/or direction, but so far it seems to not have too much impact on the readings. I will admit that it's not the best place for a weather station, but so far it's accurate enough to my liking for a relatively temporary setup. I'm always within a degree or so of surrounding stations and the AWOS we have on campus about 1 mile away. Rain measurements are also very close to other stations. I have a WeatherLink IP logger hooked up to the console (in the kitchen) and then to a WiFi bridge. The computer in my room is connected through WiFi to the same router the logger is connected to. I did this because I like to see the console and station at the same time when it's windy and so my roommates could look at it if they wanted. I'm running Cumulus on my dad's old office Dell XPS (running Windows Vista) and so far I haven't had any issues. I really like Cumulus! It's displayed on my tv in my room. I love the setup so far!!
(WU: KALHUNTS54; CWOP: EW6360)
I also posted a couple pictures of my "old" weather station, a cabled Weather Wizard III, I got as a gift a couple years ago (it was from someone who never used it, it was basically new). I set this one all up late this past summer (2014). I built a make shift anemometer "pole" and "platform" to shield the thermometer from the sun. It is about 6 feet off the south side of the house. I have it connected through WeatherLink (serial) to the same computer running WeatherLink 4.04.
We also recently got a Davis Vantage Vue set up at my parent's house near Greenville, SC. It's hooked up through Meteobridge. (WU: KSCSIMPS8; CWOP: EW6390)
Enjoy the pictures! Hope you like them. Thanks for checking it out!