This is my new Vantage Pro 2 station (right), installed a few weeks ago. It replaces a collection of 1-Wire instruments that gradually died one by one. The mast is 14 feet tall. The junction box at the bottom of the mast used to house connections and interface modules for the old 1-Wire wind instrument. It now only houses a temperature sensor, which is not terribly useful, but which does make for some interesting monitoring.
The dome is my astrophotography observatory. It houses an 8" telescope, and is fully automated for remote operation.
We live in heavy forest, and the trees make the location less than ideal for both weather monitoring or astrophotography. The only clearing of any size is the septic system drain field, which is where the weather station and observatory are located. The trees, of course, block the wind. I estimate that the average wind out in the open would be about double what I measure. It varies with direction. My trees are taller to the east, so my wind speeds under-read most in that direction.
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