OP here with an update.
I'm happy to report that my PWS is now back online with a brand new Osprey WH65B array, purchased from Amazon for $100. (Remaining to be installed after they arrive from China are replacement Ecowitt bird spikes.)
For your entertainment, I've attached some additional photos of the damage inflicted by the lightning bolt. It evidently entered through the rain collector, blasting off the bird spikes (little lightning rods?), rain funnel and tipping spoon. The stainless retaining band discolored and separated like a blown fuse, with the heated band melting the black plastic spike-holders wherever they they were in contact and "spot-welding" one of the spikes directly to the band. Also note the extensive charring and severed wires inside the base of the rain collector. The current surge apparently propagated along those wires, frying the solar panel and UV sensor and shattering the windows covering them, as well as overheating and ejecting the AA batteries and cover. (I haven't yet looked inside the array housing but I'd wager it isn't pretty.) All told, quite the carnage!
But in spite of this experience, I'm quite confident about the longevity of my new Osprey hardware. After all, lightning never strikes in the same place twice...right???
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