I just made this little picture to show once and for all the orientation of the unit. Perhaps this should be put into https://help.weatherflow.com/hc/en-us/articles/360049654273-AIR-SKY-Device-Siting-and-Installation (which doesn’t even mention southern hemisphere) https://help.weatherflow.com/hc/…

NOAA has a great website/app that helps you determine “True North”.

I just tell my cell phone app to show true North.

Just wondering why don’t we face it the same way in the southern hemisphere compared to the northern hemisphere? Wouldn’t that mess up the wind direction?

because then you would need a physically different device with solar panels on the other side.

computer is now rendering the newer version. Takes a while.

That is why the direction offset should automatically switch 180 degrees when set up in the southern hemisphere.

Because the solar panels need to be facing the sun for optimal solar input for charging purposes. The software will automatically adjust wind direction 180 degrees when a station’s physical location is set in the southern hemisphere. @sunny Fantastic, thank you so much Help page updated: https://h…

My issue is keeping track when the device is over my head. Why not mark Truce North on the side of the device? Easier to calibrate.

See Correct orientation tempest above. On the “Southern Hemisphere” picture on the right, the arrow on the side, just below the gap, is true north for the northern hemisphere (since you want the solar panels facing south) and true south for the southern hemisphere (since you want the solar panels fa…

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sunny August 27, 2020, 5:39pm 13

better? (computer generated image from a 3d model I made for this)

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