# Mounting question for y'all **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [December 21, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/mounting-question-for-yall/26100 "2024-12-21T14:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PineSmoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@PineSmoke](https://community.tempest.earth/u/PineSmoke)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/mounting-question-for-yall/26100/1 "2024-12-21T14:55:22Z")
I want your opinions on a final mount for my sensor. A quick background. We cut a spot for our place in the woods. Consequently the primary path of the wind is north and south since that’s the direction of the driveway up the hill and a larger opening in the trees to the south. There is a normal swirling of the wind around the place. Ideally a mount would be very high and that’s not going to happen. ![Screenshot_20241221_093625_Gallery](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/3X/e/6/e68f1a0e2ad041294c13caabca1a75c820cb493f.jpeg) I think the best in going to have is mounting on a pipe 6ish feet high on the corner of the porch roof. A concern i have is the roof is relective. The upside is this porch is south facing so it wouldn’t reflect off the roof and up onto the sensor. What are your thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![vinceskahan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/vinceskahan/32/2785_2.png) [@vinceskahan](https://community.tempest.earth/u/vinceskahan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/mounting-question-for-yall/26100/2 "2024-12-22T16:57:14Z")
With a one-sensor system you have to decide whether you want to optimize for temperature/humidity (want low in a grassy area) or wind (want high in an unobstructed area). I can’t tell which side of the photo is the ‘porch’. The Tempest has pretty good range, so a 4x4 stuck someplace you won’t run over it might be worth considering. Uncertain if you’ll have any reception issues with a metal roof depending on whether there’s line of sight to the hub. ---
**Author:** ![PineSmoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@PineSmoke](https://community.tempest.earth/u/PineSmoke)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/mounting-question-for-yall/26100/3 "2024-12-22T18:23:38Z")
The mounting spot would be next to the starlink receiver. I dont think there would be reception issues, the hub is just inside the window. I seriously thought of pole mounting it but the flat around the house has a 45deg incline up to the flat area and during a wind event it would be pretty turbulent i would think. I suppose i am looking for wind data predominantly, we take wind they call 85-95 mph gusts. I want to see how bad they really are. ---
**Author:** ![vinceskahan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/vinceskahan/32/2785_2.png) [@vinceskahan](https://community.tempest.earth/u/vinceskahan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/mounting-question-for-yall/26100/4 "2024-12-22T19:52:13Z")
The higher you get, generally the more accurate you get, unless you’re trying to optimize to knowing if the stuff on the ground around the house might blow away. I saw massive differences here in raising my sensor from 8’ to 18’ to get it over a fence and be very clear of obstacles for the prevailing winds here. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/3X/9/5/954d64c24c1612a76fabaaa3298be78bac443b7f.png) [@system](https://community.tempest.earth/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/mounting-question-for-yall/26100/5 "2025-12-22T19:53:08Z")
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