Actually Lowes carries them, but just not in stock at the stores. September 10 to get it to local stores. They are $12 cheaper than Home Depot.
Going to us White Vinegar to clean it, then prime and paint color close to matching fence (brown) and close to many trees trunks and branches in background.
Next I will had “branches” like cell phone towers do. 
Afternoon all - hope this is ok to ask - are the tempest and sky bottom mounts the same. I installed the Tempest onto my old Sky base and have noticed some false rain reports, so checking if they are the same or not.
(annoyingly, and embarrassingly I think my tempest mount was still in the box and got mixed up in a load that went to the dump 
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The mounts are substantially similar except that there are drain holes in the Tempest mount.
Thats reassuring - thanks for letting me know…
Andy
The Tempest’s mount also uses a bit tighter tolerances, to make the fit more secure to prevent false rain vibrations…
Andy,
Sorry to hear about missing mount. I’ll bet WeatherFlow will understand and help you out!
I have only just begun using a Tempest and examined the mounts. I was considering blocking one hole but resisted the temptation so that I am testing the actual design. If I was drilling a drain in a Sky mount (Which I did) I would only make one hole in the center so that there is less possibility of the wet air blowing up and through the two drain holes due to difference of pressures across the pole.
cheers Ian
My opinion is that lighting rods work because any spiky conducting object will attract lightning. It works because the bottom of the thunderclouds is negatively charged, and pushes the electrons away in the ground so the ground and any object on it will essentially be positively charged. This charge concentrates in sharp things like the corner of your house or tree tops, but also in the tips of rods. if the rod is absolutely non conductive, the electrons can’t be pushed away, but even if it is slightly conductive like a wooden bar or tree (specially when wet), those electrons will be pushed away and the rod becomes positively charged.
A metal mast connected to the wet bricks of your house, will attract lightning.
Lightning rods do attract lightning. Because they do, they need very thick wire connecting them to the ground. This help preventing your house catching fire. It still might destroy electric equipment in your house.
Things that are very spiky, even generate a path of conducting air towards the clouds before the lightning strikes. That’s why you don’t need too many lightning rods on your house to be save.
I’ve put my unit on an acrylic mast.
Went pretty smoothly. Used 5 foot black pipe it’s rock solid no wind induced rain for me lol. The only issue I had is it was set up and connected but after I got it up there the hub lost its connection to the tempest so I had to climb back up and re pair it. I’m also connected with a metro bridge. Super easy to do.
Here is the result of painting my pole brown. It actually matches the 4x4 fence post pretty well, as well as pretty good match for tree branches in background on both sides of the fence.
Cleaned and treated pole with white vinegar. Then primed it with light coats of Rustoleum Clean Metal Primer. And some light coats of Flat Brown Rustoleum Stops Rust Enamel.
Note, you can’t see this from the picture, but the pole is about 1 foot longer on the fence post, but hidden behind the bush.
You will get abnormal readings if the wind is from the left or right of the house.
I’m kinda stuck where I can put it. I have high trees to the left and I can’t get up on my roof it’s 50 plus feet up and a widow maker. It’s steep. I know I will get some off readings but there isn’t a whole lot I can do. Lol I guess I could put in a 100 foot telephone pole to get over the trees as they are at least 80 feet tall the house in the picture is my neighbor out back
I’ve put mine much closer to the house on my deck to get the deck temp/wind, not somewhere else in my yard. When I want to sit out there, it tells me what I’ll be sitting in exactly.
Depends on your needs I suppose…
This looked like the best place for me. The trees you see in the background are probably 40 feet away, behind the neighbors rear fence, and away from my property line. The Tempest is 16 feet from rear fence, and there is a bit of gap of trees on that property line. It’s probably 40 feet from either house.
My installation in Friendswood, TX. Galvanized top rail fence post from Home Depot. Two sections pieced together to a total length of 15 ft. Mounted to a 6.5 ft post attached to my 4 ft. Fence post. So far no wind vibrations causing false rain positives. CoCoRahs collection gauge nearby for ground truth rainfall totals. Can’t figure out how to attach photo.
I tend to agree. Most users are not contributing data to the NWS or other agencies where having normalized data is important. I wanted to have a regional wind/sun number, so my sensor is quite far out away from any buildings or trees. It won’t reflect wind or sun conditions in our outdoor living area, which are arguably more useful.
attaching photo’s is done by dragging them into your post while creating or editing them.
Can this be done on an Android phone?
