Hi @mark5,
What windy.com support do you want?
There is a method to include your wind readings on their site if you wish to put some effort in.
ArchiveSW - Display & Data Archive Storage - #1321 by dsfg
Cheers Ian 
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65G towers in good condition, yes.
Those are quite popular due to their rigid structure, for surveillance cameras.
And yes, taking them down requires a skill set many donât posses to do safely! The typical 3-4 section âalong the houseâ install is easy but a 10 section four point guyed install with multiple radiators on the top not so much. Well maybe if itâs in the middle of a field and all youâre there to do is cut the guys with a Milwaukee angle grinder and letâer fall! 
Sorry, getting a bit OT here!
I will say this though. A proper mast is definitely going to be a conductive material whether it be hot dip galvanized steel, aluminum, or if youâre lucky, 304 stainless steel. The only PVC that should be used is sunlight resistant and it should be schedule 80 and short. The main supporting mast should always be metal. With plastics of a few feet in length even when attached to a very rigid structure, will vibrate significantly in storm force winds and thereâs no way to accurately record precipitation readings!
Sort of reminds me years ago of a tipping bucket rain gauge I owned (Heathkit) which was accurate UNLESS it was during a thunderstorm. Only until I was watching the display did I catch what was going on. During a fairly close lightning flash the rainfall amount jumped sometimes as much as 0.06"! The wire between the outdoor âcollectorâ (containing the tipping bucket which was nothing more than a small alnico magnet attached to a swing arm below. This would swing by a reed switch which would close and open and it swung by registering a click or .01" of precip). Turns out the wire supplied was nothing more than small gauge zip cord. When this was replaced with coaxial cable and the shield bonded to the tripod on the roof and the ground inside the interference went away and the gauge was accurate.
Sometimes the âfixâ can be very simple with these things.
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Iâm reading the link, I do have the API key from windy as I have a Netatmo station there but they support it directly. I have no clue about programming or having a RPi 
I do have Weather Station plugin running on my website but thatâs as technical as I can do.
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how did you fix the pole to the tree ? 
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This is a 32 mm alu pole. I drilled 4 holes on the lowest meter before I mounted it. Itâs currently 2 meters above.
Im expecting somr movement in really bad weather, but quite happy I got one up and runningđ
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@michael.krisch, wanted to say thank you for your post - took forever to find a good mounting solution and your suggestion ended up being perfect! The DS-3000 was just what I needed - just added a coat of white to match the trim.
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The swaying in a tall environment should be far less prone to false rain readings vs. a short pipe mounted to something rigid.
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Not sure how this rates compared to other installs, I hope its stable and doesnât give me false rain reports
If it does, I will brace the 4x4 with some extra supports on the sides and then grow tomatoâs under it, or something
Ground Rod ready to ground the mast
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The good thing about the old Sky unit is that you have to take it down every 2 years to replace the batteries. Good time to inspect and clean the device. It wasnât too bad at all. Looked like some mold was building up, but for the rest it is fine. I inserted the worlds longest lasting batteries
(ps the batteries werenât even dead yet, but the unit needed to be taken down anyway because my hub needed replacement and I had to pair the unit to the new hub)
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First storm with Tempest. Unit is still reporting and working!
Another professional fully autonomous station caved under same conditions! Itâs online and reporting but sonic temp and wind numbers are off. A heater fixes this but the solar panel and battery pack is WAY too small for that!
And of course the Accurite and its totally disabled wind sensors!
All of these are at our home in northern MD. 8" of snow followed by six hours of freezing rain/wind then wraparound 2" of fluffy snow. Lots of tree damage up here.
The bird thorns are a good way to measure ice accretion!
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The only thing left is to add color changing LEDs to the pole that change color based on temperature or wind speed. 
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yeah that was the original plan. I thought I could mount it on the inside of the edge of the roof, but I couldnât. I didnât find, or made, a good looking lighting solution for the outside. It has to look really neat to match the acrylic mast.
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How about just an LED in a drilled, polished hole at the bottom?
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thatâs an option. First thoughts that come to mind are, would it be powerful enough, and if it would be, wouldnât it be too hot to mount inside or in a very small place.
I have one of those 40W rgb leds for outdoors. I think 90% of the weight of the device looks like it is intended for cooling. But that would be too bright.
I did acquire a 3d printer, so I could make something nice, but that would lack cooling.
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I was thinking something a bit more simple⌠(âsimpleâ is relative, depending on your electronics engineering perspective) like this⌠Just add your voltage & circuitry âŚ
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First thoughts that come to mind are, would it be powerful enough
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Dunno⌠but if it were me, Iâd bang at it with a hammer to find out⌠
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Shoot it with a laser from the ground, (pretty colors) could be a way to power the Tempest before the new battery pack come out!
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âŚuntil the fog rolls in!!!
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