On Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 4:38:59 PM UTC-7, ttech wrote: > > Hello, > I was wondering how people in the weewx user community mounted their > anemometers. > > Probably should be a wxforums.net question - they have a whole forum there with photos etc. and links to recommendations for siting.
> I currently have a Vantage Vue mounted on a fence about 20 ft from my my > house (best I can do), it is also about 10 ft above the ground. I just > started publishing to Weather Underground and discovered that my data is > off - most of the stations in the area are around 270 degrees, mine has > values all over the place but it seems to center around 120 degrees. There > is a blank spot around 270 degrees on mine that just didn't make sense. > > Possible you didn't point your station north correctly when you mounted it, but that's just a guess. It's also possible that your wind really does come from a different direction typically due to hills, obstructions etc. Up here near Seattle we have the 'Puget Sound Convergence Zone' where you can get winds coming from opposite directions as the wind tries to get around the Olympic Mountains. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
