rehabbing rooftop tripod for a weather station, networking

[Mathew Lippincott]

I'd like to start collecting weather data, with the intention of adding other atmospheric sensors on the roof of Ctrl-H.

I got the weather station from a work collaborator, and it also came with a Weatherbridge, an embedded Linux server for sending data to Weather Underground and other services.  I'm assuming the thing is a network security nightmare, and would appreciate some help setting it up in a safe manner, and maybe plumbing it into the existing temperature monitoring system.  I can meet up during the week, or at the next open house.

After talking to Jon about places to mount sensors on the roof, I rehabbed the rooftop tripod on Tuesday (pics attached).  On leg was rusted out so I sawed the rusted end off and replaced it with a length of 3/4" PVC piping, then tarred over the replacement foot. I mounted in the tripod a 150cm high T-shaped mounting bar for sensors.  

Right now I have a two 7-day passive particle samplers out on the bar for some testing. This coming Tuesday (9/27) I'll be up there to put up an Ambient Weather Home Weather Station (WS-2095).  

Mathew

[Mathew Lippincott]

There is now a weather station operational on the roof. You can read windspeed, pressure, and temperature data from the display next to the bitcoin ATM. I'll be working on networking on Thursday.