Weather Station Mounting

[justinmacauley]

Hi there,

Hoping someone can give me an answer here on this - I was wondering how you all mount your weather stations on SUV's and Van's? David Weather Stations used to have a mag mount for vehicles, but they discontinued that. Not sure quite how to get one on a roof? There is a pipe that is standard for mounting all weather stations or 2. starlinks. This roof mounts can be bought. I know how they are mounted on trucks to some extent and these generally use a ladder rack. But not sure about regular vehicles.

 

[Dan Robinson]

There aren't any mounts for vehicles for these types of weather stations, you have to make one from scratch. I had a mounted Davis station way back when I started with Plains chasing from 2003 to 2005. The issue with those is that they aren't built for the stresses of being on a vehicle full time. The anemometer bearings don't last very long when they're constantly spinning at 75-80mph+ driving on the interstate (100mph when driving 70mph south into 30mph southerly winds).

I didn't really find anything useful about having one, so I removed it once the anemometer broke. An ultrasonic anemometer would work much better for a vehicle, but they are pretty pricey. All I have now is a Kestrel and it's pretty useful, it's just that I need to get out of the car to use it.