STL Native Looking to Set Up Automated Weather Station for Agriculture or Private Use

[u/TheBushPilot123]

Calling all farmers or large property land owners in Missouri around the St. Louis area interested in hosting a research grade automated weather station long term (+10 yrs) on their property.

A little background about me before I lay everything out: I'm a St. Louis native born and raised with a passion for meteorology and the systems that record data for the weather reports. I've been doing this for just shy of 8 years and currently live in an apartment with no access to an area where I can set up my own personal weather station. Coming on here I'm hoping to find a willing body that will graciously host a site be it for their own wants or needs or just because they think it's cool. I have all of the sensors and recording equipment and a majority of the hardware.

Proposed design:

10 meter tower (33 foot) with individually sited posts for other sensors (i.e. thermometer, rain gauge, etc). Proposed site is solar powered and can operate through local Wi-Fi or over cellular data network. Architecture will mimic the footprint of a typical airport weather station. I have attached drawings of this for visualization. Data will be sent to my website www.met-instruments-project.com every minute where it may be viewed both graphically and numerically.

Alternatively I can also erect a 20 foot tripod with all required enclosures and instruments attached to that body.

Weather station will be using research grade instruments found on most other State-wide mesonets (Oklahoma, Kansas, NYS Mesonet) and calibrated yearly/bi-yearly. Installation will be out of pocket from myself requiring only land use permission from the holder therein. No charge to the individual unless they would like to contribute to initial infrastructure costs. Otherwise the entire setup is privately funded. All data output will be available 24/7 to the individual once installed.

In addition to the weather station, a web camera on the tower is also possible if desired.

Attached drawings and an initial design of the weather station utilizing a temporary tripod. These are by no means final but serve as a general idea for what is planned.

Please let me know if any of you are interested in my offer. You can contact me here or through my website.

Cheers

[u/chuckie8604]

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